I feel your frustration, I am looking for a WGS masters program, and when explaining to my parents what I want to do all I get is blank stares back with them shaking their heads. (posted to Marketable Women's & Gender Studies?)
I don't want it to appear that you either care about women or care about dogs, what I meant was that the Vick case caused such an outrage, but all too many times athletes get away with domestic violence and (posted to Do Americans Care More About Dogs Than Women?)
an confession is an admission, at least in civil matters and imagine its the same in criminal matters. its evidence. a confession means the accused agrees with the complaint and the court can move to the sentencing phase. in vick's (posted to Do Americans Care More About Dogs Than Women?)
So... are you arguing that his confession is irrelevant and that it is likely that he is, in fact, not guilty? Or are you just making an unrelated point that a confession =/= guilt? (posted to Do Americans Care More About Dogs Than Women?)
I actually agree with you 100% on this. I think that the heart of the matter really boils down to the fact that there are many people (myself included) who do not feel that Vick's punishment was sufficient for the (posted to Do Americans Care More About Dogs Than Women?)
I disagree that Vick hasn't served his time. He has. Now, if you lobby for harsher penalties for animal cruelty in the future that's all well and good, and you're well within your rights to do so, but Vick paid (posted to Do Americans Care More About Dogs Than Women?)
I apparently wasn't clear. I didn't say that Vick didn't serve his time, I said that I don't feel that his punishment was sufficiently severe. I'm not advocating tossing the guy back in jail after the fact; I'm saying that (posted to Do Americans Care More About Dogs Than Women?)
