August 19, 2011
A Michael Vick Reminder
With the NFL season approaching, it seems appropriate to remind everyone who Michael Vick really is. The following excerpts are from the book "The Lost Dogs," by Jim Gorant.
One of the men comes towards the dogs. He grabs the one that had been in the rectangle with the little red dog and fastens the old nylon leash around her neck. He picks her up and carries her over to two trees that stand next to the two-story shed. The other man ties the leash to a two-by-four that has been nailed between the trees. Once the leash is secure, the first man boosts the dog a little further up and lets go.
For a moment, the dog lifts upward, her back arching and her legs paddling the air. Her head spins as she looks for the ground. Then her upward momentum peters out and she begins downward. Forty pounds of muscle and bone accelerate toward the earth. The rope pulls. The dog's head jolts to the side and with a single yelp she is dead.
The other dogs in the yard spring to their feet; the ones that had been brought up from the clearing that morning, the ones that lived in the kennel, the ones inside the shed. They bark and howl and run back and forth, pulling at their leashes or bouncing off the walls of their enclosures.
Even as they do, the other man approaches a second dog, one that had been injured and that now lies meekly on the ground. He carries him to the bucket and then holds his back legs in the air. One of the other men takes the dog by the scruff of the neck and plunges his head into the water. The dog shakes and flails, splashing water out of the bucket, but he is unable to shake free and within a few minutes his body goes limp. He's tossed into a wheelbarrow.
In all, four dogs get the bucket and four the leash, although not all of them are as lucky as the first dog. Some of them swing from the rope, gasping and shaking, eyes bulging, blood trickling from the corners of their mouths as they slowly strangle. Even when they are finally cut down, they are not quite dead, so they too have their heads stuck in the bucket.
If those passages made you uncomfortable, just imagine how the dogs felt.
As the little red dog lay on the ground fighting for air, Quanis Phillips grabbed its front legs and Michael Vick grabbed its hind legs. They swung the dog over their head like a jump rope then slammed it to the ground. The first impact didn't kill it. So Phillips and Vick slammed it again. The two men kept at it, alternating back and forth, pounding the creature against the ground, until at last, the little red dog was dead.
I highly recommend watching the following videos (the first one is older, while the second is more recent):
12 Comments:
mitch posted on August 19, 2011 at 14:32 PM
*sadface*
TtheAntlers posted on August 19, 2011 at 18:26 PM
... And how long ago was this fiasco? I think it's time to move on.
TecmoSuperBowl posted on August 19, 2011 at 18:35 PM
@TthAntlers - if you're serious, then your ignorance astounds me.
ceegee posted on August 19, 2011 at 19:21 PM
I was very surprised the NFL let him play again
TtheAntlers posted on August 19, 2011 at 19:43 PM
I'm astounded by the fact that I still have to hear about it.
FenderJaguar posted on August 19, 2011 at 19:49 PM
Fuck this retard, I sincerely hope someone does exactly to him what he did to those dogs.
You don't have to hear about it Ant, and you certainly didn't have to comment about hearing about it either. Just sayin'. Where's the "Let EDDIE handle this idiot!" come on dude.
TtheAntlers posted on August 19, 2011 at 19:54 PM
My point is that he was caught years ago and was punished quite thoroughly to the satisfaction of the US government. Shouldn't that be it? It's not like he killed humans. I don't see any reminder rage posts @ OJ for killing a human being and getting off scott free.
TecmoSuperBowl posted on August 19, 2011 at 20:14 PM
You act as if "the satisfaction of the U.S. government" carries the weight of everyone's opinion. Have you seen how little time child molesters get? OJ was found not guilty of that murder "to the satisfaction of the U.S. government." There are so many holes in that argument it isn't even funny.
And to your comment that "it's not like he killed humans," you essentially are of the position that torturing animals isn't a big deal? You do realize that torturing animals shows serious problems that translate into other areas of life right? A history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in the records of serial rapists and murderers. I'm not saying A always leads to B, but to brush it off as if these animals don't matter simply because they aren't human makes me a sad panda.
In the words of Ghandi, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
If you're tired of hearing about it, then I suggest you stop reading my blog. If, however, you find a sliver of empathy for the mistreated, by all means continue reading.
TtheAntlers posted on August 19, 2011 at 20:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIdbxahGSwc&feature=related
... Too far?
TecmoSuperBowl posted on August 19, 2011 at 20:25 PM
Hahaha wp sir.
TecmoSuperBowl posted on August 19, 2011 at 20:26 PM
I have no idea what this means btw:
"Let EDDIE handle this idiot!"
TtheAntlers posted on August 19, 2011 at 20:35 PM
Eddie is Iron Maiden's mascot. He travels space and time laying punks out.
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