Michael Vick Won't Do A PSA for PETA
Robert Paul Reyes
October 08, 2007
Michael Vick, who admitted to killing Pit Bulls, enrolled in a "Developing Empathy for Animals" class. That's like Hitler enrolling in a "Developing Empathy for Jews" class -- nobody will be fooled.
Michael Vick, the ringleader of a dogfighting enterprise, electrocuted underperforming dogs and bashed their heads against a concrete floor until they were dead. Unless the "Developing Empathy for Animals" class included tazing Vick and bashing his head with an oversized bone, it's a farce that will only serve to inflame passions against the fallen gridiron star.
It's bad enough that Vick tried to improve his image by enrolling in PETA's empathy for animals class, but then some news outlets reported that he was going to do public service announcements (PSA) for PETA.
Thank goodness that PETA has quashed those reports; I would throw up if I saw Vick's smug face doing a PSA for PETA. That would be as ludicrous as a convicted child molester doing a PSA for child online safety.
"Daphna Nachminovitch, a PETA who taught the Falcons quarterback during last month's course at the agency's Virginia headquarters, said Thursday there were no plans for him to do a public service announcement.
In a statement e-mailed to the Journal-Constitution, PETA said: 'If Michael Vick went on TV and said, 'Look at me. I have lost everything,“ my career, my income, respect, friends. I've hurt my family, and I am an object of scorn. My life is ruined. I have gone from being a star to the gutter, and now I'm going to jail. Don't be like me. If you fight dogs, stop. And if you don't, don't start,' we would be very pleased.
Short of that, it's not happening.'"
Quote from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
PETA should never have allowed Vick to use them in a transparent attempt to regain public favor. PETA should consider Vick "anathema" and not have anything to do with the brutal dog killer.
Michael Vick, the ringleader of a dogfighting enterprise, electrocuted underperforming dogs and bashed their heads against a concrete floor until they were dead. Unless the "Developing Empathy for Animals" class included tazing Vick and bashing his head with an oversized bone, it's a farce that will only serve to inflame passions against the fallen gridiron star.
It's bad enough that Vick tried to improve his image by enrolling in PETA's empathy for animals class, but then some news outlets reported that he was going to do public service announcements (PSA) for PETA.
Thank goodness that PETA has quashed those reports; I would throw up if I saw Vick's smug face doing a PSA for PETA. That would be as ludicrous as a convicted child molester doing a PSA for child online safety.
"Daphna Nachminovitch, a PETA who taught the Falcons quarterback during last month's course at the agency's Virginia headquarters, said Thursday there were no plans for him to do a public service announcement.
In a statement e-mailed to the Journal-Constitution, PETA said: 'If Michael Vick went on TV and said, 'Look at me. I have lost everything,“ my career, my income, respect, friends. I've hurt my family, and I am an object of scorn. My life is ruined. I have gone from being a star to the gutter, and now I'm going to jail. Don't be like me. If you fight dogs, stop. And if you don't, don't start,' we would be very pleased.
Short of that, it's not happening.'"
Quote from the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
PETA should never have allowed Vick to use them in a transparent attempt to regain public favor. PETA should consider Vick "anathema" and not have anything to do with the brutal dog killer.
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