The problem here is clearly that there's not yet some sort of Malibu rehab center for dog fighting addicts.

I'm not for dog fighting, but really, what's the difference between what he did and the way factory farms kill cows or chickens? He hung them and drowned them.

PETA videos aside, it bothers me that every "expert" that is being interviewed on CNN talks about the "heinous" and "morally corrupt" crimes he committed. What about that Sonic #2 you had last night?

I'm also not a vegetarian but I see a double standard. How about some of those terms get thrown at factory farms instead of just Vick? Responsible livestock raising. yay.

the problem here is America supports the bad, the convicted and child molesters. Yea, I said it...you get caught with weed for enjoying a good time and not harming anyone but loving people around you; you are ruined in life. You get caught killing dogs because life is you know...boring...and killing things is in good, clean fun and you know...life is boring when you make 140 mill...you get a max 5 year prison sentence. Oh, don't forget Jesus and to not watch porn and to eat your oscar meyer weiners why you pump your SUV with Saudi oil while your wife is nailing your brother and your 8 year old kid has the attention span of a gnat. Because America is good, America is what is white...I mean right!

Not to mention, animals raised for food are (I believe) killed somewhat humanely - versus dog fighting where the dogs sustain combat injuries which often result in death.

Not to mention the ongoing mistreatment and neglect of the dogs.

What I'm saying is that that is a strictly cultural interpretation.

Are you feigning ignorance to the fact that cows are seen as holy in India while in other areas dogs are seen as food?

I have dogs that I love a lot, my point isn't that dogs should be tortured and forced to fight each other to the death, only that the media fury over this is overblown considering the terrible things that happen to animals that go unreported every single day.

Not just seen as. Specifically, in the example he gives, one is food and the other is not.

The problem with your point, is he will not be coming back bigger than ever. Future jail time aside, his career is ruined. All he had was football, I doubt we will see him play in the NFL ever again. Perhaps after his jail time and after some imposed, severe suspension, but I doubt at all.

The NFL must ban Vick for life. He does not deserve to be anyone's idol. I expect him to serve less than a year and be back in the NFL by next season. At which point, I will disown my beloved Jets and just focus on doped-up bicyclists!

See, and I think there is nothing that is simply wrong.

but more importantly-

I'm NOT saying dogfighting is okay. In any way. At all. We agree on this.

I AM saying that other animals deserve more respect. That is all.

I mean nothing is wrong across the board.
This isn't really the outlet for this conversation, but let's go for it.

Murder isn't wrong if someone comes at me with a knife. But that's my interpretation of it. I'm not denying you your right to believe whatever you want about that. For a Buddhist Monk, he might not want to kill someone who is coming at him with a knife. That's his choice.

I think raising dogs and torturing and killing them is wrong.
I also think raising pigs and torturing and killing them is wrong.

But I respect other people's opinions on the matter, and that is what I mean by nothing is simply wrong. Individual acts can be wrong, but no idea should be wrong.

So we all, including the media, should start focusing our discussions and attention on the things "that go unreported" that we've never heard of or know anything about rather than the things we know.

Your reasoning and logic are unique and experimental.