Vick indicted in dog fighting case

[ZTABullwinkle]

I live in the same area as where Vick's house is. The story has obviously been all over our news. The dog fighting was found after a drug warrant was being served on his cousin who lived in his house. To make matters worse, the local commonwealth's attorney kept delaying investigating the dogfighting. He even did serve a search warrant filed on the case. He kept saying that he would not be forced into convicting him. The feds got involved, and look where he is now.

One surprising thing is that PETA is also in this area and have been pretty quiet about the situation.

I persoanlly think it is time for the NFL to wipe its hand's clean of Mr. Vick.

[Jill1228]

I am an animal lover and I hope the Falcons release him and I would love to see him put UNDER the jail. He can get 6 years max...not nearly enough

If he is guilty then he is a sick bastard who needs to be destroyed

[kstar]

Originally Posted by ZTABullwinkle

One surprising thing is that PETA is also in this area and have been pretty quiet about the situation.

Not surprising if you know anything about PETA. PETA kills more animals than they save, and have statements on the record that indicate that they are for the extinction of certain dog breeds, pit bulls being one of them.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by kstar

Not surprising if you know anything about PETA. PETA kills more animals than they save, and have statements on the record that indicate that they are for the extinction of certain dog breeds, pit bulls being one of them.

Add that to the list of foolish things you say that don't make sense. If you create a breed that bleeds to death within 1 year, most people would think that you should ban that breed. These dogs were bred to kill and fight. Preventing this time of genetic manipulation is perfectly acceptable.

-Rudey
--No wonder you got dumped.

[squirrely girl]

so has nike dropped him yet? i'd rather see that happen. screw the nfl. the real money is in endorsements.

i'm just so happy to see that EVERYBODY is upset about this. its probably a good thing that certain offenses are universally unacceptable.

- m

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by squirrely girl

so has nike dropped him yet? i'd rather see that happen. screw the nfl. the real money is in endorsements.

i'm just so happy to see that EVERYBODY is upset about this. its probably a good thing that certain offenses are universally unacceptable.

- m

My understanding is that Nike hasn't dropped him completely, but the shoe is on hold for now.

[AGDee]

Re: Bullfights. I saw a bullfight in Mexico City on a high school trip with my Spanish class. In 3 of the 4 matches we saw, the bull won. (The matadors weren't actually killed but 3 of them were thrown pretty far and one of them was somewhat trampled.) I don't get that sport either and opposition to it is growing, according to a recent Time magazine article.

Re: Vick. Ugh, this guy was my son's hero.. the reason he wants to be an NFL player and, specifically, a Falcons fan. I'll have to share this info with him if he hasn't heard it already. Hopefully his second dream (meterologist on the weather channel) doesn't get blasted by some idiotic behavior on Jim Cantore's part.

[SoEnchanting]

I own two pits, and so I know how sweet and devoted this breed can be. This news makes me absolutely sick.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I'll have to share this info with him if he hasn't heard it already. Hopefully his second dream (meterologist on the weather channel) doesn't get blasted by some idiotic behavior on Jim Cantore's part.

I have a former student who is in graduate school for meteorology or weather science or whatever it's called as an academic discipline. It's apparently typical for people who end up in the field to be drawn to it from a really early age.

I know that's true from some people in other fields, but think about how many kids want to veterinarians or marine biologists who don't end up doing it or the number of people who kind of happen into a particular field by process of elimination.

Not true for weather people, according to what this guy and his mom told me as he was looking into colleges. He had worked internships in the field even in high school, and pretty much everyone he met in the field had set up personal weather stations at home when they were kids and it had escalated from there.

I had never even thought that much about weather guys before knowing him.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Re: Bullfights. I saw a bullfight in Mexico City on a high school trip with my Spanish class. In 3 of the 4 matches we saw, the bull won. (The matadors weren't actually killed but 3 of them were thrown pretty far and one of them was somewhat trampled.) I don't get that sport either and opposition to it is growing, according to a recent Time magazine article.

Re: Vick. Ugh, this guy was my son's hero.. the reason he wants to be an NFL player and, specifically, a Falcons fan. I'll have to share this info with him if he hasn't heard it already. Hopefully his second dream (meterologist on the weather channel) doesn't get blasted by some idiotic behavior on Jim Cantore's part.

Just so you don't think the bullfights are any bit a match of equals, the bulls are drugged, sometimes weighted down, and have their horns shaved so they lose balance and mutilated to lose as much blood as possible early on so that the matador can kill it much more quickly when it moves it around in circles and gets it dizzy.

-Rudey