Here is what bothers me about the entire situation... what Michael Vick did was wrong and I'm not defending him.
However, had Vick killed people, he probably would have been tolerated far more by the general public especially if the people killed were scumbags... however, since he had man's best friends (Dogs) fight to their deaths, he's considered the worst thing since Hitler. It really shows me how many people are completely screwed up in their ways of thinking in this country.
Dogs are animals... people hunt and kill different animals all the time. Knowone says jack about it as it's considered a sport to hunt. However, Vick gets involved in dog fighting and every NFL fan in the nation wants to see him dead, etc. One of the main reasons is people have dogs and love their little furry animals and a lot of these same people don't get along with the general public. Their best friends are their dogs so they can relate to the pit bulls that have been killed by Vick and his Thug friends. I'm hardly condoning what these morons did, but this crap has been happening for a long time and probably didn't hit mainstream America until Vick's conviction.
Okay, I'm off my soapbox and done rambling, but really feel I have some valid points as people like dogs more than other humans.
Horrible racist joke, but I know you have all heard it... what is the difference between a dead black man and dead dog in the road... there are skid marks in front of the dog.
IMO, this might be true of more races including white, but you get the point of the joke. People like dogs more than other humans in many cases.