I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"all of the dogs were in good health..."

...until I let them tear each other apart. Riiiiiight.


Was it his idea or the court's for him to work with PETA? That seems kind of backwards, given the fact that Ingrid Newkirk supports pit bull euthanasia policies and breed bans. I think it would be a lot more appropriate for him to work with a pit bull rescue group.

Better yet, let him volunteer at a large emergency veterinary practice so he can see first hand what the results of animal abuse look like. It would also give him a good opportunity to see the human/pet bond in action.

This must be hard on his family. But these are the consequences of his actions. Hopefully he comes out a changed man. Hopefully he becomes a better man for himself and his family. I hope he does alright in there, and I hope the best for him; but he needs to serve his sentence.

Either or, I guess. If you work with a pit bull rescue, you're going to run into the consequences of dog fighting. More often than you care to...

Yes, he's not the beast he's made out to be...
He's worse. And I think the dogs he killed would have agreed.
There's making a mistake, and then there's being a sick twisted &%$@ who TAKES ANIMALS LIVES FOR HIS AMUSEMENT. There is no excuse for that. He's just a disgusting human being, and I feel no sympathy for someone like that.
Plus, he's supporting PETA, further cementing my opinion of him.

Huh. So he was a football player. I'd heard he was famous before all this started.

Knowing pretty much nothing about him or even much about the charges other than that he killed dogs and funded a dogfight, I'm not really sure what to make of it. I don't understand how anyone could fund dogfighting, let alone kill a dog who wasn't agressive enough.
I suppose it really does depend on how you are raised, to be able to make sense of something like that.
All I know is that if I had a family, and I was taken away from them for 2 years, and knew all the shame I'd brought on them, to the point where even my own father turned on me, I'd be pretty desperate to know all the errors of my ways.
Basically, I'm saying that I do actually believe what he's saying. I don't see how anyone could not be completely remoseful in that situation.
I think that what he's gone through already is going to be much harder than 23 months in prison.
Furthermore, he's now more famous than ever, and he really has a chance to make up for some of what he's done. If he's really a changed person, he still has a chance at being a role model for children and teaching them about caring for animals, and working to shut down other dogfights around the country.
When I was 17 I got to meet and talk with a famous actor from the 80s (can't remember who it was now). After becoming famous, be developed a serious heroin addiction, lost everything, started living in a subway station doing nothing but smack for months on end, until someone actually recognized him and dragged him to a rehab clinic. Now he goes to schools and tells his story.
Nothing the government, CDC, or any other anti-drug organization has ever put out has come anywhere close to being as moving, motivating, and inspirational as listening to that guy talk about the mistakes he made in his life.
If Vick turns out anything like that when he gets out of jail, I'll have nothing but good things to say about him.
Let's hope he does.

Why was he asking for a second chance? He got his sentence and when he's done his time, he gets a second chance not to screw up. It's built in.

If he truley accepts responsibility then he will do his time and make amends when he's through. This seemed more like lip service.