Reports coming through that West Ham complained to the ref at half time after Chris Wood repeatedly shouted "Meow" at Zouma.
Kurt Zouma / 180 hours community service + banned from keeping cats for 5 years
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Let him go a few rounds with a hungry cat. A much larger cat.
That's for the courts to decide, but the law sadly doesn't take animal cruelty very seriously, so my expectations are low.
Puny fines don't hurt multimillionaire footballers, so at least get them doing some community work.
I like the Scandinavian model where fines are assessed as a proportion of your income. A flat fee doesn't do much to deter, I agree.
Yep definitely, like the six figure speeding fines they give out to dicks in Ferraris now and then.
I was hoping that at least sponsors will be pressured by people to punish (cancel deals) WH after disgusting WH reaction regarding all this. But i guess their sponsors are not that strong. Money talks at end, right?
Anyway, Zouma will not be punished by the law, FA said that it is not on them to punish him, WH will not punish him and public even more and more treats him like some kind of victim (as this thread shows too). Amazing stuff. feck this society where we live.
Anyway, Zouma will not be punished by the law, FA said that it is not on them to punish him, WH will not punish him and public even more and more treats him like some kind of victim (as this thread shows too). Amazing stuff. feck this society where we live.
Well this should have been over with a long time ago then...
The cat wasn't hurt physically so there you go - that's your eye (nothing ) for an eye (nothing).
I seen this online and I seriously hope it’s true.
There's one thing understanding a person's attachment, but there's another thing facing reality and facts. Just because people overly love their animals, that doesn't mean they should be given as much importance as a child.
Good on you Chris Wood
The amount of affection and love an individual gives to their pet is their reality and it isn't really your place to decide anything for them. If you're talking about children vs pets from a societal point of view of course I understand giving children far more importance but I don't personally agree with it.
I like Chris Wood much more now than i did a couple of hours ago
My thoughts exactly. The same how WH is my most hated club in the world
Although it sounds like a hellish plot for a Babe sequel, unbelievably, it's true.
What did Chris Wood do?
You that cats veterinarian are you?
Most hated club in the world where some teams are owned by Saudi regimes while teams some keep and protect players like Suarez(racism ) and Hazard(kicking the ball boy)? And then there is Italian teams that occasionally do racist chants and even throw a bananas at black players.
Its just common sense. The authoriities have investigated and taken the cats into custody where they were obviously examined.
If they were hurt, Zouma would have been in a lot more trouble.
The investigation isn’t complete so he may end up in more trouble.
I don't think that's necessarily true. The animal was taken off Zouma due to concerns about it's safety. Whether that abuse caused a serious injury or just bruising to the cat, it's still tantamount to the same offence of animal cruelty and the case remains ongoing. Not sure if people realise that cats, and many other animals, try and hide any pain they're in because they don't want to look vulnerable.
When you watch that video, you can see that Zouma exactly knew what he is doing. I am pretty sure that this wasn't a first time that cnut abused his cats.
The fact the cat wasnt injured by the kick is just good luck for Zouma. Whether or not the cats are injured isnt the issue, the actions are. Your argument taken to a different place would be that domestic violence doesnt count if the woman isnt actually injured
Imagine saying for domestic violence :"It was just one slap. He feels worse than her because of that. Leave the guy alone. He suffered enough."
that makes it even worse then. We support a club that gets some money from Saudi regime but want to take a moral high ground against a guy who kicked a cat?
Is kicking a ball boy any better than kicking a cat?
Supporters at away grounds all should start meowing during the match.
Not at all.
1. That's not the argument at all.
I responded to poster who said an eye for an eye.
The underlying philosophy of which is punishment by equivalent outcome.
By his own argument Zouma should not then be punished.
2. Even it were the argument
When applied to your fictional narrative, evidence of injury, including forensic evidence of previous injury goes a long way, not in establishing that a crime has occurred, but whether the act was particularly malicious, whether there is a pattern of abuse, and other such that will influence the severity of the punishment.
A first time abuser who hits his wife and a violent serial abuser are both guilty of the same offence but wont be getting the same sentence.
The argument is about how much Zouma should be punished, not whether he should be at all.
This would be interesting. Rather than boo him everyone should meow.
Perhaps we might start another Cantona incident if that happened.
It has been mentioned, but still funny.
https://news.sky.com/story/kurt-zou...-kicking-his-cat-sky-new-understands-12567728
Being prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act according to Sky News. Still not had any form of suspension for West Ham, while his brother was suspended by Dagenham & Redbridge for four weeks.
Being prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act according to Sky News. Still not had any form of suspension for West Ham, while his brother was suspended by Dagenham & Redbridge for four weeks.
Put him in jail
And throw the key away.
Put him in a cage with a massive cat and throw away the key.
We'll go old school.
Smeared from head to toe in all sorts of sticky jam and assorted food, and forced to run a 100metre gauntlet of some particularly hungry birds of prey
Some are even suggesting he should go to prison! I wouldn't support that even if it was a human let alone a cat. They can take away the pets tell him he can't have any and that's that.