Hear Michael Vick Speak Publicly About Dog-fighting and NFL Career Next Tuesday
By ph. diddy on Aug 25, 2007 in Radio, celebrities
Michael Vick, the shamed and discounted Atlanta Falcons quarterback, will appear live on-air on the Tom Joyner Morning Show Tuesday, August 28. This will be the NFL star’s first public comments made to any media outlet after his court hearing, scheduled for Monday, August 27, where Vick is expected to “accept full responsibility” for his role in a dog-fighting ring and plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
Vick is expected to talk to Joyner about his court case, his thoughts about his career in the NFL and to make a personal statement to his community. Callers will have an opportunity to address Vick on-air. Also, Tom Joyner Morning Show listeners can submit questions for Vick at BlackAmericaWeb.com.
The Tom Joyner Show airs weekdays from 6:00 am to 10:00 am EST. A live audio stream of the show is available by clicking on the ‘Listen Live’ button on BlackAmericaWeb.com or listen live on a Tom Joyner Morning Show affiliate.
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By Animal Chaplain on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply
I watched Vick’s public apology with my little son who USED TO wear Michael Vick jerseys to school. It is disturbing to think a certain percentage of the population is honestly going to be swayed by Michael Vick’s “enlightenment” carefully crafted by his overpaid attorneys. Call me a cynic, but I don’t believe a man who has been allegedly torturing animals since childhood coincidentally has a religious epiphany as a result of getting caught and losing his job. I hope I am wrong.
If there is anything good about the Michael Vick story, it is that there is an emerging increased awareness about animal cruelty and animal fighting. There is so much anger about this issue. If we channel it into a positive direction, hopefully, something good can come of it. However…
I think it is a sad commentary that we, as a culture, are using the Vick story to compare “What’s worse?” “What’s worse”, we ask, “carelessly fathering illegitimate children, or dogfighting?”. “Dogfighting or gambling?” “Dogfighting or rape?” “Dogfighting or racism?” “Dogfighting or hateful nationalism?” “Dogfighting or (fill in the blank)….?” The comparisons to dogfighting have been endless.
Dogfighting is one more piece of evidence our country is in need of a spiritual transformation (please note I said spiritual and not necessarily religious). Animals are sentient beings - they feel pain, and they suffer, just like we do. They are not more important, or less important than human beings, but like human beings, they are important, too.
Every major faith teaches its followers to be responsible stewards of animals and the Earth. Please help us get the word out that caring for animals, just like caring for people, is an important part of just being a decent person and citizen. If we make this a priority, there will be no more dogfighting horror stories, and no more pointless comparisons of evils. Let us all rise, together, to be better people than we are today, shall we?
Chaplain Nancy Cronk
Founder, www.AnimalChaplains.com