Michael Vick on “60 Minutes” | Blind Leading the Blind (Pt. 2)

He should be “put on ice”

Bring him down. Bring him down. (Photo: flickr.com)

CLICK HERE if you missed part one of this article about Michael Vick on “60 Minutes.”

That wouldn’t be cool, would it Michael? Justice is truly blind. And I don’t mean that in a good way. I hear it also has season tickets to NFL games, perhaps even Eagles games. Payday loans and short term loans were not involved in financing what amounts to blood for blood.

Among many other news sources, The Examiner covered the Michael Vick “60 Minutes” story. While it’s true that the televised appearance lost some of its thunder due to his press conference speech the day he signed on with the Eagles, there were still some rather powerful moments of self-deprecation. Vick told James Brown that serving almost two years in prison made him “realize the magnitude” of what he had done and what he had “allowed to happen to animals.”

Some people think he holds less responsibility because he didn’t kill them himself

Which I say is poppycock, because Michael Vick knew what was going on. Yet he claims he cried “so many nights” as he attempted to come to terms with the hurt he’d caused and guilt he’d felt over what he’d done. “You were convicted of beating them, shooting them, electrocuting them, drowning them – horrific things, Michael,” Brown said, as Vick listened, stone-faced.

Nope, no signs of antisocial behavior there…

Certainly, Michael Vick didn’t behave like a leader. But how much responsibility does Vick appear to be taking for his actions when he tells Brown “I don’t know how many times I gotta say it. It was wrong and I feel tremendous hurt about what happened.” He feels the hurt because he was caught, folks. Otherwise this would still be going on. And he’s irritated about how many times he has to admit fault? You committed a heinous crime, Michael. Sorry to inconvenience you by calling you on it.

Sanctioning six years of death

Michael Vick told “60 Minutes” that his dog fighting ring went on for about six years. That isn’t a weekend, a week or even a month of bad decisions. That’s six years in which a high-profile member of the entertainment community made the inhuman choice to sanction death for entertainment purposes. The cathartic release of fantasy violence is one that that some will debate, but the real thing is something else altogether.

He told James Brown that his actions “showed a lack of moral character,” but the call of competition and the sweet adrenaline rush were too much to resist. Perhaps some kind of chemical castration could have helped you, Michael… if you had made the decision to seek help instead of continuing to sanction death for six years.

Yet WE’RE inconveniencing HIM!

Yes, Michael Vick claims to understand why people are upset with him. It doesn’t take payday loans and short term loans for that kind of sagacious awareness. But if you need them, apply here.

“I understand why, and I’m gonna say it again – it sickens me to my stomach. The same feeling I’m feeling right now is what people was feeling. Disgust. Pure disgust.”

Look at what that Michael Vick did, says Michael Vick. It’s disgusting. I’m mortified. But as Michael Vick, I’m getting tired of having to answer questions for Michael Vick. My personality is fractured as a result of a horrific upbringing, society’s entitlement for athletes and the plain and simple fact that I don’t want to grow up and take responsibility for myself. The law let me out in less than two years, so I suppose they’re living in their childhood fantasy land as well. If they were adults, they would have dealt with me like a normal person who happened to commit murder.

So says Mr. Michael Vick. CLICK HERE for the conclusion of this article, in which we see that it’s all about being a “feel good” society…

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