my suggestion is no jail time......but off the tour for 1 year
and 1000 hours working with animal protection services.
Seems a bit extreme to me, hjack:
Take away a man's livelihood for a full year -- his innocent family and charities suffer, too -- and demand a half year of his working life (2,000 hours is considered full-time) . . . for accidentally killing a bird?
And it was an accident. His intent was to scare it away, not kill it. And while he may have aimed at the bird, he had no real thought he could hit it, much less kill it. After the bird was down, he attempted to save it by calling in a veternarian. He's adopted three stray cats from his local animal shelter. Does this sound like the profile of an animal abuser?
It was a one-in-a-million shot for goodness sakes. He was almost a football field away with a golf ball -- not a gun -- and a very small hole in the sky through which to send it. In fact, had somebody handed him a rifle and told him to shoot the bird -- that definitely would have stopped the offensive noise -- there's no way he would have done it.
Tripp has already suffered significantly and is obviously remorseful. That was evident to anyone who saw his interview tonight on The Golf Channel. How is society served by inflicting such severe additional punishment in this freak situation? Even the law pegs the financial damage at only $1,500. Quite a difference from the price you would extract.
And here I thought my bracelet had a typo, thanks Yoda!
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
i ask only 1 thing here...lets take this seriously..........outright animal abuse......absolutely pisses (sorry delete if you care to) me off
hjack
HJ,
I didn't start this thread as a discussion regarding the guilt or innocence of Tripp. This thread is about how a very public incident can work its way into our golf lexicon.
Other than Bucket's behavioral issues, promoting animal abuse isn't tolerated here.
Two thumbs up for Yoda's definition. I was thinking along the lines of "wayward shots that land you so deep in the woods you're in jail".
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1-H "Because of questions of all kinds, reams of additional detail must be made available - but separately, and probably endlessly." Homer Kelly
This is a pretty sad and unfortunate incident. I've been on these kind of commercial shoots, and the average person doesn't understand how tough it is (yet how important) to get good "sound" when you're outside (planes, birds, cicadas, etc) for something that's going to air on TV. You get a whole crew of cameramen, sound folks, producers, directors, paid talent, etc, etc, and it's "take 1", take 2", "take 3" for all sorts of reasons. These guys don't work for free and time is money, but that pressure is no excuse for killing any animal, protected species or not.
I saw Tripp's interview and it sure sounds like it was an accident, but he'll have to deal with the consequences. I don't even know what his tour status is, I know the name but I couldn't tell you the last time I saw him in an event or getting any air time. He sure doesn't seem like the type to have done it on purpose.
I imagine the Rotella folks aren't too happy with this kind of pub either.
differently Lynn........i don't think its extreme.....but you do and thats fine.
and bagger i do understand that this thread was about words as opposed to abuse.........
oh well........let me finish this thought and i wont post about this subject.
to me abuse is abuse...... Lynn you know how much i respect you, but you said......"for killing a bird".........YES my friend for killing anything
a bird a dog...or a person.....Killing is Killing.......am i overreacting.....i dont think so........as i close and promise not to post on this again, let me say...........i have a dog......for 11 years...abso love the dog.....
Lynn if someone killed my dog......would you say,
"howard...........its just a dog".....................its all who the author of the statement is.....Thankyou for allowing me to vent
hjack
Prosecutors say the 39-year-old player took several shots at the hawk, first driving to it in a golf cart after the bird interrupted filming from 300 yards away. When the bird later landed within 75 yards, Isenhour’s shots got closer until he eventually hit and killed the hawk. It fell to the ground bleeding from both nostrils, witnesses told the Florida Fish and Wildlife.
accident???? duh
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differently Lynn........i don't think its extreme.....but you do and thats fine.
and bagger i do understand that this thread was about words as opposed to abuse.........
oh well........let me finish this thought and i wont post about this subject.
to me abuse is abuse...... Lynn you know how much i respect you, but you said......"for killing a bird".........YES my friend for killing anything
a bird a dog...or a person.....Killing is Killing.......am i overreacting.....i dont think so........as i close and promise not to post on this again, let me say...........i have a dog......for 11 years...abso love the dog.....
Lynn if someone killed my dog......would you say,
"howard...........its just a dog".....................its all who the author of the statement is.....Thankyou for allowing me to vent
hjack
Lynn said "accidentally" killing a bird. Was your dog killed "accidentally?" But yes, the mutiple attempts at "scaring" the bird is tough to handle.
Regardless I'm sure a proper punishment will come out of this but regardless, accident or not, each is responsible for what happens as a result of one's actions. Otherwise nobody is held responsible for anything. Slap my forehead, "jeez I didn't want that to happen!"
Now if he only hit an old republician lawyer in the face with a shot, oh wait thats our VP.
Hawk- A great shot that still can't produce a scoring putt. More of shot term then a scoring term.
Lynn you know how much i respect you, but you said......"for killing a bird".........
Please don't misquote me. I said "...for accidentally killing a bird."
And anyone who believes Tripp intentionally killed that bird -- with a golf ball from almost a football field away -- is looking to make a case where there is none.
Tripp Isenhour aimed at a bird a very long way away and had the great misfortune to hit it. A regrettable circumstance to be sure and one for which he is accountable. But . . .
It doesn't warrant destroying his career and life.
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