chicagopurple wrote:they will kill, torture, rape again....and abusing animals is usually followed later by doing the same to kids or women. Only a fool would buy into his "I am a changed man" routine
Dude. How can you know that? Please, tell me, how do you KNOW this? Your accusations that he will automatically turn to even more heinous crimes are wrong, unfair, and just plain MEAN. Why is Vick is automatically just like 'the rest'? Vick isn't allowed to change or be sincerely sorry? Why is that exactly? Because you say so? RIDICULOUS!!!! I can't stand it when people don't believe in other people's ability to CHANGE. As a human being (yes, Vick's human, not sub-human, sorry to break it to you), I feel it is my debt to have faith in and show support for all my fellow humans until they prove me wrong once and for all.
chicagopurple wrote:OH and BGM...who am I to judge Vick??
I am someone who never tortured the helpless
I am someone who knows right from wrong
I am someone who, when my team FINALLY WINS IT ALL (vikes/cubs...aaargh) I do NOT want if polluted by a scumbag in my teams uniform
I am someone who takes care of people who have been abused, raped, tortured by the Sub-Human Michael Vicks of this world....
so get off your Holier-Then-Thou trip...good people CAN judge when the witness evil....we Know the difference.
I asked the question, not BGM.
It's difficult to convey to you the ridiculousness of your post(s). You're making a real jerk out of yourself, that's for sure. If someone said this to me in person, about Vick or anyone, I'd hit them in the face. Not really, but I'd want to. Just because you haven't done any of the same wrongdoings as he has doesn't qualify you to judge ANYONE. In fact, NO HUMAN should be allowed to judge ANOTHER HUMAN. Unless, of course, you are the Second Coming and you yourself have committed 0 sins and wrongdoings in your lifetime. I doubt it.
Look, I'm going to avoid getting into a religious argument. That isn't my goal here. But I WILL cite a famous Bible verse: "May the one of you who is without sin cast the first stone." This is how I live my life with everybody. Not trying to paint myself as some sort of saint; that couldn't be further from the truth. But I encourage you to rethink your position and do the same. You've committed wrongdoings. I've committed wrongdoings. And Michael Vick has committed wrongdoings. None of us can really make judgments on one another.
Newsflash: the one on the "Holier-Than-Thou" trip is not me. It is YOU. Thinking you are somehow better than someone because they haven't committed the same crimes, judging others without truly getting to know them... THAT, my friend, is the VERY DEFINITION of a holier-than-thou attitude. Do you not think forgiveness is a good thing? Do you not think you should ever have to forgive Vick simply because his crimes are of a higher degree than yours or mine? Forgiveness shouldn't be conditional. People who aren't willing to forgive others when they are truly sorry are the worst kind of people. Judgmental people like you are the biggest hypocrits you will find anywhere. And I really don't like people like that.