It was announced that Michael Vick's life will be made into an eight part mini-series on BET. Needless to say, this has raised the ire of the anti-Vick crowd.
"People who abuse animals don't deserve to be rewarded," PETA's Dan Shannon said in a statement. "They shouldn't be given multimillion-dollar contracts . . . or given the privilege of being a role model." But directors who drug and rape 13 year old girls should serve no time and live happily in Europe while receiving Academy awards and industry praise? I wonder which crime our soceity considers worse......
Two points before I go: 1) Most of the more serious serial killers (of humans) have had documentaries, movies, books, etc made on their life. 2) It's on BET which automatically limits it's audience by quite a bit. Personally, I don't think it's a good move for Vick at this point in his life. Time heals. There are going to be a certain set of the population that will thrive on the negative aspects of his life forever. But the general population will not necessarily forget, but will move on. By making a movie, you're just keeping the negative in the limelight.
And while I'm talking about Vick, let me make something ridiculously clear -- specifically to my fellow Georgians. I understand your dislike of Michael Vick in terms of the affect his crimes affected your precious (when they are winning) Atlanta Falcons, but please do not misdirect your anger at Virginia Tech. Vick did nothing at Virginia Tech. He was a student athlete with a clean record (yeah maybe not so much for his brother but that's not the point here). So when you see me rolling in the Mag rockin' my Hokies flag, don't glare at me like I killed your dog. After all, we don't hate Ohio State University because Jeffrey Dahmer was a student......
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