Some idiots actually think the NFL is wrong for giving Vick a 2nd chance.

@BillRM,

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It is however the right of the NFL to do so and they should had done so in my opinion and that is the issue here.

I am not even sure if this is true.

Aren't there laws to protect ex-convicts from discrimination once their sentence is completed (assuming the job they want doesn't have anything to do with their crime)?

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@ebrown p,

Aren't there laws to protect ex-convicts from discrimination once their sentence is completed (assuming the job they want doesn't have anything to do with their crime)?
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No where in the US that I am aware of is there such a silly law.

Does anyone else know of such a silly law anywhere in the US?

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@ebrown p,

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Aren't there laws to protect ex-convicts from discrimination once their sentence is completed (assuming the job they want doesn't have anything to do with their crime)?

there have certainly been tax supported programs to help ex-cons achieve full employment, and thus be contributors to society and less likely to drift back into crime. We should be cheering Vick becoming re-employed.

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@hawkeye10,

there have certainly been tax supported programs to help ex-cons achieve full employment, and thus be contributors to society and less likely to drift back into crime. We should be cheering Vick becoming re-employed.
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You got to be kidding me.

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@BillRM,

What, exactly would you have him do? Walk the streets in a burlap sack and sandwich board with "I'm a bad person" on it?

What better than to have him make a long commitment to working on behalf of the humane society and speaking to kids about how despicable dog fighting is?

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@snood,

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What better than to have him make a long commitment to working on behalf of the humane society and speaking to kids about how despicable dog fighting is?

...can't argue with that

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@panzade,

Let me rephrase that a bit...

What better than to have him - as a star NFL quarterback - make a long commitment to working on behalf of the humane society and speaking to kids about how despicable dog fighting is?

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@ebrown p,

hmmm...you mean as a journeyman he won't have much effect on young kids?

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@panzade,

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hmmm...you mean as a journeyman he won't have much effect on young kids?

Word is that Vick is ready to compete for the starting QB job this year, and might be better than McNab right now. He has kept in shape, and McNab is not especially well liked or respected by the rest of the team. If Vick can outplay McNab, he will be welcomed into the starting position.

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@ebrown p,

ebrown p wrote:

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It is however the right of the NFL to do so and they should had done so in my opinion and that is the issue here.

I am not even sure if this is true.

Aren't there laws to protect ex-convicts from discrimination once their sentence is completed (assuming the job they want doesn't have anything to do with their crime)?

Do you actually believe that there are laws to force someone to enter into a business relationship with someone else if they don't like him? How about laws to force me to buy a football ticket? What a laugh. He murdered animals with his bare hands (in particularly painful ways like repeatedly slamming them into a concrete floor) and no one has to do business with him who doesn't want to.

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@snood,

snood wrote:

What, exactly would you have him do? Walk the streets in a burlap sack and sandwich board with "I'm a bad person" on it?

What better than to have him make a long commitment to working on behalf of the humane society and speaking to kids about how despicable dog fighting is?

While he's talking about how despicable dog fighting is, he might also want to mention how despicable murdering under-performing dogs by blunt force trauma and electrocution is, don't you think?

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@snood,

A laborer or a 7/11 clerk or a stock boy or anything else but a NFL football player.

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I don't think he has become an exemplary human being. But, he has paid the penalty and is now engaged in some positive work with dogs. What more should he be asked to do? If we shunned every person in society whom we do not like, there would be a new caste system born. Who would pay to support the untouchables?

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

I don't think he has become an exemplary human being. But, he has paid the penalty and is now engaged in some positive work with dogs. What more should he be asked to do? If we shunned every person in society whom we do not like, there would be a new caste system born. Who would pay to support the untouchables?

Let me know when you've bought tickets to hear Bush, Cheney, and Ann Coulter speak. I don't have to give my personal patronage to people whom I consider horrible sociopaths.

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@Brandon9000,

The people you mentioned have not yet been punished for their crimes. Big and huge, also large, difference.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

The people you mentioned have not yet been punished for their crimes. Big and huge, also large, difference.

I doubt you give your personal patronage to people you consider evil, and I certainly don't have to.

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@Brandon9000,

So far, it's a free choice.

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@edgarblythe,

He admitted his crime (reluctantly and under pressure, admittedly)
He paid the penalty imposed by the law.
He says he won't do it again.
He is working with animal rescue as a way of paying back.

The NFL is justified in letting him play.
Having said all that, I don't want him on my team.

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frankly, I don't give a damn.

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60 minutes interview --
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5245553n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel

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Some idiots actually think the NFL is wrong for giving Vick a 2nd chance.

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