Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the kings horses and All the kings men,
Couldn't put humpty back together again...
We all grew up reciting this nursery rhyme not truly understanding what it meant or how it would be applied once we became adults.
In our world we all tend to suffer from "Humpty Dumpty Syndrome". We like to see people fall hard or as its been coined 'fall from grace'. People are put on the a pedestal, then one day someone just comes and kicks it over. Sometimes there is a saving or amazing grace, that can rescue Humpty. But if Humpty is Black, with some money, its a total loss.
Such is the case of Michael Vick. He hasn't even gone to trial and he's already seen as guilty.
Just words from an informant and an indictment. He already stands to lose his job and millions of dollars without having his day in court. As a matter of fact, he's lost his job. The Falcons told him not to come back until he's done with his legal troubles. His trial date isn't until November 26. All over he say, she say.
I'm not saying that dog fighting is right. It is in fact illegal and a very brutal sport. I don't get the fascination. But some will say football is a brutal sport and won't get the fascination. But they both fall in the vein of competition.
I really don't view pitbulls as poor innocent creatures, they are in fact brutal animals capable of killing at any moment just on pure instinct. I'm downright afraid of them. I just don't think a man deserves to have everything stripped from him based on allegations.
I'm saddened by the way this man is being treated. Honestly if it were 1907, Michael Vick would be dead, hanging from a tree somewhere. PETA has turned into quite the lynch mob. How can you defend the rights of animals without letting a man, a human being have his day in court before asking for his blood?
And everyone has joined the mob. Vick has gone from being an alleged leader of a dog fighing ring, to all of sudden being a "bad quarterback" who should be cut. What does one have to do with the other? Just a minute ago you were all on his dick!
Now Nike has suspended his contract. The same people who ran sweatshops overseas. And Reebok is pulling his jerseys. The same company that supported apartheid in South Africa.
And you know what, we should boycott both Nike, Reebok, and the NFL for lynching a man without due process.
The bottom line: Michael Vick just gave all these companies a reason to void his contracts and not pay him his money.
We got to do better and we got to stop being stupid!
