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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:30 PM
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did anyone catch brian williams tonight? according to him, vick was ONLY "involved in an illegal
dogfighting ring". nothing about the horrible abuses and killings, just "involved in an illegal dogfighting ring" nice whitewash there, brian.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:33 PM
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1. 'repeatedly' is a term not used often enough
Whe referring to Vick.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:35 PM
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3. I know, and it makes me. this wasn't a one-off, putting a little money on a dog fight (which is
disgusting enough), but repeated, multiple cases of horrendous abuse and murder.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:35 PM
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2. Did he say "Only involved" or "Involved"
Cause for starters, I doubt he wrote it himself, as well, if it was off the cuff it was probably just how the sentence came out.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:36 PM
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4. did you see where the quotation marks were?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:38 PM
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6. Yes, after "only" making me think that he said a harmless sentence you turned into a big deal
Maybe you should examine your own sentences the same way you pick apart others, cause it seems to me the only spinning going on here is your OP.

And no I couldn't care less about Vick or Williams.

I just find people here are so adamant that every little thing has to be said just the way they want it that if it isn't done perfectly suddenly the person who said it is worse than Vick himself. Reminds me of fucking Pravda.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:53 PM
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8. a harmless sentence? I guess you are okay with the whitewash that is going on.
since I did not quote him incorrectly, I fail to see what your problem is, but you go right on excusing what is going on with regard to vick.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:57 PM
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12. I'm not excusing anything, see now you're doing it to me
Just because Williams isn't prefacing Vick's name every time with a twenty five word title about what a bastard he is, doesn't mean there's a whitewash. Just like me asking you to backup your claims with something more than just reminding us what a bastard Vick is isn't me whitewashing anything either.

We all know what he did, he was found guilty in a court of law for it. Sorry that the English language doesn't have words that can directly say what he did in one go. Hence, it becomes "involved in."

You're also asking Williams to editorialize something that is bad practice no matter who the topic is.
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 11:25 PM
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13. get a grip
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:48 PM
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7. Maybe someone can help me out here. I remember reading - not long ago - a
Edited on Mon Dec-27-10 10:50 PM by Bobbieo
murder mystery about a Mississppi or Louisiana mayor who discovered a dog fighting ring in his city that was involved with a Mississippi gambling boat casino. There were very graphic descriptions of the dog fighting scenes and I am trying to remember if the book was written before or after the Vick espose. I am in a book exchange group and no longer have the novel.

If it was written before the Vick scandal, then he author was very well acquainted with dog fighting in the South.
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Safetykitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:37 PM
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5. Involved will become "entangled", then " swept up with".
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:53 PM
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10. and then "wrongly convicted"
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:53 PM
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9. Brian Williams pals around with Rush Limbaugh
So I don't expect anything particularly insightful or compassionate from Williams. He learned at the bloated feet of the master.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-27-10 10:55 PM
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11. geez, that is enough to make me lose my dinner. I try not to listen to that bloviating idiot, but
sometimes it does happen. makes me ill every time.
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Golden Raisin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 04:08 AM
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14. I make it a point to
try and avoid Brian Williams, among many other so-called "news commentators".
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 04:21 AM
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15. Brian Williams is a n idiot
I can't stand that pompous ass. :puke:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 06:25 AM
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16. disgusting
Edited on Tue Dec-28-10 06:26 AM by Skittles
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