Dogs & Tigers, Oh My

I did eventually watch the Michael Vick interview last night. Because ultimately, I do believe some people are deserving of a second chance.

But he isn’t.

I thought I might see some truth or feeling in his eyes, not even a speck. Instead he had a cocky smirk on his face the whole time and actually said “I don’t know how many times I have to say this, what I did was wrong.” So in his “very first interview” he is already being belligerent and thinks he doesn’t have more apologizing to do? I truly believe if he hadn’t been caught he would still be doing what he was doing.

He mentioned he had been fighting dogs since he was a kid on the streets of Newport News VA. He said that’s just what was done, and when the cops pulled up and saw what was happening, they got in their car and drove away. That might be true, but it’s no excuse.

Loving animals shouldn’t be something you have to learn. It’s a part of your character. There are plenty of people, even people in MY life who aren’t animal lovers. While I don’t understand that, I can respect its part of who they are. But never in a million years would they even fathom inflicting pain on them.

Vick says he is now sickened and disgusted by his own behavior. He now loves animals and preaches such to children as a spokesperson for the Humane Society of America.

I say BS. People don’t go their whole life thinking an animal’s life is expendable and cruelty is acceptable and then just one day change that because they are in jail for it.

Every word that comes out of his mouth on this subject is fed to him by his lawyers, agents and publicists in an effort to revive his career.

In other news, Tiger showed what little class he had when he stomped into the clubhouse with no interview yesterday. Scores of losers have given interviews in the past but I guess he feels he is above that? What a pompous ass. Did he give an interview later? I don’t know, I don’t care.

I was talking to my father during golf and I realized that while I love to watch Tiger do the amazing things he does on the golf course, I also love to watch him lose. No one else seems to notice or comment on the fact that he walked away from the 17th hole before Yang had finished. Now I am no expert on golf course etiquette, but I am pretty sure that’s not proper. That man acts like the golf course and everyone on it owes him something. He could use more lessons in humility.