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By: Where’s the outrage for Roman Polanski? | A Rubber Door

Where’s the outrage for Roman Polanski? | A Rubber Door — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:14:43 +0000

[...] when the Philadelphia Eagles signed convicted dog killer/fighter and quarterback Michael Vick, it opened a firestorm of controversy. After Roman Polanksi was arrested in Switzerland, I wondered where was the same outrage. Among the [...]

By: Spencer

Spencer — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:53:21 +0000

Jon – another thing, most felons don’t have the opportunity to come out of prison and get a job that isn’t crap. Most are from broken homes, uneducated, abused, etc. Their job prospects are limited by those facts in addition to their legal status.

By: grace

grace — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:23:29 +0000

Has anyone seen the 60 Minutes interview with Vick? I haven’t yet, but everyone was saying how insincere he seemed. He really does seem to be a complete jerk who still really doesn’t know why what he did was such a big deal. He seems sorry he got caught, but not for much else. I guess that’s neither here nor there. He won’t be the first jerk to make millions of dollars. If the NFL had a jerk filter each team would only have 3 guys. I have a new slogan for the NFL: Home of Criminals, Assholes and Losers.

By: Michael Vick divides a city | A Rubber Door

Michael Vick divides a city | A Rubber Door — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:05:47 +0000

[...] soon as the Philadelphia Eagles signed Michael Vick, Philadelphia lit up. Tweets, Facebook statues, blog postings, radio talk shows, etc. People who didn’t even care about football were moved to take sides. [...]

By: Spencer

Spencer — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:50:47 +0000

Really, he plead not guilty? That never happens in our legal system. And all your coulda shoulda wouldas, he served the time he was sentenced to – end of story.

And please tell me how you know he’s insincere? Are you some sort of a telepath? No one ever said they believe his schtick – but does that matter? Send me the law where it says he needs to be sincere in his attitude.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:54:12 +0000

You people have to be kidding me when you say he has done his time and deserves a second chance. At first he plead not guilty to all the charges. There was so much evidence against him that he plea barging the charges down. Unfortunately the legal system will take the path of least resistance. Instead of taking the effort and time to properly prosecute Vick, Vick’s plea of guilty on most of the charges was good enough. If the legal system did not take the easy way Vick would of been charged with illegal gambling as well, making him unable to ever play professional sports again. It is amazing how gullible people are believing he is sincere when he apologizes for his actions. His attitude toward dog cruelty and fighting has not changed. He is only apologizing because he has to since he got caught.

By: evie

evie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:49:46 +0000

if he were any other black man on the streets in philly he would not be given a second chance. it just so happens that he was fortunate enough to have a talent which he in turn shit all over. i don’t think the nfl should turn a blind eye because obviously he could care less. if his future or integrity mattered to him he would not have taken part in such heinous activities. if it were anyone else there would be no second chances….especially in philadelphia.

By: Cyn

Cyn — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:17:52 +0000

I’m somewhere in between on this…you’re right Spencer – the debt was paid (although I feel there’s a difference between crimes involving drug abuse and something sadistic, so I take some exception to comparing to someone like Robert D.Jr. who, as far as I know, only hurt himself.)

But, there is an obvious personality disorder in someone who can see sport in dogs ripping each other apart. Is that something that can be fixed/overcome? I don’t know.

Still – football is a game – and guys don’t get chosen to play based on the pureness of their virtue.

But mostly, it’s big business. Like every other business, money is the bottom line. So there’s no reason to expect that anything matters in that game more than making the team winning/profitable. Still, I think less of Eagles management for this decision, if only because it exposes those base priorities in a glaring light.

By the way, can you tell I don’t like football?
.-= CynÂ´s last blog ..After A Long Hiatus =-.

By: Not in Philly

Not in Philly — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:26:26 +0000

“I think Vick deserves a second chance.”

Are you talking about the Ron Mexico second chance, the hidden (drug) compartment in the airport second chance, the flipping fans off second chance, the many problems at Virginia Tech second chance?

September is Herpes Awareness month in Philadelphia. Here’s the new Eagles motto for the 2009 season “You wants to party, you gots to wear a condom.”

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:46:46 +0000

I agree with the first part of the sentence – there’s a difference between having a right and deserving it. If you feel his rights should have been encumbered – your argument is with the legal system. But at the end of a prisoner’s term – they say “you’ve paid your debt to society”. Think about what that means – it means that your punishment for whatever crime you’ve committed – is considered paid in full. Yes there are things you can no longer do, but the debt is paid.

“Felons always end up with crap jobs, let him go work at a crap job. Like Robert Downey Jr., Kelsey Grammer, R. Kelly, Mike Tyson (rape btw), Kiefer Sutherland, or Tim Allen (not to mention 50% of rappers) all went on to crap jobs after they committed their crimes?