Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles; are you really surprised?

This was posted back in 2009 on KeystoneUnited.com. As this football season is about to start, I wanted to remind everyone of the crimes committed by Michael Vick. The crimes that seem to be ignored by the NFL, the Philadelphia Eagles organization, most football fans and anyone else for that matter.
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Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles; are you really surprised?
— Keith Carney

"The acceptance of any person back into a position of public influence, after helping torture and murder animals for thrills and personal gain, is something that should weigh heavily on the conscience of anyone who still retains some form of human decency. At the same time, it is also something that should put the unrestricted powers of profit into sharp perspective, at least for those of us that are still concerned about more then just touchdowns and super bowl rings. After all, Pete Rose was banned from baseball simply for betting on games. I guess that means money is worth far more than the lives of animals and humility. At least that’s what I’m getting out of it.

As a person with a deep and life long appreciation for nature and the many animals that we share this planet with, my disgust for the actions of Michael Vick along side the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles is more than overwhelming; it’s sickening. But to be honest, what else would you expect from these types of people, really? The NFL, much like every other professional sports association, media outlet, and corporate institution, is nothing more than a machine driven by the endless quest for greed and fame, regardless of the effects it has on society in the long run.

But the question that we should really be asking ourselves is why the inexcusable actions of propped up, over paid celebrities (whether they are actors, athletes or musicians) are continuously overlooked and accepted by average citizens? Is it simply because they provide us with a form of entertainment and that we’re obsessed to the point of mindlessness? Or is it that we have become so numb to these types of events because they normally don’t have an immediate impact on us and our surroundings? I think it’s an even mixture combined with the fact that we have become far too comfortable and too lazy to actually do anything about them.

But just like all other form of tolerance, it is that type of behavior that truly worries me. Hopefully the outcries we’ve seen against the Philadelphia Eagles, the NFL and Michael Vick so far are just the tip of the iceberg."


I wanted to add a little to this story.
Animal rights activists, protested Vick's first appearance as an Eagle, in front of Lincoln Financial Field. A counter protest was headed by the N.A.A.C.P.

That sounds just a little crazy to me because this is not a race issue. On top of that, the N.A.A.C.P. is sending a terrible message, a message that sounds like they're almost in support of criminal activity. Why would the N.A.A.C.P. counter protest animal rights activists? Are they claiming that dogs are also racist?

WHY WAS THE N.A.A.C.P. THERE TO COUNTER PROTEST ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS?

Considering that the N.A.A.C.P. stands for the National Association for the ADVANCEMENT of Colored People, why would you support a criminal? Supporting a criminal does not advance your people in anyway. It would make more sense for the N.A.A.C.P. to be protesting along side of the animal rights activists. You would think they would join the fight to keep a criminal off the impressionable minds of the black youth, who look up to these sports athletes as role models.
That would make more sense.

Then later Vick was supposedly involved or loosely involved in a shooting. Such a stand-up guy, great candidate to get the attention of the N.A.A.C.P. I'm glad our tax dollars are helping to fund such a useful and productive organization.

"Quanis Phillips, was a co-defendant of Vick in his dog fighting trial and the terms of their parole dictated that both men not socialize with one another.

Apparently, Phillips ignored that.

Quanis Phillips, a co-defendant in Vick’s dog fighting case, flew into a rage when Vick and brother Marcus Vick told him early Friday to leave the 30th-birthday party at a Virginia Beach nightclub, witnesses said.

Part of the "rage" apparently involved getting some birthday cake on Vick.

Before leaving, Phillips slapped a piece of birthday cake off a female party goer’s plate, splattering the face of the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback with frosting.

"Michael didn’t react. I was surprised," a witness at the bash said.

A witness did say however that Vick’s brother did get angry and appeared very agitated. At that point, most reports say that Vick left the party. Phillips however, continued arguing with people outside the club and was later shot in the leg." - copied from bleedgreennation.com

On top of all of this, no one seems to care at all anymore about the actions of Vick, the Eagles are winning and all is forgiven. We as a society really need to put these issues in perspective, winning meaningless sporting events or being a civilized society? He plays sports, that's it. Doesn't this seem a little ridiculous?
This is a little reminiscent to the "mob rule" of the Roman Coliseum, and we all know what happened to the Roman Empire.