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Michael Vick’s once again making headlines for something many of us were hoping never to hear: He has a dog.
Suspicions were raised after he unwittingly tweeted a photo of himself sitting at a table with his daughter where an open box of Milk Bone dog biscuits were spotted. He deleted the picture and posted another with the box miraculously cropped out and declined to comment when asked about it in an interview following the incident.
In a statement, he said,
I understand the strong emotions by some people about our family’s decision to care for a pet. As a father, it is important to make sure my children develop a healthy relationship with animals. I want to ensure that my children establish a loving bond and treat all of God’s creatures with kindness and respect. Our pet is well cared for and loved as a member of our family. This is an opportunity to break the cycle. To that end, I will continue to honor my commitment to animal welfare and be an instrument of positive change.
Vick announced his desire to get a dog last year, and now that the conditions of his probation, which prohibited him from getting one, are finished it looks like he’s gone and done just that.
Vick served 18 months in prison for bankrolling a dogfighting ring at Bad Newz Kennels in Virginia. Informants told investigators that Vick and others strangled poor-performing dogs by hanging them from trees, drowning them in buckets of water, shooting them and beating at least one to death by slamming it against the ground until it was dead. They used their dogs and pets as bait dogs and were reported to get an “adrenaline high when killing the dogs.”
Survivors showed signs of horrific physical and psychological abuse. One is unable to do anything but flatten in terror in hopes of being overlooked for whatever is coming beyond the kennel doors (video). Yet this man thinks he can teach anyone about treating animals with kindness.
After being released he worked with the HSUS and Wayne Pacelle stated that he believed Vick should one day be able to have a dog, but they’re not commenting on this one.
Second chances are wonderful. We’re all human and make mistakes, but we don’t all engage in repeated, intentional acts of horrific brutality against defenseless creatures for years on end and brazenly admit on planning to lawyer up, blatantly lie and buy our way out of it after getting caught. His acts were not mistakes, they were conscious choices and he has yet to take personal responsibility for them.
Second chances in this case should be reserved for the dogs who were fortunate enough to be saved from Vick’s house of horror.
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Why was this guy even allowed out of jail?! In my opinion, it should have been a life sentence!
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks again, Lynda, but slight correction. I've been a member of Care.2 far longer than just 3 years. I actually joined in 2004, but changed my ISP and e-mail addy in 2010 and for whatever reason, had to re-join then. That isn't even important, the point should be that a troll, as you've pointed out, pops in and hurls nastiness at selected individuals with whom they have some kind of "agenda", then vanish again. They usually do not participate on a daily basis over long term, nor in many different areas that interest me. If anyone truly chose to check, I participate in MANY different topics of varying subjects, as I know you do.
If your guess about Rosemary's motive is to hurt my feelings, she might know that she's failed and miserably. In order to have my feelings hurt, I'd have to respect the person attempting to do that. So far, that has not been the case. If YOU insulted me, then my feelings might be hurt, since I do respect YOU. Hope that makes sense. My feelings would easily be hurt if one of my critters turned on me, but so far, that hasn't happened, either. One is on my lap, another snoring behind me and the other is on my bed, waiting for me to get there & heading that way now.
OOPS - a double negative! “…that neither Diane L nor myself are trolls”, not “not trolls”!
Rosemary, unless you are intellectually challenged (and I would take that as a valid and forgivable excuse), you would know that neither Diane L nor myself are not trolls. An internet troll does not use their real name: anonymity protects them from the consequences of their offensive behaviour. Both Diane and myself use our names, and have visible profile pages, offering a means of personal contact.
Trolls are never long term members of social networks, blogs, forums, etc. because the moderators cancel the membership of anyone exhibiting troll behaviour as soon as it is reported. Diane has been a Care2 member for over 3 years, myself over 7 years. I think if we were trolls, the moderator would have gotten around to us by now!
The trolls’ main objective is to upset and offend people. None of Diane’s or my posts are offensive in any way, nor upsetting. Neither of us like to see incorrect information being passed around as facts, and Diane, more informed than most about this topic, was correcting the misinformation. She did so without personal insult attacks, offensive language or rudeness.
You call her a troll because you are angry with her, and you want to hurt her feelings, upset, offend, and/or silence her. This is against the Care2 code of conduct: http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc_conduct.html Note “name calling”.
"IF we have a blog"? Rosemary, once again you make little sense. Lynda tried to play "peacemaker" here and it shouldn't have even been necessary. We ALL know to "whom" you were referring, so don't try to play "innocent". Your last comment sums it up, "This and other sites deal with how to handle such disruptive people. Hope it helps."................I've never tried to be disruptive, nor was Lynda being disruptive by trying to get you to lay off with the personal B.S. It's pretty obvious that when I post a response to another member and then YOU come in with some comment about "trolls", who you are referring to, even though you were not included in any manner in the comment made just previously. In case you missed it, my comments were made to a "Phyl" and to "Janet", yet you deemed it necessary to come in and post a bunch of stuff about internet "trolls". Seems you fit the definition of what you posted a lot more than anyone else, and it doesn't matter if you used names or not. You truly do think everyone else must be stupid. You just went out of your way to mention getting a "Green Star" from Kevin. What was your point, there? I've gotten Green Stars and positive comments from Kevin as well. So what? See, the thing is, you seem obscessed with continuing some campaign of negativity. Why???? Are you that lonely, or that bored or what?
Lynda, you got your answer.
For those bloggers who wanted to know more about Trolls Operating on these blogs, here is some info and the website. It is very helpful.
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How to Deal with Trolls on Your Blog - SitePoint
If you have a blog, you know the trolls I am referring to. Trolls are typically people who post rude comments with the sole intent of offending or provoking others.
www.sitepoint.com/how-to-deal-with-trolls - Cached
This and other sites deal with how to handle such disruptive people. Hope it helps.
Rosemary, do you think we are all stupid?
“These animal blogs often get "trolls" who love to attack others personally, hoping to get them involved in minutiae. These people often just like to argue--or they may have an agenda, which is to disrupt the flow of the blog. Some actually may work for the animal expoloitation industry, one never knows.”
If you weren’t referring to Diane L, pray tell just WHO you were you referring to!? A mystery ghost who actually didn’t post comments but was reading the thread?
Well, I thought you were a good person who just caught caught up in someone else’s personal agenda, but it would seem I overestimated your character. You had a chance for peace, and you chose war. Instead of an olive branch, you held out poison ivy.
You obviously find some pleasure in being cruel. Nowhere near to the extent of Michael Vick, but you share that behavioural trait with him. Think about it.
Thanks Kevin for the Star. It is interestng to note that my comments about trolls upset one or two people. These were general comments, with absolutely no names, nor were any individuals mentioned. Interesting, isn't it? The old saying goes .."if the shoe fits...."
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