What is worse?

Question

killing a dog or giving your wife a black eye?
please include discussion of this regarding Michael vick and the NFL's player abusing their wives and not getting suspended.

half of you are insane seriously should be committed. a dog is not like a human it is lower than a human. you have any clue about how the animals that you eat are killed? you are crazy.

coragraph just because you are a gay family hater it clouds your judgment. hitting a person can be a felony as well or did they not teach you that in law school? And how about morals not located in the law or are you 2 dumb to use your own brain? has it been banged out by your boyfriend? MORALS AND ETHICS HUMANS ARE HIGHER THAN ANIMALS.

VOLLEYBALL WHO RE YOU ARE AN IDIOT THAT HAS NO LOGIC SKILLS I BET YOU FAILED ALGEBRA OR NEED TO STUDY FOR 100 HOURS FOR A 9TH GRADE TEST. THE STUDY SAYS THAT ALMOST ALL SERIAL KILLERS STARTED WITH ANIMALS NOT THAT ALL PEOPLE THAT KILL ANIMALS BECOME SERIAL KILLERS. YOU ARE AN IDIOT AND PLEASE DONT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS AGAIN THEY ARE FAR ABOVE YOUR THINKNG LEVEL.

Answer 1

Any man that hits a woman has committed a horrible crime. What Michael Vick did was wrong and against the law, but domestic violence against humans is worse in my eyes than what Vick did.

Answer 2

So let's examine this rationally.

Since they compare the killing of animals as a clue that a person is rather cold and uncaring, and disregards all forms of life, I think killing a dog is worse.

Psychologists have often seen links between people that kill animals and ones that later murder humans - like serial killers. It is a general disregard of life no matter what type of life it is.

Now, if someone beats his wife right now, and there are charges pressed and a conviction gotten by a criminal court, you damn bet you that the player would be suspended. Just 5 years ago, there wasn't this focus on NFL players and their blatent disregard of our laws that there is today. I am willing to bet if Michael Vick had killed those dogs 5 years ago, he wouldn't have gotten suspended. But it wasn't the killing of the dogs that got him suspended. It was the gambling and racketeering that goes along with the reason the dogs were killed that got Vick suspended. People focus on the killing of the dogs, when in fact it was the association with gambling and the appearance of impropriaty that concerns the NFL more. The dog killing is just the icing on the cake.

Most players get away with hitting their wives or girlfriends because charges are not pressed. If there are no charges filed, then there is no crime committed. Thus they didn't breech their contracts.

THAT is the problem. . .

Answer 3

Killing a dog, depending on the jurisdiction, might be either a felony or a misdemeanor -- in Vick's case, the charges were federal felony counts.

Battery, whether domestic violence or otherwise -- that's usually a misdemeanor, unless it represents a heavy pattern of abuse or other aggravating factors push it into the felony category.

A felony is always worse than a misdemeanor, as far as the legal standard is concerned.

Answer 4

Killing the dog is far worse. Animals are helplessly dependant on humans for the most part.
NFL players wives who do not divorce or get counseling deserve the treatment they allow. I have no pity for abusers of any kind but if the NFL wives are dumb enough to stay after the first time then who cares what happens to them. It is none of the NFLs' concern until that player causes them to look bad publicly.
Perhaps a minimum 4 game suspension without pay for each arrest, and after first time 10k fine for each repeat. After third time a permanent expulsion from the NFL is best I feel.

Answer 5

They are the same. Violence is violence and there are psychological studies proving that violence to animals usually precedes or coincides with violence to people. We are only able to hear what the press tells us, we have no idea what's in anyone's past regarding juvenile behavior which is properly diagnosed may prevent adult violence.

In the case of domestic violence, either sex commiting the violent act, the other person has the ability to walk away or beat the crap out of the other person if they are so inclined, or to have never gotten involved in that relationship. Animals are like children, vulnerable and never asked to be in that situation/relationship.

Answer 6

For me, a pet, whatever it is, is an innocent creature that totally depends on you to take care of it, just like children.

A woman makes the choice to be with a man, especially if he abuses her. There are a lot of options out there, the police, battered women's shelters, underground safehouses...places and people she can go to take herself out of the situation.

A dog, or any other pet, does not have that choice. You made an unwritten agreement to take care of your pets when you take them into your home, as you do your children. They are totally defenseless, and if you choose to kill them and torture them you have reached a level of human cruely that many of us cannot understand, or can forgive.

Answer 7

They both are horrible, and both should require suspension. They are not the role models that there should be in Professional sports.

They should pay like the rest of us pay, and not be treated any differently.

Answer 8

You shouldn't do either one. Take a walk around the block or something, man.