Michael Vice is a Disgrace

There are many comments of Michael Vick's guilty plea include criticisms of those who target icons such as Vick. It is troublesome that a person who would find sport in dog fighting is called an icon. Michael Vick was involved in a sport that at one time was acceptable, but is now considered brutal and inhumane. He not only financed this activity, he raised dogs to participate in the sport and he slaughtered dogs that did not perform up to expectations.

It has suggested that we not be so sensitive about this and everything. If we desensitize ourselves, then we will fail to acknowledge the wrongs in the world and speak out against those wrongs. Do we fail to be sensitive about the genocide in Darfur, the dieing of thousands of children every day, the children who are uninsured for basic health care, those who are still suffering the affects if hurricane Katrina, and the list goes on. We must not become insensitive.

As to the banning of Pit Bull Terriers because they are use by the uncaring to fight, the breed is not the problem. Even the Boston Terrier was originally bred for fighting originally.

Some say that we are getting too sensitive about Vick's crime an that we should get real. Getting real is standing up for what is right and not accepting the world for what it is. It takes strong people to stand-up and be counted and protest the wrongs of the world.

Michael Vick had been an icon of the NFL and should have accepted his responsibility to live a life that is exemplary to the people who cheered for him during every game. Sports icon was paid too much not to give back to their fans and to a place that has so richly blessed them. The NFL Commissioner agrees and has suspended Vick. The Atlanta Falcons are consideration demanding the return of payments that have been made to him. These payments include, but are not limited to: the last signing bonus.

Yes, it is a mean, cruel world. Michael Vick had become a part of that. He should be punished for his crime. The privilege of earning grossly big pay checks should be taken away from him. Perhaps this example will encourage others to a more sane world.

Parts of this essay have previously been published on the Helium website.