Once again I am shocked by not only our country, but the people of EF.
Do you people here really think Vick did something so heinous he needs to spend time in Prison?
How many of you are hunters? How many of you eat beef? How many of you setup mouse traps?
What Vick did is WRONG. I am NOT an advocate for the legalization of dog fighting. I support laws that enforce the human treatment of animals.
BUT, I am sick of the double standard. Vick is being made an example of.
He should have his breeder license revoked. He should NEVER be allowed to sell dogs. He shouldn't be able to own more than 2 or so dogs at a time.
But to serve HARD time for his crime? Who exactly are the victims?
I've been hunting before, and luckily I've never killed while on a hunt myself, but I went on 2 hunts and learned quickly that it was NOT my thing.
HOWEVER, it is perfectly legal! You can shoot a deer, wounding it, having it limp through a forest in pain, and die over the course of a few days, but that is legal!
You can go get a job at a slaughter house, where you run a bolt into a cow's brain all day long and get PAID for it.
Jewish people can cut the foreskin from a living 8 day old baby with NO pain medication, and that is legal, protected, and CELEBRATED.
But Vick can't kill his own animals, on his OWN property, without going to prison?
No one else sees any problem with this? I kill animals near daily. Yesterday I sprayed some flies with insecticide and watched them fly disorented and twitch until they died. I also used my foot to smash a living spider until it died. Will I be thrown in prison for that one day as well just because a bunch of people think its mean and inhumane?
Seriously. Vick is a fool for being involved in this at all and should have some penalty, but if an attempted child molester can get probation, why can't Vick?