Reply #33: I think he is damn lucky to have a job

[hamsterjill]

I think he is damn lucky to have been allowed to play again in the NFL, and have the income that he does. Most convicted felons do not have fame and glory waiting for them when they get out.

That said, I am glad that Michael Vick is using his days off to speak against dogfighting. He can continue to do that for the rest of his life, as far as I am concerned. But he's still scum in my book and probably always will be.

Playing football well does NOT necessarily make someone a good person. And I do not believe for one minute that all of this "remorse" is anything but a publicity stunt so that he might regain some endorsements, etc. You want my forgiveness, Michael? Then you go spend a month at Best Friends cleaning cages, etc. You pay back all of the money that has been spent (donated by others with a helluva lot less money than you!) taking care of the dogs that you savaged, you go to each and every person who adopted one of the dogs that you savaged and personally apologize, and you keep up the publicity stunts with the HSUS. After a decade or so of this, then I might think about "forgiveness".