Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: isasir
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: dman
Dog was returned, but because the OP didn't update nobody will notice that very shortly.
I know. But he still deserves hate mail for keeping the dog for 40+ days.
I'm actually a little surprised that you would jump on the hate mail bandwagon, especially since I've seen you post numerous times in threads about news items that the article only presents one side of the story. This article clearly was biased, as well as the follow-up article ("Funny, like a clown" - what is this, Goodfellas?) and while it's good to see a happy ending, I'm guessing there's a lot this story left out.
It's pretty hard to be "one sided" about factual quotes. From the factual quotes of both him, and his partners/bosses it's obvious he was being a prick.
I don't know about you, but if someone threatens me by claiming they called the police on me, especially after I felt I did a good deed, then I'm going to be a prick right back to someone. I could easily re-write this whole article, get some quotes from the lawyer as to what the kid's dad said to him (perhaps demanding prompt return of the dog, accusing him of theft, etc.) and paint the lawyer as someone who didn't want to see a dog killed, and could likely easily get support for the lawyer. Of course, I'd leave out any mention of the little boy, since it'd be irrelevant to my story.
