No one needs refreshing over the allegations against Michael Vick. The other day, Whoopi Goldberg rallied to Michael Vick's defense on The View. Mark Goldblatt has an interesting take on the significance of her words over on National Review Online.
I agree with Mark that her perception of geographical custom is somewhat questionable. While it is absolutely unquestionable that some of our nation's darkest history lies in the South, it would be hard-pressed to add this type of brutality to that terrible list.
But the problem here is that the real issue doesn't necessarily lie in our collective history. The bigger problem is that her stance insensitively dismisses the moral and legal culpability of his actions in addition to denigrating an over-broad swath of society. Rarely--if ever--do you see our morality resorting to the so-called "boys will be boys" sentiment and then dismiss the wrongdoing.
Either Goldberg is taking the charges against Vick too personally (which one should find odd) or she's equally guilty of taking as long as Vick took to realize the nature of these horrid acts. Either way, one is unfortunately left to wonder the exact motive of her defensive advocacy.
------Sources: USA Today [Associated Press]. National Review Online [Mark Goldblatt].
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