Does Vick deserve to have his life ruined for this?

[SeattleUte]

Michael Vick was a world class superstar with vast wealth. Now he's in the gutter. Because he financed dog fighting, he's a pariah, he's forfeited his bonus and probably his net worth, he's going to prison, and he's out of professional football probably for good. Does the punishmen fit the crime?

(I can't help it, this reminds me of when my wife says to our three-year old, "Stop now, or you'll lose all your privileges," "If you don't do as I ask you're going to lose all your privileges." It works. He has figured out losing all your privileges is a very bad thing though it's never gone that far, and I doubt any of us is sure what that even means in his case.)

P.S., probably one of the most offensive things I've ever heard is a guy on NPR this morning arguing that VIck was too harshly dealt with because we raise animals to eat.