Michael Vick and Job offer

[Munchkin03]

Here's a case here in NYC where a 17 year-old will spend a year in prison for animal cruelty. People are comparing it to the Vick case, but I'm not really sure why:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_c..._kitten_i.html

[DrPhil]

Poor Tiger Lily.

Sure, it's exactly like the Vick case...they are both Black. Yeah, that's it.

She probably has mental issues and may be on her way to being a sociopath. She burglarized and trashed a home with her 14 year old friend. Then she put a kitten in a 500 degree oven as a "joke" and yelled "it's dead bitch" in a courtroom. I hope she gets intervention during and after her sentence.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Poor Tiger Lily.

Sure, it's exactly like the Vick case...they are both Black. Yeah, that's it.

She probably has mental issues and may be on her way to being a sociopath. She burglarized and trashed a home with her 14 year old friend. Then she put a kitten in a 500 degree oven as a "joke" and yelled "it's dead bitch" in a courtroom. I hope she gets intervention during and after her sentence.

I know! Poor little kitten. A few articles have said that the home's resident was her ex-girlfriend. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but this is beyond sick.

I'm surprised she didn't get more, since it was a parole violation. Two years ago, she stole a Yorkie at gunpoint. She's got a host of problems and she'll need help for a long time.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Here's a case here in NYC where a 17 year-old will spend a year in prison for animal cruelty. People are comparing it to the Vick case, but I'm not really sure why:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_c..._kitten_i.html

Probably because Vick has been accused of torturing and killing dogs for the fun of it - hanging them from trees, drowning them, electrocuting them with jumper cables. I don't see how the two are different, really. They're both sociopaths - dangerous people.

It's one thing to set up a dog fighting business (which is bad enough). It's another thing entirely to kill an animal for fun, which we know is a way that serial killers start out. The former is bad judgment, the latter is bad wiring that I believe is not fixable.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Probably because Vick has been accused of torturing and killing dogs for the fun of it - hanging them from trees, drowning them, electrocuting them with jumper cables.

Still only "accused of" even after his prison sentence? I guess it's time to let those accusations go then.

[KSUViolet06]

There's a local cruelty case going on now that draws some Vick comparisons all the time. It's pretty crazy:

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/52525812.html

The gist of it: a 20 year old pet store worker drowned 2 rabbits because they were injured and she felt that was "best for them." She then proceeded to take photos holding the 2 drenched, dead, animals, and post them on her MySpace account.

She was recently arraigned on animal cruelty charges, but I'm not sure how much time she'll serve (if any, I don't believe she has ever been in trouble with the law before this).

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

There's a local cruelty case going on now that draws some Vick comparisons all the time. It's pretty crazy:

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/52525812.html

The gist of it: a 20 year old pet store worker drowned 2 rabbits because they were injured and she felt that was "best for them." She then proceeded to take photos holding the 2 drenched, dead, animals, and post them on her MySpace account.

She was recently arraigned on animal cruelty charges, but I'm not sure how much time she'll serve (if any, I don't believe she has ever been in trouble with the law before this).

She should serve time for being a moronic idiot.

Animals are put to sleep through quick and relatively painless means. If she chose to take matters into her own hands, she shouldn't have celebrated her decision with photos and posting the photos on Myspace.

Dumb people really bother me.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Dumb people really bother me.

I *heart* DrPhil.

ETA: To keep this thread on topic, I read that the Eagles fans gave Vick a warm welcome during Thursday night's preseason game. I'm somewhat surprised that there weren't any animal-rights demonstrations or anti-Vick posters; hopefully he's truly getting a second chance.