EPTOwl gets brutally kicked by soccer player, dies - Page 8
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ander
Canada403 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45458 Posts
I read the article. I still cringed when he kicked the owl. Sigh. Some people have no common sense. There's no excuse for that. | ||
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hiyo_bye
United States737 Posts
But based on the video, it really seemed like the player was just an idiot, but was not intentionally trying to hurt the animal. He jogs over leisurely to the owl after the whistle, obviously intending to get the owl off the field. He even slows down right before he gets to the animal, and didn't seem to do it out anger. Then he does a scooping motion with his foot; at least I, and other posters, think so. Wasn't "brutal", at the very least. And finally, after he does it, he kind of just walks casually, not thinking much of it. So yes, he is an idiot and probably should have just picked it up or not done anything, but I don't see it as something that requires jail time. His apology may need some work... but it's possible it was misinterpreted/translated. Maybe he wasn't trying to "help" the owl, but he was clearly trying to get the game going by getting the owl out of the way. | ||
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
When you scoop an object, both the feet and object starts off stationary next to each other. It's totally different when the ball hits the owl, the ball was already at it's max speed. Simple experiment, you can put your hand on a bat when someone swing it, or you can hover your hand and let the guy hit it with the same force, latter bound to be more painful. However that does not excuse that player's behaviour, he should be fined or do community work for such reckless action, but jail time is way over the top... | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On March 02 2011 15:09 3clipse wrote: Fucking scumbag. When I see someone hurt an animal, I'm consumed by a visceral instinct to hit him in the face. And so what that makes you, instead of hurting animals you hurt people? are people less important do you relate less to people? Can you prove malicious intent, it's not like he ran over there and drop kicked the bird, words like brutal is loaded with connotation. | ||
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applejuice
307 Posts
On March 02 2011 14:56 Theo wrote: It looked like it was already dead, just a pest on the field. Alot of people in western countries become way too attached to animals. It's like crushing a bug and throwing it away. The guy was probably into the game and not thinking too much about the consequences. It's insane how these stupid animal rights activists persecute normal people who barely did anything to harm animals and never try to stop poachers or bring attention to that. 3 months for this? Unjust. I always assume people that make such comments are either religious, or massive trolls. Otherwise, I can't explain how someone with a normal IQ could think in such a way ---> amirite? | ||
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Phenny
Australia1435 Posts
I mean it's sad the owl died/was killed but in the scheme of things I really don't think this is worth getting worked up about, lol. | ||
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
But either way, it's inhumane to senseless harm animals. | ||
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furymonkey
New Zealand1587 Posts
On March 02 2011 15:11 applejuice wrote: I always assume people that make such comments are either religious, or massive trolls. Otherwise, I can't explain how someone with a normal IQ could think in such a way ---> amirite? Well, it does has some sense somewhat, if Owl was replaced as a cockroach, no one would give a shit, but cockroach is still living thing right? If he kicked a snake, people might think he is baller lol! | ||
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ilj.psa
Peru3081 Posts
On March 02 2011 15:10 semantics wrote: pick up an owl? what if the thing was diseased fuck that. People are just humanizing the owl becuase it wasn't ugly with missing feathers if bet if it was a pidgin or seagull no one would give to shits. And so what that makes you, instead of hurting animals you hurt people? are people less important? Can you prove malicious intent words like brutal is loaded with connotation. There was a guy qualified for this already on his way into the field, but the player still kicked it. He said he did it cause he's team is not through a bad period of time. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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Hikko
United States1126 Posts
On March 02 2011 15:11 applejuice wrote: I always assume people that make such comments are either religious, or massive trolls. Otherwise, I can't explain how someone with a normal IQ could think in such a way ---> amirite? I always assume that people that make such comments as this are either full of themselves, or ignorant of the fact that not everyone agrees with them. Otherwise, I can't explain how someone with such a normal IQ, as I can so readily tell by analyzing a single post on the internets, could think in such a way ---> amirite? Seriously, what did Theo's post have to do with religion? Why did you even bring it up? | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On March 02 2011 15:14 ilj.psa wrote: There was a guy qualified for this already on his way into the field, but the player still kicked it. He said he did it cause he's team is not through a bad period of time. not quite sure what the 2nd sentence is... He said he did it to cause the owl to scurry away like most birds that you walk up to and get close to they tend to fly away esp if you touch them. But when birds inhabit a stadium and are around people a lot they don't always go away so easily =p It sounds like the stadium has an owl problem that no one wanted to clean out. Can anyone prove that his kick killed the bird have you ever been hit with a ball that is your size? | ||
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
On March 02 2011 15:16 Froadac wrote: I'm normally anti conservationist (well, all the "SAVE THE RARE FAIRY SHRIMP SO WE CAN"T BUILD A ROAD) but in this case, what the hell was he thinking. It would even take less effort to NOT kick the bird ^> He was probably extremely frustrated because his team wasn't doing well. It's understandable that he wants to vent his frustration. | ||
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
It's pretty safe to say you can disregard future comments from everyone who's made that remark in this thread. There's no rationality behind that whatsoever. The dude flipped the bird with his foot to get it off the field, which is probably instinctive for a soccer player. Granted, the statement he made following the event was dumb, but seriously, it feels like I'm reading teamPETA, not teamliquid. "Brutally kicked." Yeah, ok. I felt the killing intent behind that one. | ||
palookieblue
Australia326 Posts
Firstly, the trauma to the bird was mainly from the ball hitting it. He didn't murder it. Secondly, by no means was it a 'brutal kick'. Incredibly misleading - if you've ever played football or even watched it you know that type of kick is designed to flick the ball into the air. It has very little power. There was no malice in the action, it was not as if he took a huge run-up or really launched it with his boot. Of course he could have handled it better and the player should be educated about this, but jail time is absurd. I don't see people complaining about the many small insects that perish when players stomp on their earthly homes. This reeks of double standards. | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27172 Posts
On March 02 2011 13:53 Circos wrote: Who gives a shit about how he worded the act, that's utterly irrelevant. That was just soul destroying.... Why anybody would conduct themself in that manner is incomprehensible, completly inexcusable. I mean, it would take what, 5 seconds to pick the owl up, move it to the side-lines and then have someone take it off the pitch while the game can continue. I wouldn't want to live in a world where an instance like this would considered in the slightest bit acceptable. I give a shit about how it was worded, because the headline suggests a malice that was not evident in the video. PS - a big LOL at all the city kids saying he should have picked it up and carried it off the field. Yeah, pick up a wounded animal. Nothing could go wrong there. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
He's a footballer, he just can't understand how wrong it was. As I like to say, "no brain, no pain". | ||
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MacroNcheesE
United States508 Posts
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