tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post2347906341924045491..comments2023-10-25T04:44:35.462-04:00Comments on Rather Than Working: I'm no Michael Vick fan; but, ...Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-70174979113171872342010-07-15T11:19:15.640-04:002010-07-15T11:19:15.640-04:00Dave... I think I may be with you on this one, odd...Dave... I think I may be with you on this one, oddly enough.<br /><br />Vick is not supposed to have contact with his co-defendants. One shows up at an event Vick is hosting. The confrontation, presumably, results when Vick tells co-defendant to hit the dusty trail. Co-defendant says he's not going.<br /><br />And -- for a wonder -- Vick leaves.<br /><br />That sounds like he's complying with the terms of his probation to me.<br /><br />Co-defendant gets shot by someone else five minutes later. How is Vick on the hook for that?<br /><br />The problem people are having is that people hardly ever got shot at parties... at least the kinds that I go too and, I'm guessing, also not at the parties your other commenters attend.<br /><br />But... does that mean Vick has forfeited his second chance? Not to me either.The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-49246308360118364712010-07-14T08:55:09.712-04:002010-07-14T08:55:09.712-04:00OK folks - It is real simple. How many parties ha...OK folks - It is real simple. How many parties have you been to where a gun fight broke out. Not hard to avoid. Vic is an idiot and should not have been allowed back in the NFL.jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-10358035753076747882010-07-13T07:02:47.470-04:002010-07-13T07:02:47.470-04:00I think he's being treated about like the syst...I think he's being treated about like the system treats every ex-con: abysmally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-9897381603748737712010-07-12T20:09:36.275-04:002010-07-12T20:09:36.275-04:00When Vick was released from prison, I was all abou...When Vick was released from prison, I was all about him getting a second chance. But at the time, I told the people who were lambasting me for not wanting him hung out to dry that he would get little to no "benefit of the doubt" on any future discrepancies.<br /><br />So now it's a year later, and he did a dumb dumb thing. And I am, true to my word, cutting him less slack than I might cut others.Posol'stvo the Medvedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573435137467134333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-88224733092703597382010-07-12T18:17:16.242-04:002010-07-12T18:17:16.242-04:00Ray Lewis was just down the road here in Atlanta; ...Ray Lewis was just down the road here in Atlanta; but, I get your point.<br /><br />I can't quite accept that Vick can't have a public event even if his buddy might show, up and indeed did. If, as it appears, Vick left, then he did what he is supposed to do.<br /><br />I'm thinking that he's trying to "get it." It may well be a slow process which might be accelerated by better choice in friends, hanger ons and events.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411527807049220749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34867261.post-74733794729896884392010-07-12T18:06:46.552-04:002010-07-12T18:06:46.552-04:00Normally I would agree completely. But he should ...Normally I would agree completely. But he should have known that at the kind of public event his party had become the likelyhood of his co-defendant appearing was high. It isn't like Newport, Va is a big town with a lot to do.<br /><br />It reflects the lack of good judgement that he seems to use. I won't say that the media or the law is any harder on him than anyone else. What I do think is that he is a less sympathetic figure because on the surface he doesn't seem to get it. In fact, the case calls to mind Ray Lewis at a Super Bowl in Miami. He claimed not to have known who shot the gun that killed someone even though he was in the vehicle.<br /><br />Ray got off and would eventually give his life over to God. Not that M. Vick needs to make such a transformation but he does need to think and carry himself in better company.Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.com