Sure I believe in forgiveness and redemption. Whether he truly understands the horror of what he did at this point is between him and God because at this point he hasn't proved to me here on earth that he is repelled by what he did. Other than a little time out in the big house (where he was probably treated like a celebrity) there have been no repercussions. He didn't just get caught stealing Ding Dongs from a 7-11. He tortured dogs because they didn't win a dog fight. Would you trust the guy to take care of your dog for a week while you went on vacation? Because had he not gotten caught do you really believe he wouldn't still be doing it? He only "saw the light" because he got nabbed.
Cindie
Cindie, this man used as one defence argument that what he did was a cultural thing for Blacks and Whites in the south.
In order to have these fights, it is not the poor Blacks or Whites, it needs educated Veterinarians to treat the dogs before the fights, it needs the town police to turn another eye, it takes lawyers to set up the rules and regulations of the business.
The town itself that never questioned the zoning qualifying for the dog rings, the holding cages for the combatants and the good Christian folk that had to have known what was going on but ignored it.
Think that a small town knew that once a week people would come in droves to watch the fights, the small business owners benefited from the influx of out of townees, some of the police got over time directing traffic to the sight.
Cindie, this is a throw back to the ancient Coliseums and the bears fighting elephants and the Christians against the Lions. Human nature has no changed, we cheer at boxing matches and root for our favorite wrestler, we love the blood sports and pay big bucks to go to a Nasca race waiting to see a horrid crash.
Dogs, that is the one thing we get the most upset over, we are a nation loving dog society.
Had Vicks been fighting Roosters we would have just sat eating our KFC with interest, but the Dog is precious to humanity, God placed the dog here to protect us, hunt for us and give us complete love as no human will ever do.
That Vicks is a throw back to the times that glorified blood sports, he has no loyalty to anyone or anything. Look what he does for a living, gets out there and does his best to ram rod others.
Totally despicable in today's time, perhaps 1,000 years ago he would have been a hero but today he is a very sick in the head man.
