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How many more Vicks are there?
Suntimes,com (Chicago) ^ | August 23, 2007 | BY GREG COUCH Sun-Times Columnist

Posted on 08/23/2007 5:24:34 AM PDT by Perdogg

When one person says something stupid, it's easy enough to laugh it off. But when two people say the same stupid thing, in separate public settings at roughly the same time, it starts to smell funny. New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury said at an appearance this week: ''We don't say anything about people shooting deers [sic] and shooting other animals, you know what I mean? From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It's just behind closed doors, and I think it's tough that we build Michael Vick up and then we break him down.''

And R.L. White, president of the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP, condemned Vick by saying that dogfighting is as bad as hunting.

Huh?

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: ronmexico; vick
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To: enough_idiocy

How can you charge a guy for killing a dog when the pound kills them? It seems to me you would charge the guy using the needle on them.

Maybe we could get Vick to kill them himself and then we can charge him for it. Good idea.


21 posted on 08/23/2007 6:09:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Oclan

You won’t get the culprits. This is a witch hunt. Finding all the participants would be “embarassing” to the authorities. That’s not going to happen.


22 posted on 08/23/2007 6:10:30 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Perdogg

I know where I can buy a hunting license. Where can I get a dogfighting license?


23 posted on 08/23/2007 6:10:59 AM PDT by CholeraJoe ("Is the lion burning?")
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To: Perdogg

Someone on TV last night said that’s like comparing playing baseball to beating someone to death with a baseball bat.


24 posted on 08/23/2007 6:11:39 AM PDT by Mare
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To: AppyPappy

I think it was not *THAT Vick killed the dogs, it was *HOW he killed the dogs.


25 posted on 08/23/2007 6:14:06 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: gridlock

FWIW, grid, bearbaiting, cockfighting, and dogfighting, were prohibited in Great Britain by an act of Parliament in 1835. This isn’t a sudden attack of squeamishness on the part of the politically correct and/or animal rights nuts. Civil societies long ago decided these so-called sports were not to be tolerated.


26 posted on 08/23/2007 6:15:11 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Ditter

They were talking about the 50 dogs that are still alive. They want to kill them.


27 posted on 08/23/2007 6:17:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy

He’s responsible for the end result. If you hit someone in an accident and they have a surgery and during the surgery the doc screws up, you didn’t screw up the surgery, but you could still be liable for it because you set in motion the sequence of events that causes that additional injury. One could counter argue that the surgeon’s neligence was an intervening and superseding cause, but that may or may not absolve the original tortfeasor of his liability.

Even if they can’t charge his for the deaths, send him the bill for having housed them and for having to put them to death. Bottom line is, he caused this to happen and should be held accountable for these dogs as well as the others. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if some crafty plaintiffs attorneys rounded up some spectators and came up with some theories like intentional infliction of emotional distress or something.


28 posted on 08/23/2007 6:18:11 AM PDT by enough_idiocy (Get the troops out of the Iraqi civil war and send them to the Sudan civil war. Biden '08 /sarcasm)
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To: AppyPappy

Considering what they were bred for and how they have been treated, I think that is the only solution.


29 posted on 08/23/2007 6:19:32 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: enough_idiocy

Should we drown them or hang them?

I think your idea of making him pay to house them is the best idea. Killing them would be too ironic.


30 posted on 08/23/2007 6:20:31 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: N. Theknow

And how does Marbury prepare dog for dinner?


31 posted on 08/23/2007 6:24:51 AM PDT by kenth
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To: Perdogg

Marbury is about the dumbest NBA player today. The dude came up way short on the I.Q. test but has a wonderful gift in his ability to play basketball. Too bad he’s so stupid that all of it will be gone by the time that fool is fifty. He would be well served if someone could tell him to keep his mouth shut when defending criminals like Vick.


32 posted on 08/23/2007 6:26:00 AM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: Perdogg

I’m into cat fighting. But don’t tell anybody.


33 posted on 08/23/2007 6:29:27 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (No buy China!!)
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To: Perdogg

How many? Check with the several million illegal alien population and you will find in excess of a million.


34 posted on 08/23/2007 6:34:42 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot
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To: Perdogg
I don't know how many "vicks" there are, but they just got two more for dogfighting in Kansas. Atchison Couple Charged in Dogfighting Case
I especially liked the part about the eight unburied dog carasses in the backyard. Must have smelled ~real good~ with the high temps we've been having.
35 posted on 08/23/2007 6:37:53 AM PDT by LSAggie
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To: gridlock
Fighting dogs are psychologically abused, fed growth hormones and roids and are turned into monsters. There is nothing more you can do with them other than euthanize them when they no longer serve a purpose. In addition, the training methods are brutal and can involve throwing lesser animals at them so they can hone their killing skills.
36 posted on 08/23/2007 6:38:36 AM PDT by misterrob (There's no difference between a knee jerk liberal and a knee jerk conservative.)
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To: misterrob

I’ve read about that. I’ve heard that people go trolling about for small dogs or cats for the fighting dog to kill.


37 posted on 08/23/2007 9:58:29 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Perdogg; All
Was it in “Silence of the Lambs” where one of the early characteristics of a mass murderer was cruelty to animals?
38 posted on 08/23/2007 1:15:54 PM PDT by wolfcreek (2 bad Tyranny, Treachery and Treason never take a vacation...)
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To: misterrob
“Fighting dogs are psychologically abused”

As far as pit bulls, they were long ago bred for hunting and killing.....that’s it. Even the *nice* ones will kill another dog or cat instinctively. IMO, there's no practical use for animals such as these.

39 posted on 08/23/2007 1:24:06 PM PDT by wolfcreek (2 bad Tyranny, Treachery and Treason never take a vacation...)
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