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Well, the list does only include arrests, so things like the Roethlisberger rape accusations, which, if true, rank pretty high on the list of things that make one a terrible person, aren't on there. But really my point was just that it's not like these people are really model citizens to begin with. (and not just the Steelers, all of the NFL - though mostly the Cowboys)
Same here.
I don't even have words.
You know it!
Catering to the lowest common denominator since Feb 2003.
Alas, vlad, I have many of the regular Baron Bloods, even a couple of the primes. I like the team!
Agent Ward is in over 50% of the booster's I opened. I bought a case worth of boosters, with 10 of those being one sealed brick. I have 1 or even 0 of some of the C and UC SHIELD and Hydra figs a/b versions, but 12 Wards!! WTF.
I'll completely admit that when it comes to this topic I'm completely biased. Choose any random dog in this world and any random person. The chances weigh heavily in favor of me preferring that dog to that human.
Well, the list does only include arrests, so things like the Roethlisberger rape accusations, which, if true, rank pretty high on the list of things that make one a terrible person, aren't on there. But really my point was just that it's not like these people are really model citizens to begin with. (and not just the Steelers, all of the NFL.)
There are tons of other factors involved.
In terms of disgustingness, I'd rank crimes against animals as more severe than crimes against adults but not as severe as crimes against children.
For most of the crimes listed in your link as well as the unlisted allegations you are talking about heat of the moment lapses in judgment. Is making one of those bad judgment an indication of some level of scumbaggery? Possibly, but not definitely. With the dog-fighting, you're talking about something over a long enough duration that it cannot be classified as a lapse. Had he not gotten caught I am pretty sure he'd still be doing it.
Moreover, in the interviews I've heard with him I do not get the impression that he really feels bad about the actually atrocities he's committed and is only sorry he was caught.
I don't have the exact text to quote as I didn't catch the source, but they were playing one post incarceration interview on the radio today. His message was that he regrets what he did. When asked why he didn't end it himself, he said he'd couldn't tell the others involved that he didn't want to do it anymore...that he should've walked away because it was jeopardizing his career and his family.
Those were the only reasons he listed.
He said that he should have stopped because of what it could do to his family and to his career, not because it was wrong or because of what is was doing to the dogs.
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"When did you arrive at that feeling of disgust, Michael? Then did the light go on?" Brown asked.
"When I was in prison. I was disgusted, you know, because of what I let happen to those animals," Vick said. "I could've put a stop to it. I could've walked away from it. I could've shut the whole operation down."
"But you didn't. Why not?" Brown asked.
"But I didn't." Vick acknowledged.
Asked what kept him going, Vick told Brown, "Not being able to say, or tell certain people around me that, 'Look, we can't do this anymore. I'm concerned about my career. I'm concerned about my family.'"
"So for cynics who will say, 'You know what? I don't know. Michael Vick might be more concerned about the fact that his career was hurt than dogs were hurt,'" Brown asked.
"I mean, football don't even matter," Vick said. "I deserve to lose that because of what I was doing. I deserve to lose the $130 million and, you know, on the flip side, you know, killing dogs or doing the wrong things, why would, you know, he don't deserve it."
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I've tried looking at that for any kind of remorse, but those just are not the words of a man who really regrets the actions he took, only that he regrets the personal outcome.
I'll point out that admitting to deserving the punishments is not the same as admitting any kind of regret.
My company is currently hiring a few part-time employees. Someone just called and asked, "Should I dress up like it's a job interview?". She was told, "Yes - because IT IS a job interview."
My company is currently hiring a few part-time employees. Someone just called and asked, "Should I dress up like it's a job interview?". She was told, "Yes - because IT IS a job interview."
Reminds me of the time I was at my venue and two guys went up to the counter to ask for applications. One was wearing a t-shirt which said "I have the d***, so I make the rules." The other's was a spoof of the "Enjoy Coca-Cola" logo which said "I enjoy {Vajayjay}" instead.