Dogged Justice

So Michael Vick pleaded guilty today and has become a felon. He is guilty of extreme cruelty to animals, and as a dog lover, I am saddened by his lack of judgment that brought him to this point.

He stood at the podium and made the obligatory, contrite, mea culpa that he was expected to make. Many of his tormentors however, are saying that they refuse to accept his apologies no matter what he says, and that's an indicator of how deep their racist antipathies go. They are also predicting that he will never play again, because his sins are too horrible to be forgiven by them.

Unlike most of white America who is dancing with glee at his personal and financial predicament and his fall from grace, I am predicting that he will return to the NFL and play even better than he has so far. I also note that what he did, is MINOR compared to the cruelty of racist whites towards thousands of blacks who have been tortured and lynched in this country, without even an indictment, a prosecution or a conviction of the perpetrators. These are the real crimes that those piling on Vick should be exercised about, yet I see no demonstrations, no denunciations, no calls for castrations or electrocutions of the perpetrators, many of whom are still alive and walking around.

Am I playing the race card? If I am, so what! Virtually everything concerning blacks in America is about race. This case is just one of hundreds that exposes the hypocrisy of many in America who lie about it not being about race. They lie so glibly and facilely, while ignoring and saying nothing about the $2 billion dog racing business operated by whites, who also yearly brutalize and kill thousands of dogs who have underperformed and become expendable.

8/29 news update: Leona Helmsley just left a $12 million trust fund to care for her dog, named Trouble. For 2 of her 4 grandchildren she left $5 million each, for 2 others, she left nothing! This sick billionaire, loved her dog more than her own flesh and blood. Had she been a slaveowner, she certainly would have treated her dogs better than her slaves. And had she lived, no doubt she would have been among those calling for Vick to be electrocuted for his cruelty to dogs. This underscores the scope of the dementia so pervasive in the insane minds of the American public which dares to judge Vick so harshly.

As many have done before him, Vick will rise from the ashes of his crucifixion and hopefully go on to a productive life. Meanwhile, America remains wallowing in the cesspool of its failed, hypocritical justice system, which is scorned and universally held in contempt by the international community.