Comments on: Did Michael Vick Breach his Plea Agreement Out of a Fear for His Life?

By: Maria Melton

Maria Melton — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:41:32 +0000

This message is for Paul and or for everybody eles
that has any thing to say about the murder of my
“Brother”!! Roy Bud Thomas Melton was murderd
april 17 2007,and it is some thing i have to deal
with every day of my life.I would never say that
you or any one eles needed to go on an let the
“DRAMA”go.I dont know who totrust,but the “DEAD” can not speak for there self..I personly dont
think any one should be abel to play for the NFL
that has been involved in as much as Mickeal Vick!
I agree that there is a missing link to this and
i also think that Mickeal Vick’s name keeps comming up as far as my brother’s name for a reason…There is not a reason you can give me
about Mickael Vick’s child hood that can make me
feel sorry for him.He was one of the highest paid players in the NFL.It sounds like greed to me!!
MY brother and my self grew up with out a mother
or father!All im saying is that Mickeal Vick was
giving a gift from “GOD” to play football an he
should of looked at it like that.I feel that the missing link is in the world of dog fighting.I pray that some body will find it in there heart
to do the right thing.
Sincerly,
Maria Melton

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:56:34 +0000

Responding to doglover, thank you for not jumping all over the comment I made. So many of the people that making these posts, seem not to understand why Michael Vick did not live up to the plea agreement in addition they don’t understand the issue with the dog fighting, and to be perfectly honest I don’t either. But I do know about plea agreements, and they are not always cut and dry and most times they come with a cost; I personally feel it was a cost that michael vick was not willing to pay. I even have my own supicions about his involvement with the dog fighting, meaning just how much involved he was, I think maybe minimal for a lot of reasons. I have read many of the articles and a lot of the blogs and I must say that I just feel he had little involvement with the dog fighting but I also think that he may know who was involved and did not want to give up those names. Again I do not proclaim to know the reason but I do feel that he had significant reasons for turning himself in early and for smoking the weed, and also for not living up to the agreement. If people would just think about it this entire thing it simply just does not make any real sense. I have also read articles about PETA, including an indictment against two of their employees for twenty four counts of animal cruelty, I don’t know if this is true and I really don’t care, my point is that no one really knows the answer to any of these things, which tells me as a person who is prone to make mistakes like any one else that we really should be careful before we pass judgement. As it relates to Michael Vick or any other celebrity or athelete being a role model for my children just forget that I would never allow one of my children use any of these people as role models simply because they are human and they will make mistakes and for real I don’t know them, we must be role models for our own children not an athelete or a celebrity, as a parent that is one of our responsibilities.

By: doglover332

doglover332 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:31:43 +0000

Good points Paul and for the most part I agree with all of them.

Still no word / updates on the murder investigation surrounding Vick’s dog fighting ring.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:44:19 +0000

I do believe that there is a lot more involved in the michael vick case than has been told. In addition I also believe that michael vick may have been hiding something for whatever reason. There is truly a missing link in the story and I am sure we will never know what that missing link is. One thing is certain in order to have a dog fighting ring that involved gambling there had to be others involved and I don’t mean someone from the “hood”, but someone with money just like michael vick, again this entire story does not make sense. I will always believe there is something missing and I will always believe that whatever is missing we will never know. I personally don’t trust the feds or any other police agency because for the most part they are liars and crooks too. As for PETA I don’t trust them either; but I don’t think enough of them to worry about it. I say just let michael vick do his time and be allowed to continue with his career. And lets stop all of the drama there are truly other important things that need our attention.

By: doglover332

doglover332 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:09:47 +0000

Thanks Hypocrites,

From my perspective talking about it and exposing the facts and perspectives is the best way to find the truth and learn the lessons from those truths that are there.

The side benefit from the discussion is that we all heal a little bit.

Much better to air the perspectives with the facts, than to let false perspectives fester and turn into something much uglier.

By: Hypocrites

Hypocrites — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:29:42 +0000

In response, my only reply is I ask these questions and make these suggestions because of my belief that one should not rush to judgment until one has all of the facts. Sometimes things are not the way they seem to be. Ofter we discover the truth only after much harm has been done. To date, I am happy to know that many of things which have I have voiced concerned have later been proven to worthy of note. My only concern is that you walk lightly. Another concern is that in our hate to judge we fail to consider all of the facts. Often when all of the facts have been made known it is too late to undo the damages. My desire is to always present another side to things. If it forces some to think then it has achieved its purpose. You might ask why do I do this. I do this because of my concern for the number of lives which have been damaged due to speculations before all of the facts were known. Vick killed those dogs. He provided the funds for the Kenel. He was involved in dog fighting. That is all I know and that is all you know. I don’t know his reasons nor do you. Because I don’t, I choose not to condemn him. He does not have to redeem himself before me. He only needs to redeem himself before God. God will forgive and then forget. Yes, I am a bleeding heart. I am someone who dares to question. I will continue to question because our judicial system is what it is because some dared to question.

By: doglover332

doglover332 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:31:22 +0000

As always, I appreciate your comments and perspective, even though in this comment I disagree with you.

First, it is speculation. This site is not a news site, its a blog. Bloggers speculate and try to make sense of what is going on the world.

In that regard, this site has campaigned to remove Michael Vick from a harmful position as a person that kids and teenagers would look up to, as he abused that position while he had it.

Now that he has failed to comply with his legal obligations (plea agreement) we are attempting to understand why. I’ve received a number of emails from many different people including yourself (anonymous). This article is put out there to provide a detailing of the situations that seem to be involved. The purpose of this is to better understand why Michael Vick did what he did.

If I look at the simple facts of the case, I would immediately condemn Michael Vick for once again failing to live up to his obligations and subvert the law.

However, I did not do that as I think there is something more going on. I opened that up for discussion to solicit more perspective on what that might be and why its happening.

As to PETA, please feel free to invest your own time and money investigating PETA. I do not support nor condemn PETA. More often than not, my own beliefs do not match theirs.

If PETA’s actions offend you so much, then I highly encourage you to stand up and do something about it. I would suggest that maybe you should not charge other people with the responsibility of fighting your fights. If you have a problem with PETA, do something about it. Hold them accountable. No one is perfect, no person, nor any organization. If you want to improve the world, YOU have to do something about it.