Comments on: Michael Vick–When heroes fall

By: leftistmoon

leftistmoon — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:55:28 +0000

Oh for crying out loud, there is NO such word as “prejudgemental.” You either are or are not judgmental, meaning having prejudged. Judgmental denotes prejudgment.

Interesting, interesting - Eric. Even though I’m not a fan of football, I have heard of Michael Vick and his apparently godlike qualities in football. I have nephews!

By: leftistmoon

leftistmoon — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:47:05 +0000

Oh for crying out loud, there is NO such word as “prejudgemental.” You either are or are not judgmental, meaning have prejudged. Judgmental denotes prejudgment.

Interesting, interesting - Eric. Even though I’m not a fan of football, I have heard of Michael Vick and his apparently godlike qualities in football. I have nephews!

By: Manny_Calavera

Manny_Calavera — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:16:55 +0000

Robe: I believe he means “Wait and see.”

Duke Lacross team
Michael Irvin
Kobe Bryant
Richard Jewell (Olympic Park bombing suspect)

All tried and convicted before the trial due to “overwhelming evidence”. All had charges dropped, not plea bargained down (Ray Lewis) or found responsible (OJ in the civil suit).

If Vick commited these crimes, and I think he did, we should still let the law run it’s course. There are many people out there who would have gladly put Kobe or the Dukies away for 20 years. People wanted Richard Jewell to be strung-up immediately. “The Oxbow Incident” comes to mind.

Saying “Everybody step back, and let the process work.” is NOT giving a pass.

By: Robe

Robe — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:36:56 +0000

Hmm, always thought your site was logical, insightful and particularly thought provoking. Good that you can be non-judgemental when it comes to that piece of trash by the name of Vick. All because he is such a great football player. Tacky to even compare Vick with Bryant. Waaay different situation. Sorry you are so willing to give a pass on such overwhelming evidence. I am taking my reading elsewhere. I need a long shower to wash away your logic.

By: The Crawfish

The Crawfish — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:35:00 +0000

Mike Vick, while an outstanding running back (and an average at best quarterback), has been, like his brother Marcus, a punk beeotch from the get-go. He’s a thug like the rest of his homies from Va Tech and Atlanta. I was not surprised in the least when these allegations came out. Many of the Falcon players have 5 or more pit bulls, and there’s only one reason for that. Looks like Va Tech is the new U of Miami when it comes to producing criminals and those who have no clue about sportsmanship.

Goodell has been doing a great job to reign in the outta control jungle rules attitude present in many of today’s athletes. I wish he’d go a bit farther. How about enforcing some safety rules in the league. It used to be mandatory to have hip pads, thigh pads, knee pads, and pants that extended below the knees. Now the wideouts and DBs wear helmets, shoulder pads, jerseys, socks, cleats, and long shorts. I’d like to see a rule that hair is not to protrude more than 1.5 inches from the helmet. I’m surprised that the clothing retailers haven’t screamed for this already, since the long braids cover the name on some jerseys. I’m just waiting for one of those longhair freaks to be running down the sidelines when some lineman reached out and grabs him by the hair and causes a serious neck injury.

By: micky2

micky2 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:42:35 +0000

Hope to hear from you again

By: connie grace

connie grace — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:29:49 +0000

sorry not ‘quite’ but ‘guiet’.

By: connie grace

connie grace — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:27:52 +0000

Aloha! We can be friends! I’ll be quite from now on…

By: micky2

micky2 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:23:53 +0000

Its cool,
You have never experienced me in the past. But I am constantly apologizing for jumping the gun. I believe we are passionate people who mean well and get frustrated when we are not understood or heard.
Take care my friend.
{ Aloha !}

By: connie grace

connie grace — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:38:54 +0000

Mickey2: I stand corrected. Normally, I don’t make such venomous statements. I applaud you for your courage to remain neutral when angry. I am not such a tough guy. Believe it or not, I do ’small kindnesses’ for animals and people.

Small Story: I am totally allergic to pets (the hair, the dander, dogs, cats). I had a pit bull puppy show up at my door on a stormy night. I feed him, gave him water…I tried to resist. I tried to ignore him. I wanted him to go away! Bottom line…the best friend I ever had. I only showed him love and affection and amazingly he returned the courtesy. Unfortunately and most regrettably, when I was on vacation, the ‘come once a day and feed to dog’ caregiver let him out. He was killed on the street. He was a good and loving pet.

Now I have 2 feral cats and a possum (they live outside of course). I’ve taken the cats to the vet for shots , neutering and checkups. Still working on the possum. Go figure. I apologize for venom of my previous statements. I’m not an animal activist, a tree hugger or left winger… however, I would help anyone or anything. Thanks for your patience with me. I was wrong in venting.