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On March 02 2011 13:28 McDonalds wrote:
If I had to guess I'd say the guy thought he was scooping up and flinging the bird off the field as opposed to kicking it and forgot that he's a soccer player with powerful kicks and that it was an injured animal. I find it sort of hard to believe that anybody would intentionally do what is being suggested, and the motion of his leg is really the kind of motion you make when you're trying to make light contact but put a lot of momentum into the target after contact. But it was still irresponsible.
Yeah its hard to believe usually, but you know, the guy who kicked the owl had an attacking advantage but was denied because of the owl. So maybe, he might have been pissed off by the owl and lost his temper at that moment.
Edit: nvm, he was the defender.
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On March 02 2011 13:24 Zerokaiser wrote:
"It wasn't my intention to hit the animal. What I tried to do was wake it up so it could fly."
People who are that boldly a douchebag deserve to be put in jail for 3 months whether they kicked a fucking owl or not.
Douchebaggery, however, is not a crime^^ Fine him, absolutely. Community service. Sure. Penalty from the team management for a poor showing, yes. Jail? Nah. Having him forced to work for many hours to help animals is better than having him sit in a cell.
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When I read the article and saw that it said violently punt I thought the video would be kinda funny, but that was not a violent punt. He deserves a fine but nothing more imo
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Jail time for that? Really? Why are people so eager to hand out jail terms for anything and everything? He needs to be fined and banned for several games, but jail? Come on. Hes just an idiot, not a fucking criminal that needs to be secluded to make people (and owls) safe.
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I must say... Who cares?
Is the guy a complete retard?, sure, but that's true for most professional sports players around here anyway, should he be punished in accordance to the law?, sure, but in a country were people kill each other for the most futile of reasons an owl's life hardly seems relevant.
I know this is just the way news works around the world, but I still find it annoying.
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It probably wasn't the best idea to kick a bird, they tend to be very fragile due to hollow bones, but not everyone would think of that.
He was frustrated that the owl got in the way of the pass and got it off the field.
The owl was probably hurt a lot more by being hit by the ball than being kicked after (although it wouldn't help).
Jail time seems a bit harsh, being banned from football is plain retarded. A fine sounds about right, maybe a couple of hundered dollars (or equivalent).
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On March 02 2011 13:33 Mercadia wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2011 13:24 Zerokaiser wrote:
"It wasn't my intention to hit the animal. What I tried to do was wake it up so it could fly."
People who are that boldly a douchebag deserve to be put in jail for 3 months whether they kicked a fucking owl or not. Douchebaggery, however, is not a crime^^ Fine him, absolutely. Community service. Sure. Penalty from the team management for a poor showing, yes. Jail? Nah. Having him forced to work for many hours to help animals is better than having him sit in a cell.
There's a highly advanced alien race somewhere that has criminalized social antagonism.
Not that they'd have to, being highly advanced and all.
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On March 02 2011 13:33 Manifesto7 wrote:
Title says "brutally kicked", but that didn't look like a brutal kick to me. Not that it was the correct thing to do, but he just flipped it off the field.
ROFL flipped yeah ok
left leg came swinging man
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Watching that video and seeing his response infuriates me to no end. He had zero concern for the owl that wasn't even close to dying and just kicked it like a soccer ball to get it off the field. The owl wasn't even right next to the line, it would've had to flown like 20ft to get out of bounds, any creature getting kicked that hard is going to probably die if they were injured or not.
I completely agree with the animal rights people and what they want. He'd def get a sucker punch to the back of the head from me if I saw him.
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On March 02 2011 13:22 Andross wrote:You know what's funny? A player whom used to play for the opposing team (Junior de Barranquilla) once shot a fan to death because he insulted him. He payed the bail and was free less than a year later and he continued playing professional soccer with minimum outrage. It's ridiculous how this guy is getting so much shit on an international lever for lifting an old owl with his foot and having the owl die later, most likely due to the stress of captivity. Makes you wonder how much is human life worth, especially here. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/sports/4841-junior-midfielder-shoots-fan-police.html Wow this absolutely ridiculous if its true. I dont like seeing animals getting hurt either, but it puzzles me when people put animals lives above humans or have outrageous double standards like above.
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what a dick. makes me mad.
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That kick wasn't actually a strong kick at all, its the same motion you would use to lift a ball, its very soft and controlled. Like the poster above me said, if that bird fell from the air that should've hurt more than the 'kick' itself. He does deserve a fine for being such a douche though..
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It appeared to me as though he scooped his foot under the the owl, and didn't drill it as he would have if he wanted to hurt the bird. He did move fast, but it did not look like a brutal attack to me.
It's a sad thing, the owl was beautiful. =(
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He hardly even kicked the bird. I bet most of the damage was done by getting hit by the ball. Also, the bird was on a soccer field, do you really think it was in a right state of mind? Owls are pretty skittish animals so what was it doing there in the first place? It was most likely already injured or had some brain damage before it. Though that hardly warrants the kick.
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On March 02 2011 13:33 Manifesto7 wrote:
Title says "brutally kicked", but that didn't look like a brutal kick to me. Not that it was the correct thing to do, but he just flipped it off the field.
He kicked the bird hard enough to kill it. Sounds brutal to me.
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Well I think he should've left the owl there, and let medical staff handle it? I guess he didn't think it through when he kicked it lol
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On March 02 2011 13:36 Immolate wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2011 13:33 Manifesto7 wrote:
Title says "brutally kicked", but that didn't look like a brutal kick to me. Not that it was the correct thing to do, but he just flipped it off the field. ROFL flipped yeah ok left leg came swinging man
You can't even see his leg properly in the video. It looks more like he scooped it with his foot than kicked it. That video is inconclusive at best (in terms of 'how' he kicked it).
Not saying he didn't do it or that it was the right move, just that that video specifically doesn't really show much.
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On March 02 2011 13:33 Manifesto7 wrote:
Title says "brutally kicked", but that didn't look like a brutal kick to me. Not that it was the correct thing to do, but he just flipped it off the field.
any mortal kick is brutal
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OK. The owl *was* moving after it was hit by the ball... then that kick... wow.
The guy may seriously face some jail time. Hopefully he won't be - it's probably better to just fine him. He is a soccer player so he should have plenty of money to go around.
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