Hubristic Sadism? Tale of a Dead Hawk
Sometimes writing these posts is easy, and sometimes it's nearly impossible. And I thought that tonight's work was going to be one of the latter. Unfortunately, not so...
What follows is a simple reaction to a first report concerning the killing of a hawk by an impatient/cruel professional golfer. If the "Yahoo! Sports" report is faulty, I apologize for the rest of this entry. But using that report as a starting point, here's my take on the situation.
Right now, it looks like one of the PGA spoiled brats (Isenhour) couldn't wait for a hawk to clear the course and took aim, again and again. It took him a few tries, but he managed to gleefully kill a Red-shouldered Hawk.
This is the ilk of Michael Vick (convicted of dog fighting)... I just checked the golfing blogs, and they're going up in flames...
Not exactly sure what to say here folks.
Expect "Bobby Cutts' Crocodile Tears" from John Henry Isenhour III... Expect a sizable chunk of society to be stupid enough to buy the "It was an Accident" story.
If this piece is true, this is just despicable.
Time will tell...
Signing off early in raw disgust... I'll make it up to you next time...
CapeCodAlan
P.S. Thanks to Wikipedia for the hawk photo.
Comments
A couple of thoughts:
1.) Isenhour's a celebrity. He'll get a symbolic slap on the wrist, a fine and no actual jail time. It will be a non-event to the public in general faster than you can yell, "Fore!" Sad, really.
2.) Perhaps a better way to deal with Isenhour is to hit him where it hurts: Endorsements. I suggest we do a little digging and find out just what kind of lucrative endorsement deals Isenhour enjoys, and then WRITE LETTERS to the companies paying him.
See how fast Michael Vick lost his multi-million endorsement deals when it became known he forced his dogs to fight (sometimes to the death) and cruelly tortured and killed the ones who under-performed? Why don't we ensure the same FINANCIAL fate for Isenhour? I suggest we start writing letters to whoever has been lining his pockets, telling them we will not patronize any company that continues to pay endorsement fees to someone who so selfishly and gleefully killed a bird, ESPECIALLY in the manner in which he did.
Question them as to whether they want THEIR company seen as one that supports this kind of behavior.
To sum it up, THAT'S the way you deal with people like this. Hit them in the only bread basket they understand. Lose a million dollar endorsement deal and suddenly it might just cause Isenhour to rethink his approach to things.
But for bird lovers to stand by and do or say NOTHING would only add to the tragedy.
Posted by: Gerry Ashley | March 7, 2008 11:36 PM