Our weekly dispatch from the nation's foremost mustache expert.

American public -- give Michael Vick a chance. Open your hearts, and set him free.

As I've detailed for you over these past few months, people of Mustached American descent know public distrust. For many years we've been kept out of the executive suites of corporate America and suspiciously absent from the hallways of Capitol Hill -- relegated to motorbike mechanic-ry and sweeping up hair in barber shops.

Perhaps this is why I empathize with my brother in facial hair, Michael Vick. Despite his involvement in horrific canine-fighting events and all kinds of unseemly doggie torture, it's time we give this troubled young man a second chance.

Learn more about why the American Mustache Institute is endorsing Michael Vice forgiveness, after the jump.

As we all have now heard ad nauseam, Vick is a free man and has been conditionally reinstated by the National Football League. When he signed last week with the Philadelphia Eagles, the reaction was swift.

"Hide Your Dogs" read the Philadelphia Daily News headline. Meanwhile, fans flooded Philly radio with statements of anger and disgust. They also ranted about Vick. In our Asylum.com poll on whether the former quarterback is truly sorry, nearly 75 percent of you believe the man solely wishes to rehab his image and just play ball again. Even Asylum's frequent commenter Heavytoka added these words to the post: "He is a piece of trash!" -- proving the pipe has not rendered our toking friend unhardened.

These reactions and others have left me and my AMI colleagues feeling alone in our desire to forgive. It seems to have been forgotten that the United States has a rule of law -- you do the crime, you do the time. It's as simple as that. Sure, there's injustice -- 69 percent of male and 42 percent of women inmates incarcerated today are of Mustached American descent -- but the system is certainly better than that of Burma, which AMI has vowed never to recognize as Myanmar.

Remember, Vick not only lost his freedom for two years, but he lost $10 million-plus in annual wages and the realistic shot at any future endorsements for the remainder of his life. That's a $100 million penalty. To put it in perspective, that's roughly $99.92 million more than I have made in a career as a mustache pioneer and shepherd.

I believe that Michael Vick now has a right to earn a living in whatever field he wishes outside of dog-catching. It's time to exercise the intentions of the founding fathers of this great nation and set Vick -- my fellow furry-faced person -- free.

For Dr. Abraham J. Froman's mustache perspective, check in every Wednesday on Asylum.