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| Yes | 88% | 1056 votes | Total: 1198 votes | |
| No | 12% | 142 votes |
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Of course he's a criminal! Even if it wasn't prohibited by law, only a... a... (I'm sorry, but I can find no word to describe such a "man" that doesn't involve profanity) would ...read more
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by Zach Bigalke
The Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act, signed into law by President Bush on May 3 this year, expanded the penalties related to breeding, betting on, promoting, or taki...read more
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Dogfighting is illegal and the premise that one can commit multiple crimes and not be a criminal is ignorant. Nevertheless, we can explore the question in context of whether dog...read more
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by Molly Carter
Is Michael Vick a criminal for dog fighting? The obvious answer...yes. Dog fighting is illegal in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In fact the Federal Animal Welfa...read more
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by DjWhite
Criminal is putting it mildly. The definition of criminal is as follows: Of, involving, or having the nature of crime: guilty of a crime, characteristic of a crime. Someone ...read more
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by Rob O'Hannon
If dog fighting is illegal then Michael Vick is a criminal. It doesn't matter what his status is as an exceptional football player, it doesn't matter that he did it on his own p...read more
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by Ms. Shell
Michael Vick: is he a criminal for promoting dog fighting? Hummmmm let us ponder this perplexing question! So what is the definition of criminal? 1 : relating to, invol...read more
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It does not matter how much of a prestigious position you hold in life, if you break a law then you must pay the consequences. Even if there is no law I would question the mora...read more
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Where I am from, dog-fighting is illegal. If Michael Vick took part in an illegal practice, then yes, he is a criminal. Personally, I believe that dog-fighting is reprehensi...read more
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Yes, I believe Michael Vick is a criminal, but as serious as that is, he also seems to be displaying the characteristics of a socio/psychopath which chills me to the bone. His l...read more
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by CharGarski
All life is sacred no matter if it walks on two legs or four, if it crawls or flies, if it is labeled by society as a "pest" or a "friend" to us. Yes, I agree that Michael Vick...read more
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by K. Cooper
The difference between dog fighting and hiring human wrestlers to do the job is that dogs have no choice in the matter. They are treated terribly, forced into starvation and sti...read more
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Michael Vick has a responsibility as a professional within the NFL to hold to a higher standard. He clearly has no understanding of that. What he did was unconscionable, unethic...read more
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by Catsy Jones
We do not live in the Roman times, nor during the biblical times. People, for the most part, now try to be humane to animals. Even though we eat meat, we do not try and make the...read more
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After careful consideration and popular support, I have been forced to revise my original article. It has bothered me for awhile calling Mr. Vick a criminal. In terms of inter...read more
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ANYONE who subjects a dog to violent fighting simply for personal gain and profit is a total and PURE criminal, no matter what they have done in the past and no matter what they...read more
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Yes, of course Michael Vick is a criminal for promoting dog fighting. That's, of course, if he truly is guilty (let's try to remember the motto "innocent until proven guilty". H...read more
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by Lou Rountree
Michael Vick is a great football player. Michael Vick is not a good human being. If he has tortured dogs and killed dogs because they lost dog fights he should be suspended fr...read more
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Dog fighting is illegal, thus the promotion of an illegal activity is a criminal offense. This is not a difficult concept to understand. Any activity associated with the advoc...read more
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I first responded to this right after Michael Vick's arrest. This is an update. My first contentions still hold. Dog fighting is illegal-and should be. In my opinion, i...read more
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by Zipporah
Michael Vick is not a criminal for promoting dog fighting. Dog fighting was not considered a crime in Michael's neignborhood. Crimes involved the abuse of humans. I question ...read more
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Michael Vick is not a criminal until he has been tried by a jury and convicted. However, why do we allow and pay money to watch two adults fight, but yet we call it a crime to ...read more
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Dog fighting has been an activity long before Michael Vick. However, with the negative press and harsh prison sentence, America seemed to blame all dog fighting on Michael Vick...read more
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by Judy R
f Michael Vick is ever convicted of the charges he will answer to tomorrow in Richmond, he will, by definition, be a criminal. But he isn't yet. And I'm not going to assume h...read more
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The simple definition of a criminal states the following: somebody who has committed a crime and somebody acting illegally. Yes, Michael Vick did commit a crime, for he acted ...read more
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Indeed, the question can be misunderstood. Now, as we all know, Mr. Vick has been indicted. That is the key term here. Indicted means he is in trouble, and clearly there is s...read more
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I have been commenting on this issue for a few days in private forum and on some blogs. In an answer to the debated question, no one is a criminal until they have been convicte...read more
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by Ms. Inge
It is amazing how America can be so judgmental toward someone who has not been found guilty of a crime, yet. We are so notorious for thinking the worse before we actually find ...read more
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by John Hale
To defend the morally reprehensible and separate it from its criminality is the job of the best defense attorneys. I'm not one of them. What Michael Vick is accused of doing vio...read more
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by J Scooto
First off, I agree with the writer on the "yes" side that says this question is "kind of strange" in that, well, if he is proven guilty and dog fighting in Virginia is a crime, ...read more
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by Ted Sherman
NO: Although Michael Vick is grossly-overpaid, cruel and self-indulgent, sending fighting pit bulls into battle shouldn't be a criminal offense. If he had hired some suicidal pr...read more
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Statistically speaking, Mr. Vick fits the profile - young, African American, male, and more than twice as likely to be accused, convicted, and jailed for a crime he did not comm...read more
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by Jay Bee
I do not think that promoting a dog fight makes Michael Vick a criminal. I do think that he should be penalized for his actions. There are other famous people that we see on t....read more
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No, I do not think that Michael Vick is a criminal for promoting dog fighting. Dog fighting goes on every day and no one is going to jail behind it. Only if an animal is being h...read more
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we live in such crazy times,where double standards go on as though it was invisible. first we think about entertainment.entertainment people have there own personal views of wha...read more
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I say who knows right now; first of all we have this little thing that was given to us by the law that entitles us to be innocent till proved guilty; but the media is always the...read more
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What are you people talking about? Being tried in the court of public opinion does not make one any more of a criminal than it makes pitbulls mean animals! I am a pitbull ow...read more
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by Michelle
I started to read some of the responses to this debate' and could not understand how anyone might lean toward the No' side of the question. It is a felony which could lead to ja...read more
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by Doctor Bob
Not only no, but Hell No! Michael Vick is a criminal because he is a criminal. If his offense had not been to fight dogs, it would have been something else just as heinous. ...read more
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Michael Vick is not a criminal until proved guilty. Is he promoting dog fighting? The evidence thus far... Is pointing in that direction. I feel compelled to make a couple obse...read more
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