What's More Inhumane?

Ever since the Michael Vick scandal broke, I have been reading sports sites (mostly thesportingnews.com) to see what other people's thoughts were. For those of you who don't know, Michael Vick, the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL and one of the league's biggest icons, was indicted last month on a host of charges including dogfighting, gambling, and animal abuse. Some of these inhumane acts included eloctrocuting, drowning, hanging, and shooting dogs (mostly pitbulls) that lost fights or couldn't make the cut. Michael Vick has just pleaded guilty to these charges and is facing up to three years in prison as well as fines of up to $250,000.

Now, I have never been a fan of Michael Vick. I have always thought he was a bad role model for kids who went out and bought his jerseys and athletic wear. He wasn't a team player, he was a locker room cancer, and he got coaches firerd because of his attitude and unwillingness to do what he was asked. Yet, because of his phenomenal athletic ability and his status of "cash cow" for both his team and the NFL, everyone has bent over backwards to cater to his needs and wants. If you know me then you know that I have a problem with all of these things. However, that does not mean that I am willing to blast him the way I've seen about 97% of the comments and blogs I've read about him have done.

In all my life, I have never seen more vicious attacks on a person. Dog lovers and PETA members are coming out of the woodwork to protest Vick's actions, as well they should. However, calling for him to be treated the same way the dogs he tortured and killed is, in my opinion, uncalled for. What Vick did was inexcusable and he is being punished for his crimes. Even the NFL is taking a firm stance, as Vick will likely see a lifetime ban from the league. I think, though, that my biggest issue with these comments lies in the fact that people are more willing to viciously defend dogs than they are human being.

Where are the people clammering for abortionist doctors to be vacuumed through a hose using the same procedure they perform on a unborn babies? I am in no way condoning this, and I doubt even those who are calling for Vick to be drowned wouldn't be able to bring themselves to do it if they were put in a room with him and a tub filled with water. What I am saying is that I am saddened that we have come to a point in society where when a dog is treated poorly, it is considered more inhumane than when a baby is disturbingly murdered. It's times like these that make me so glad we are under the rule of a righteous God and not held accountable by an unruly mob of our peers who have no basis for deciding what is right and wrong.

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