Well, for one, one of them apologized right away (or at least kept his mouth shut when accused of the obvious, and then apologized once he could not longer keep his mouth shut about it), whereas the other kept making excuses as to why something he did wasn't really bad, which actually angered people more about it than would have been warranted if he had apologized when first asked to... or kept his mouth shut until he could figure out a better way to save face. It is as simple as that.
Secondly, I think that the NAACP people know that Vick, given that the other people in his circle plead guilty so to accuse him of being the primary party in this ring of criminal, will probably not play in the NFL for a while. Penalties for animal cruelty are not as great as they should be, but this is a high profile case, and the prosecution is almost obliged to push for jail sentencing on this one. He's not gonna play for years, and they know that. They're just trying to put a face on it as "look, we're not abandoning him, he's one of our own people". It's all empty PR, pure and simple.
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Re: Uh...
Date: 2007-08-23 01:47 am (UTC)Secondly, I think that the NAACP people know that Vick, given that the other people in his circle plead guilty so to accuse him of being the primary party in this ring of criminal, will probably not play in the NFL for a while. Penalties for animal cruelty are not as great as they should be, but this is a high profile case, and the prosecution is almost obliged to push for jail sentencing on this one. He's not gonna play for years, and they know that. They're just trying to put a face on it as "look, we're not abandoning him, he's one of our own people". It's all empty PR, pure and simple.