Who cares if Michael Vick is sorry?
by Pets
After watching the “60 Minutes” interview with Michael Vick, I’ve hesitated on commenting on it. Now I think I might have a grasp of what this dog and pony show was all about.
Vick’s interview was brave. He was humble, appropriate, and apologetic. Jim Brown asked during the interview, in a round about way, does Vick get it? Does he get that what he did was wrong? In Vick’s own way, he admited that “the culture” was wrong.
But for those waiting for that teary apology, the light bulb moment of total admission or what he did was horrid, that really didn’t come.
You know what? Who cares?
I don’t care what Vick feels about dogfighting because his arrest and imprisonment has done more to help bring light to this ugly sport that any campaign ever presented by the Humane Society. In fact I think the smartest man out there is Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States, who managed to wrangle Vick into doing a series of appearances and presentations against dog fighting. Talk about a public relations dream come true.
One the truisms of advertising is that people remember the bad commercials too. People will remember the terrible acts of Vick every time he speaks out against dog fighting. He may do more for the humane movement that even he realizes.
I don’t need apologies or genuflecting to the holy grail of the humane society and I don’t care what Vick thinks. He doesn’t matter. It’s always been about the animals.
Sue McGuire 
i personally love animals, especially dogs but what i want to know is why this is getting so much play when there are other sports personalities who shoot other people, themselves and get DUI’s and charged with drug possession! although it is absolutely deplorable what he has done why dont we focus on ALL athletes that hurt others-not just cute animals
by Kalani Parducci
Sorry?? Only that he got caught. Had he not he would still be doing what he was in the first place. I have no compassion for him & wish him nothing but the WORST!
by Kimmy K
One of my favorite humane educators reminded me recently that humane treatment begins with treating other people humanely.
I do not wish the worse for Vick…I wish him the best. The more successful he is, the more he can again, bring attention to the horrors of dogfighting.
I am afraid it would take too many gigabytes of storage to discuss all the other moral challenges of our professional athletes, but they, reflect society. They just happen to be in the spotlight.
by Pets
[...] on Aug 20, 2009 – 11:20am by Gordon Milton in Pets In response to this blog post, I think that we should care if Michael Vick is sorry. In most ways he is as important as you or I [...]
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He’s very important in the sense that when he makes an appearance he draws attention to the issue of dog fighting. But I could talk until I am blue in the face about humane issues and it would not have near the impact of Vick making an appearance.
Not worrying about if Vick is sorry or not frees us from wondering if he is sincere…who cares? Draw attention to the problem, not the man.
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