Apparently, Michael Vick says he's sorry for killing dogs, and he hopes to redeem himself. Last time I checked, committing suicide was still illegal in the States, so I'm not sure how the only possible route of redemption will work if he's just going to get arrested again.
Oh, he's also found Jesus. Which I suppose beats finding an electrical appliance in your ass and being electrocuted because you lost a fight. Probably beats it by a mile.
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I don't why, but that was laugh-out-loud funny. I have to hand it to Vick - to use the "I found Jebus" gambit is breathtakingly ballsy at this point. I mean, isn't the standard mean-time between 'bad act' and 'finding religion' just a little bit longer - even for celebrities? What a moron...errr...douchebag.
As one of those "young kids out there," mentioned by Vick in his statement - I, for one am declining to accept his apology.
Maybe Jesus will inform him that killing dogs is a little more than an example of "an immature act."
And then send him directly to a 'Far Side' cartoon version of Hell - where dogs walk upright and are the ones calling the shots.
I like how Vick called spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, and many years, on building his death camp and associated businesses, "bad judgement".
Hey Sean, I'm curious about one thing in your comments. But first: we can certainly agree that, in this particular case, the chances that Vick is truly remorseful - rather than doing whatever he thinks will better his situation - are south of slim and probably not much north of nil. I'm not gonna argue that with you, cuz I'm pretty sure I'd lose.
But couldn't we imagine a person in Vick's situation who, upon finally facing and acknowledging the full extent of his awful behaviour, would feel true remorse? And if that person admitted his crimes, accepted his punishment without word of complaint, and then later, upon finding himself a free man once more, set himself on a path of making up for what he'd done, couldn't that lead to redemption? Suppose he spent most of his time travelling around, on his own nickel, attempting to educate people on the evils of dog-fighting, and maybe even changed some minds on the subject in the process. Suppose he also took to finding places where it was still going on, and liberated the dogs while working with the SCPA to find them healthy homes. Wouldn't that man eventually find redemption, having made up in the only way he could, for what he'd done previously? And would that not be a better outcome than if he'd simply killed himself in shame upon being caught?
And I ask all of this, in total sincerity and with not one whit of judgment, as a long-time atheist, who doesn't believe in an immortal soul, or Heaven or Hell, or that there's anything to this existence beyond what's before our eyes. But even with all of that, I still believe people can redeem themselves if they truly want to. Not by praying to Jesus or God for forgiveness, but by changing their lives to "do good" in at least equal proportion to whatever crap they pulled off before.
But I won't deny that it's almost certain that Vick's everything you say, and probably worse.
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