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Originally Posted by 33girl
Nice try (by nice I mean really F***ing lame) but Ben has not been convicted or proven guilty, as Vick was. Oh and it's Roethlisberger.
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It is really f***ing lame that if Vick were not black his sentence would have been entirely different. Also, OJ was never convicted or proven guilty. Guess that means you can be guilty and not be proven such.
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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
I'm really sick and tired of people making this comparison, because it's effing lame. Stallworth was determined to have been negligent and reckless in a one-time incidentTHAT KILLED SOMEONE! A person, you know, like a human! He did not have a history of DUI, bad driving, or other reckless behavior. It only takes driving drunk one time to KILL A PERSON! Guess Stallworth proves that. Vick, on the other hand, continued this "operation" for over two years. He didn't just run a dog-fighting ring for a month or two. NO. His "operation" went above and beyond simple dog-fighting. He killed animals who didn't "win," he set up rape racks to allow other dogs to violate each other when it wasn't appropriate, he didn't take care of the animals he had in his ownership.
The only proof that was given as to Vick being involved in the actual harming of dogs was the testimony of his co-defendants who flipped on him to get a better deal for themselves. He was convicted of and admitted to funding the dog fighting ring.
I'm not an "animal person," I didn't grow up with pets, but I do understand that when you purchase a pet in this country, you are implicitly agreeing to take care of it and not have it killed or raped when it doesn't fill the sick fantasies you and your band of thugs might have for it.
The key word here is PET. For Vick and the people who were fighting dogs these were not pets. These weren't "members of the family" or mans best friend. They're things or items. Do you get upset when toy cars are smashed into each other by children? No, because they're not important they're just things. While there is a major difference between a dog and a toy car (the dog is living) for many the dog is of almost equal importance and for some even less important. In some places the toy car is worth more than the dog. If Vick was fighting Roaches would we be talking about this? No. But a roach is an animal just like a dog is. The same way we have little regard for roaches Vick had little regard for dogs. "I didnt know people were concerned about the health and welfare of their animals" this is what Vick said in a press conference. This leads me to believe that to Vick then the dog was nothing more than a thing. He has served his sentece and paid his debt. He cannot be punished further. He served more time than many spousal abusers, rapists, killers, and other people who commit crimes against people.
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Kill a person, cool. Drive drunk, OK. Carry guns, knives, and other weapons, fine. Rape a woman, no problem! Fight dogs...you're fired! Gotta love those PETA losers. Seriously, if we're going to rid the NFL of criminals how about we start with the ones who have committed crimes against people? Which amendment to the constitution was it that gave animals any rights?
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