A horrible way to start a Monday

Well, I don't want to hijack the thread so I'm just going to say this and be done with it. Vick serving time was not the right punishment for him considering that in some cases, drive-by's and rich people who can afford high-powered lawyers get less time for killing humans than he did. I think he should have had to commit to a lifetime of public service for humane shelters and the like.

 

Yawn,

Bottom line. Mistreating animals the way he and his pals did is a crime.

Hitting a dog or deer or skunk that wanders into the road is not a crime.

Failing to check on a dog, deer or skunk you hit is not a crime.

Otherwise, I think you've got it nailed. But you might want to read Juliet Macur's piece in the NY Times about the Vick dogs and how they are doing these days to see if you might change your mind.

 

I've heard some are being rehabbed, but those dogs will never, never be safe around kids.

I'm not saying it isn't a crime, but it sure as hell shouldn't be on the same level as the taking of a human life.

 

This story tore me up.

 

Me too.
And your wife was with you?

 

She was crying as soon as it happened. And kept crying for another five minutes.

She said that was one of the worst things she'd ever witnessed.

 

I remember when I was a kid, we had a beagle who would run out the door whenever he could.

One day a neighborhood kid who was lifeguard at the local pool knocked on our door to tell my mom that our dog had run out in front of his car and he had run it over.

I was about 8 or 9 but I really respected him a lot for that. That took guts.

 

Inky there's nothing you could have done. Honk your horn and he darts the other way. Get out of your car (like you did) and he'll run the other way. Shout, "go home!" and he'll stare at you with a clueless look.

Unfortunately he was probably going to get hit no matter what. Once dogs get on a busy street...well, you know now.

Don't tear yourself up. You tried, at least. That's more than what most did.

 

Just think that God needed a pet.

 

Sometimes that line is really inappropriate.