Dec 29, 2010 6:45 PM GMT
FROM KPPC.ORG (NPR, Pasadena):
A conversation between President Obama and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, focused primarily on what the Eagles have done on behalf of green energy, has animal rights activists up in arms. Why? During the conversation President Obama took time to commend Lurie on giving Michael Vick a second chance. The President expressed his belief that those who have served their time and been released deserve to be re-welcomed into society and allowed to rebuild their old lives. Many animal rights activists are furious at the notion that Vick be allowed to play professional football again. They argue that if Vick was not a star football player he would not get this second chance. Does everyone deserve a second chance? Or are some crimes unforgiveable? Is it time for a national discussion about prisoner rehabilitation?
I'm curious to hear what you guys think about this...
Just so you know, the issue I want to know about is about forgiveness, not whether or not what Michael Vick did was reprehensible.... we all know it is.
For me, personally, my thought is that it's going to take time and continued action to decide that. I'm much more interested in a regular display of good will than I am in any words or time served. If he can keep that up one day at a time until the day he breathes his last, then yes... I would and could forgive him.
A conversation between President Obama and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, focused primarily on what the Eagles have done on behalf of green energy, has animal rights activists up in arms. Why? During the conversation President Obama took time to commend Lurie on giving Michael Vick a second chance. The President expressed his belief that those who have served their time and been released deserve to be re-welcomed into society and allowed to rebuild their old lives. Many animal rights activists are furious at the notion that Vick be allowed to play professional football again. They argue that if Vick was not a star football player he would not get this second chance. Does everyone deserve a second chance? Or are some crimes unforgiveable? Is it time for a national discussion about prisoner rehabilitation?
I'm curious to hear what you guys think about this...
Just so you know, the issue I want to know about is about forgiveness, not whether or not what Michael Vick did was reprehensible.... we all know it is.
For me, personally, my thought is that it's going to take time and continued action to decide that. I'm much more interested in a regular display of good will than I am in any words or time served. If he can keep that up one day at a time until the day he breathes his last, then yes... I would and could forgive him.