Will Michael Vick Commit Suicide in Prison?

External Since: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 78

On Aug 22, 8:52 pm, "Gooserider" <Gooseri....TakeThisOut@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
> "Curt" <curtja....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Al Bino" <albinogar....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Now that Michael Vick will be spending at least a year away
>
> > Vick hasn't been sentenced yet. The plea agreement, according to an
> > anonymous source, is for 18 months max, iirc. However I also read that
> > the judge is not held to that time limit. What's the purpose of a plea
> > *if* that's the case?
>
> >> from his millions of dollars, does anyone think that Vick might
> >> get killed in prison or commit suicide??
>
> > I doubt he'll get killed or commit suicide in jail or out.
>
> >> Can Vick tough it out like Mike Tyson did, or will he become a mental
> >> case
> >> like Paris Hilton and demand to be transferred into the Prison Medical
> >> Ward?
>
> > I also doubt Vick will react as Paris did.
>
> > No doubt that dogfighting is a poor choice for a hobby, however I am
> > curious about the outrage over animal deaths. You can buy horse meat
> > from a butcher in France. Monkey meat on the street in the
> > Philippines. People hunt deer with bow and arrow and assorted firearms
> > in the U.S. And we're paying soldiers to kill Iraqis and Afghanis
> > (they're human beings, btw) in ways some would describe as not
> > dissimiliar to dogfighting. I don't get it. Slap Vick on the hand and
> > say, bad QB, bad.
>
> Dogs are pets. Was he EATING THE DOGS??? No.

Did you see the youtubed National Lampoon parody? Regardless, there
are hunters who hunt for sport rather than food. I don't see a huge
distinction, actually.

> Your point is not made, Curt.

It's always about a point, isn't it. Dear Perry Mason, sometimes it
can be just about the counterpoint.

> Vick was engaged in a criminal activity which was defined by its cruelty.
> Hunters are not cruel. Butchers are not cruel. Putting two dogs into a pit
> and allowing them to tear each other to shreds---then electrocuting or
> drowning the loser---is a sign of a defective, dangerous personality. Those
> sorts of people need to go to prison.

I'm reading this:

| the NFL star agreed Monday to "accept full
| responsibility" for his role in a dogfighting
| ring and plead guilty to federal conspiracy
| charges.

Did Vick confess to drowning or electrocuting dogs? Did they define
what is "role in a dogfighting ring" consisted of? I mean, "Three of
Vick's original co-defendants already had pleaded guilty and agreed to
testify against him if the case went to trial. Quanis Phillips of
Atlanta and Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach signed statements saying
Vick participated in executing at least eight under-performing dogs by
various means, including drowning and hanging" sounds suspicious.
Suddenly Phillips and Peace are trustworthy and credible young men?
No. They're attempting to save their own behinds.

Otoh, people do some crazy things and I wouldn't be surprised if Vick
is guilty of it all.

--
Curt

External Since: Aug 23, 2006 Posts: 16

"Curt" <curtjames.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1187791375.951701.226780@l22g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> "Al Bino" <albinogar....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Now that Michael Vick will be spending at least a year away
>
> Vick hasn't been sentenced yet. The plea agreement, according to an
> anonymous source, is for 18 months max, iirc. However I also read that
> the judge is not held to that time limit. What's the purpose of a plea
> *if* that's the case?
>
>> from his millions of dollars, does anyone think that Vick might
>> get killed in prison or commit suicide??
>
> I doubt he'll get killed or commit suicide in jail or out.
>
>> Can Vick tough it out like Mike Tyson did, or will he become a mental
>> case
>> like Paris Hilton and demand to be transferred into the Prison Medical
>> Ward?
>
> I also doubt Vick will react as Paris did.
>
> No doubt that dogfighting is a poor choice for a hobby, however I am
> curious about the outrage over animal deaths. You can buy horse meat
> from a butcher in France. Monkey meat on the street in the
> Philippines. People hunt deer with bow and arrow and assorted firearms
> in the U.S. And we're paying soldiers to kill Iraqis and Afghanis
> (they're human beings, btw) in ways some would describe as not
> dissimiliar to dogfighting. I don't get it. Slap Vick on the hand and
> say, bad QB, bad.

Dogs are pets. Was he EATING THE DOGS??? No. Your point is not made, Curt.
Vick was engaged in a criminal activity which was defined by its cruelty.
Hunters are not cruel. Butchers are not cruel. Putting two dogs into a pit
and allowing them to tear each other to shreds---then electrocuting or
drowning the loser---is a sign of a defective, dangerous personality. Those
sorts of people need to go to prison.