Post by gk on Feb 17, 2009 14:04:45 GMT -6
Or at least, one I happen to agree with.
www.modernspectator.com/Articles/1345/in-defense-of-michael-vick
Here's the money quote:
"Did his punishment really fit his crime? When Vick gets out next summer, he will have served nearly two years in Leavenworth, lost all of his wealth, and more likely than not, his last best chance at doing what he was born to do, play football.
Look, I recognize that defending a man who has admitted to hanging and drowning dogs is an uphill battle, at best, but someone has to do it. Seriously. This story has generated some of the wildest hysteria this side of the Barbaro message boards. The federal sentencing guidelines for Vick’s crime recommend 12 to 18 months. He got 23—and a bracing dose of financial ruin. There’s no question that public opinion had an influence on this outcome.
Vick’s crimes were sickening and cruel, but the man has paid an Argentina-in-1989 inflationary price for them. It’s time to leave him alone."
He then goes on about Leonard Little, who killed a woman, a mother, while driving drunk, and had six sacks for the Rams last year, while in the middle of a $19.5 million dollar contract.
www.modernspectator.com/Articles/1345/in-defense-of-michael-vick
Here's the money quote:
"Did his punishment really fit his crime? When Vick gets out next summer, he will have served nearly two years in Leavenworth, lost all of his wealth, and more likely than not, his last best chance at doing what he was born to do, play football.
Look, I recognize that defending a man who has admitted to hanging and drowning dogs is an uphill battle, at best, but someone has to do it. Seriously. This story has generated some of the wildest hysteria this side of the Barbaro message boards. The federal sentencing guidelines for Vick’s crime recommend 12 to 18 months. He got 23—and a bracing dose of financial ruin. There’s no question that public opinion had an influence on this outcome.
Vick’s crimes were sickening and cruel, but the man has paid an Argentina-in-1989 inflationary price for them. It’s time to leave him alone."
He then goes on about Leonard Little, who killed a woman, a mother, while driving drunk, and had six sacks for the Rams last year, while in the middle of a $19.5 million dollar contract.
