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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:22 PM Original message |
Poll question: Michael Vick did his time (in full) and has been released from Federal custody |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sure! Just boycott whatever team hires him. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Legally, yes. Morally, no. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Ouch! I need some heavy-duty brain bleach! |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I know you don't like me |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:36 PM Original message |
Differences aside, I'm glad we stand together on this one. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I fully agree with your post. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
80. Yet don't forget that most fans are dog people |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #80 |
93. I will take your word on this and say that I was wrong. nt |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. That is so sad |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. ditto and THANK you for bringing it back, however graphically |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
95. Oh God. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
161. For fun? I thought it was for *profit*. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. By all means |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Is it your position that no one who has served time should be employed? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Considering the fact that NFL players are still looked at as community leaders |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Ahhh so he can work |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Being an NFL player is a special privilege |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. A special privilege? |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Well, how is Mr Vick not being allowed to play football for his |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Well to begin with, those professions require a license |
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Hard_Work (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
194. ANY job is a privilege |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Did you get a look at the photo of a tortured pit bull above? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. You need to write your Congressman |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
86. I think one of the main questions |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:05 AM Response to Reply #86 |
106. bad choice of words. so someone that's killed people is more trust |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
164. Dahmer got his start abusing animals. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #164 |
195. Fully in agreement with you |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #164 |
196. Check out the recidivism rates on pedophilia if you don't believe me. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #86 |
126. No one said you can't hate him |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #126 |
155. Please stop making sense... |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #86 |
156. While you may disapprove of the stance being |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
94. "those who make poor choices" |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
111. My god this post is disgusting! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
132. Poor choices? Seriously? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #132 |
143. I'm not sure why that phrase bothers you folks |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Oh, I'm all for him being employed |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
96. I'd pay to see Judge throw a pot of hot coffee in his face. |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #96 |
108. wow.... why stop there what about a foot or maybe just castrate him. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. I want him employed - just not |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
107. Legally he should be allowed to work at any job he can find, as should any felon who has served |
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Obama2012 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
137. I'm of the opinion that anybody convicted of animal cruelty should get life in prison |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. fortunately, your opinion has nothing to do with the law of the land. |
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Obama2012 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:53 AM Response to Reply #140 |
199. People who murder, rape, molest children or abuse animals should never get out |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. he should DEFINITELY be allowed to resume his career... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Hmmm...peta not liking it vs torturing animals, and you choose torturing animals. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. he's paid his fine and time for his crimes under the law. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. And that changes nothing about what you said above. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. "You just came down on the side of animal torture"...? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. How so? By taking Vick's side out of spite over PETA. Vick DID torture animals. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. 'DiD' being the operative word here(at least you got the verb right). |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. You're desperate to change the topic from your own words. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. not at all. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #67 |
116. Not quite. Just because you served your sentence does not |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #116 |
123. And there is a law in place that places those limits on sex offenders |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #123 |
142. Virginia doesn't have laws about hiring felons for certain jobs? |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. Not at all |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. I asked if Virginia had laws about hiring felons, not the NFL. Could you |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. "I seriously doubt that the NFL is going to rehire an admitted gambler " |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #152 |
159. On illegal sports? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. if someone is convicted of it and does their time for it... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #163 |
174. No one doubts that. I just doubt your faulty logic that concludes |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #174 |
179. that's not my logic, nor is it what i said. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #179 |
191. Below, I cite two articles that refute your assertion that players |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #149 |
154. I am not an employment lawyer |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #154 |
169. Really, I'm surprised |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #116 |
139. as long as that field isn't related to the crime comitted... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. Gambling isn't related to employment in the NFL? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. did he gamble on nfl games? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Ah--so gambling does have something to do with being an NFL |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. no it doesn't. you brought up pete rose. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #153 |
158. My question, again.... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. you keep changing the question. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #160 |
173. I haven't changed the question--you just refuse to answer it. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
166. There's actually no evidence that he's been rehabilitated. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #166 |
180. is there evidence that he hasn't? |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #180 |
183. Considering the extremely high recidivism rate of animal abusers, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. and that has no bearing on anything about his career in football. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #185 |
190. Just like people who rape children. Sure. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Wow. Just, wow. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. seeing as he's paid his fines and done his time under the law... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. How'd he fund those crimes? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. you mean the crimes that he's paid the price required under the law for? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I do. And it's a shame it doesn't in this case but does in others. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. that's thwe way it is with the law(s) in this country... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
147. Gambling has nothing to do with the NFL? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #147 |
150. was his conviction over gambling? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #150 |
170. Yes. Read his plea agreement. Gambling constituted an element |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
110. That's a moronic statement. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #110 |
120. what a well thought out and reasoned reply.... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
114. That's juvenile (n/t) |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #114 |
121. how so? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #121 |
133. You're basing an opinion based on what PETA thinks of it |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. no i'm not. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. I said yes, but I should have said I don't care. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. Would any team want him? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. No. Fuck him. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Any reading at all about Michael Vick's little escapades |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. NO |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. i imagine he has a different perspective on animals and football and celebrity & common sense. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
69. This. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Absolutely |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:54 PM Original message |
I might believe in "rehabilitation"... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. A whole thread of pre-judgment |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I don't believe prison rehabilitates people. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. If the prisoner participates in various programs |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. "so what you're saying is you believe in locking people up for life" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. no prison. no rehabilitation. no job. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I am saying that I don't believe prison necessarily rehabilitates people. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Like a chain gang. I see. Thanks n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You're a piece of work. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. What |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
87. Nice straw man. I see as well. nt |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. See #73 n/t |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Parole is fine for car thieves and people who get into simple fist fights in bars, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Rapists, child molesters, murderers, |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Rape and molesting children is torture for pleasure in my view. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. And when can they get a job? n/t |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. I worked in a group home which had supervised jobs for our clients. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. They weren't monitored 24-7 |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #104 |
125. I'm seeing in this thread that DU isn't as Liberal and forgiving as we once thought |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #125 |
182. It's progressive to think a torturer deserves a multi-million dollar job? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #182 |
192. It isn't our place to decide where or whom he works for |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Thank you |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
178. Except that animal abuse in some forms has a recitivism rate of 100 percent. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. I guess so, but the public can also visit their fury on any team that signs him. |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. Personally, I think Michael Vick can serve a better good if he is allowed to play |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I strongly support point #2 and hope he lives up to point #1. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. If Vick had been a prominent banker, would the bank hire him back? |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I would disagree that he is a psychopath |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. "What happened to Michael Vick" |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, he should, if he's able to. I don't think players should be banned from sports leagues |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. I think it's more that people in pro sports are *different* from "normal folks" in some way... |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't like him, and I don't support him, but yes he should be "allowed." |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. If he does play again, I will be there pelting him with dog biscuits with alot of other fans. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. It would actually justify "who let the dogs out" being played at a sporting event. |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
200. Maybe he can play for the Cleveland Browns. n/t |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
188. You'd pay money to see him? |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. Only after being mauled by pit bulls n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. +1 |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. absolutely.. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
45. He can do whatever he wants to, as long as it's legal. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. No. beside the fact that no team would put up with the bad pub, he sucked as a QB. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. Michael Vick should be locked in a cage |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. Up to the commish |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. I don't care one way or the other |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
62. Dogfighting is abhorrent |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #62 |
81. Actually, I've found that you don't even have to pretend to like them. Dog owners will just |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. They stink |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
64. If some team wants him, he'll resume his career, BUT |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
68. I'm inclined to say yeah. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
71. That's a dispute to be settled between the football players' union and the NFL |
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dolphindance (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
74. Of course. He did his time, he is free to do as he pleases. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Look at this and tell me he did "too much time" - What a crock. He didn't do nearly enough time. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I knew that was coming...and yet I clicked on it anyway. n/t |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
77. Let him play |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
84. Who is MIchael Vick? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
85. I've seen more than few posts by DU'ers that say once a perp has served his time... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
89. What he did disgusts me to my soul, but if the goal of our prisons is to punish |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
90. Sure, let him.....but not for my team... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
99. I hope he rots in hell |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
101. The man lost everything, did his time in prison...what more do you want? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
102. Of course he has a right to restart his career |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
103. NO unless the biggest part of his salary |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
105. love dogs but I think you can ride a person too much! he's not the only |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
109. No. Fuck him, fuck anyone who employs him. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #109 |
112. (Shakes head) Your skirt is showing. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #112 |
141. Better that than inhumanity. |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
113. He's a monster. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
115. In our Country you can't take away somone's ability to make money. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
117. Sure - he did his time. Let him join a team and then boycott and protest. Shame the team |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
118. As an Eagles fan, may I say that I think Dallas should hire him? n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
119. I wouldn't want any of the Blackwater/CIA torturers playing, either. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
122. No. I'm a huge football fan, but I will stop watching if the NFL |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
124. If a football organization feels that it will be worth the PR nightmare.. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
127. So much for the liberal ideal of redemption and rehabilitation |
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Bankhead_ATL (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. Yeah Some DUers are funny |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #127 |
134. Yep, because he makes too much money doing it... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #127 |
172. Context in all things, yes? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
128. of course... |
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Bankhead_ATL (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #128 |
131. ????? |
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Bankhead_ATL (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
129. Yes... the Man did his time let him play |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
135. Vick has done some horrible things but has the ability to make a big difference in this world. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
136. ? Should Sanford and Sin still be a Gov? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
145. Why should a gambler be allowed back into the NFL? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #145 |
165. lots of nfl players are gamblers- it's not illegal. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #165 |
175. Gambling on an illegal sport is....wait for it!!! ILLEGAL!!!!! Illegal Gambling!!! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. that wasn't what you asked- you merely said "a gambler". |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #177 |
184. And? The NFL's own rules allow for 'legal' gambling to be |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. if they gamble on their own sport, perhaps... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. No. Educate yourself. Here's two links explaining. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
157. I put "NO," but what I really wish is that no one would want to |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
162. Don't care. Throwball is boring as fuck. (nt) |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
167. The NFL will eventually take him back. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #167 |
181. They might not take him back because of the new Federal inquiry. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
168. Nope. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
171. Sure. But its not like any NFL team has to hire him. |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
176. Sure, teach kids you can breed social animals for the purposes of torture |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
187. Yes (nt) |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
193. of course if he can still play well enough |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #193 |
197. Well done, but as you noticed, sympathy even for the devil is lacking here |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
198. He should return to football as an owner, not a player |
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