[marktwain]

“He wasn’t playing in a tournament. He was filming a segment for TV on how to makes shots like pros do. So his livelihood was not in jeopardy. Now it is.”

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You have this exactly wrong. Filming a segment for TV costs hundreds or thousands of dollars an hour. That is exactly a large part of a pro-golfer’s livelihood. That is how this common bird was wasting his money. It is part of our national insanity that we are willing to put a person in jail for killing a bird that is in no way an endangered species.

A $50 fine I could see. Putting him in jail and making a social pariah out of him is insane.

[hoppity]

It’s not on his dime. He’s paid a fee to be in the segment. If he is the producer or executive producer, then I’d agree with you. He’s a minor league golfer who can’t keep his tour card. This had no effect on his livelihood.

Now if the producers told him to aim at the bird, because it was costing them money for the delays....

[org.whodat]

Isenhour, who plays on the developmental Nationwide Tour, was charged Wednesday with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird, misdemeanors that carry a maximum penalty of 14 months in jail and $1,500 in fines.

``We ask that everyone accept my sincerest apology, and please be respectful of my family's privacy,'' he said.

It still is all about him is it not. He needs to switch to the mentally developmental tour.