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Hutzpa

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17. A very good point

Reply to Chathamization (Reply #15)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 06:54 PM

Jul 2013

there again, it depends on the perpetrator. If the person doing the crime is black then the outrage will be double,
if that person is from another race then you get the full hand of the law.

This is American justice.

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Michael Vick killed a dog he went to jail [View all] Hutzpa Jul 2013 OP

One thing I won't argue... NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #1

No one says he is Scootaloo Jul 2013 #3

You've allowed your blind hate for one person Hutzpa Jul 2013 #10

That's a discussion we need to have... NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #13

I agree that dog fighting is pretty sick, but it always struck me as odd Chathamization Jul 2013 #15

You are right. NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #16

A very good point Hutzpa Jul 2013 #17

Michael Vick ran a dog fighting ring. allin99 Jul 2013 #2

And the dogs got justice. What's your point? Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #4

Just clarifying that he didn't just "kill a dog"...infact... [edit].. allin99 Jul 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author allin99 Jul 2013 #9

For the record, the dogs did not get justice. n/t flvegan Jul 2013 #14

Despicable but not comparable. Eddie Haskell Jul 2013 #5

he didn't go to jail for "killing a dog", it's the gambling ring... allin99 Jul 2013 #8

You failed to see the injustice Hutzpa Jul 2013 #11

i see the injustice. He served 2 years for a gambling ring... allin99 Jul 2013 #12

The criminal justice system is supposed to make it hard to convict somebody mythology Jul 2013 #6