Yes, I did see the performance, and Harrington looked absolutely horrible - he's like a snail compared to Vick! Arthur Blank is perhaps "crying in his beer" right about now. . .

I have to admit that as a quarterback - Vick adequately compensated for whatever weaknesses remained in the Atlanta offensive line. I actually liked him before all this mess. . .

Anyhow, it will probably be another five years or so until we see the Falcons in the playoffs again. As a big time Atlanta fan - that doesn't make me too happy. . .

Thanks for your comments.

The latest posts are about cockfighting though.

That game was just sad. Especially since my wife is a HUGE Peyton Manning fan since he was at Tenn. When you watch a QB like Peyton, your standards are bit high. The Falcon's game was painful. Good thing though, maybe the tickets for the Falcon/Colts matchup will get a bit cheaper.

No that I hadn't seen Vick make similar sorry performances before. When a team shuts his running down, he sucks too.

I'm sure the tickets will be cheaper. I do admit that when Vick's running is shut down in a game, he sucks also. But as the opposing defense, you must always plan on Vick running the ball. That is his greatest value.
I don't mean to suggest that Vick should be allowed to just walk away from this incident without penalty. I do find it funny that many Falcon fans who were screaming for Vick's blood before seem to be relenting a lot in view of what they have chosen to represent themselves with at quarterback. Football fan or not, Harrington is not in the same solar system as Vick as far as talent is concerned. The season is finished for Atlanta. You may start to see fans showing up at the games wearing paper bag masks (ala New Orleans Saints from 20 years ago, who called the team the "New Orleans Aints). I really feel for Arthur Blank, who had raised this team from mediocrity into a team something the people in Atlanta could actually find reason to cheer about. He must now start all over.

That was exactly my point. As the reference to chickens "just being a plate of wings before they get to the fryer", I was saying that in some parts of the Orient, dogs (and cats) are in the same category.It's just how one's society values these animals that is the uproar.
While I definitely see your point, since we in America seem to be disgusted with the pitting of animals against another as entertainment; what have we done to stop the human forms of this entertainment? The Ultimate Fighting Championship and other such knockoffs? Why is this allowed and even televised? I don't recall seeing a cockfight or dogfight getting anywhere near this form of promotion for what we refer to as "savagery".

The difference is, of course, that the ultimate fighters are human beings who make the choice to fight.

Presumably they are also (legally) sane adults with the capacity to decide that getting their bones broken and their brains rattled sounds like a fun way to make money.

If someone were staging such fights using 12-yr-old combatants, then I am sure that individuals, organizations and law enforcement would be lining up to stop them. And for the same reason that we want to stop chicken and dog fights.

One has every right in the world to engage in any "sport", no matter how dangerous it is to one's own well-being. But when one inflicts that same harm or the same danger on any breathing creatures -- animal or human -- who are not capable of consenting to engage in that activity, it is inevitable that, sooner or later, people possessed of compassion and empathy are going to intercede on their behalf.

Thank you CF; that probably explains this whole mess best from the legal and moral sides. Now, the side pertaining to the loss of Vick's services to the Atlanta Falcons ( as well as the credibility of the NFL) needs to be addressed.

Canada is a different country and not subject to our rules in America as pertaining to this. Catch and release fishing is done to allow the fish population to grow over time. I do not find that cruel at all; actually I view it as a help to nature- one of the few things humans do in this respect. Not being a hunter, I cannot offer a good opinion on trophy hunting as opposed to any other form. I also do not place animals on such a high pedestal outside of my own pet or pets.