I knew this would be somewhat “controversial”. A human being is OF COURSE more important than a dog. I guess what gets missed in my piece is the character of Stallworth versus Vick. Stallworth didn’t act maliciously - in fact, it was his first offense and admitted everything to the police and was cooperative in every way. He reached out to the… Read More family who actually helped him with his plea deal.
Vick on the other hand had been cruel to animals (and believe me, I’m not an animal lover myself; not that I would ever kill or torture them) for years and tried to keep the whole thing on the hush and wasn’t cooperative with the cops or the NFL until he got caught with hard proof.
The result of Stallworth’s crime is of course worse than Vick’s, but there was no intention there, just stupidity. Vick had both.
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I knew this would be somewhat “controversial”. A human being is OF COURSE more important than a dog. I guess what gets missed in my piece is the character of Stallworth versus Vick. Stallworth didn’t act maliciously - in fact, it was his first offense and admitted everything to the police and was cooperative in every way. He reached out to the… Read More family who actually helped him with his plea deal.
Vick on the other hand had been cruel to animals (and believe me, I’m not an animal lover myself; not that I would ever kill or torture them) for years and tried to keep the whole thing on the hush and wasn’t cooperative with the cops or the NFL until he got caught with hard proof.
The result of Stallworth’s crime is of course worse than Vick’s, but there was no intention there, just stupidity. Vick had both.
posted by: Dennis Velasco · 6/19/09