[Guest post by DRJ]
I don’t envy defense counsel in this arson case:
“A 34-year-old man with the word “VEGAN” tattooed prominently on his neck faces federal charges that he torched the Sheepskin Factory in Glendale last spring as part of an animal-rights campaign.”
There is a mug shot and more details at the link, including a statement from a possible supporter.
— DRJ
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Weird — you hardly every see guys with neck tattoos run afoul of the law.
JVW (a52530) — 7/24/2010 @ 12:35 amOh, and a faux-tribal face tattoo too! Hard to believe that such a colorful character would turn to crime!
JVW (a52530) — 7/24/2010 @ 12:37 amBilly Jo has some finely honed instincts I think.
happyfeet (19c1da) — 7/24/2010 @ 1:12 amMeat IS Murder, ya know.
Of course, most of these Animal Liberation wackos probably have no qualms whatsoever about the termination of an unborn human. Maybe it’s because nobody is planning to eat the carcass, or make a seatcover out of it.
Icy Texan (6df7c5) — 7/24/2010 @ 2:19 amTasty, tasty murder! Especially with a little salt, pepper, and garlic. Seared on both sides, and juicy-red in the middle, and Mmm-mmm good!
If God didn’t intend for us to eat animals, they wouldn’t be made of meat, now would they?
NavyspyII (df615d) — 7/24/2010 @ 5:47 amPaul Giamatti, call your agent.
w3bgrrl (12f86d) — 7/24/2010 @ 6:32 amYet another in a series of reichwingnut teabagger violence. Racists.
JD (ddefe8) — 7/24/2010 @ 6:53 amWhat, the animals can’t speak for themselves?
Oh, guess not, because THEY’RE ANIMALS, you moron.
EW1(SG) (edc268) — 7/24/2010 @ 7:20 amVlasak is a nutball who I definitely would NOT want operating on me. Maybe he would decide eating meat made my cancer appear and so he might decide to let me die. These people set up a booth at the College of Surgeons every year and a couple of cute girls sit there all by themselves. Surgeons have little sympathy for those nuts.
Mike K (0ef8c3) — 7/24/2010 @ 8:53 amIf God did not want
ColonelHaiku (6d95fe) — 7/24/2010 @ 9:04 amus to eat critters why He
make them so tasty?
Stupid violent racist teabaggers.
Oh, wait, he had “VEGAN” tattooed on his neck? Just a second.
What were we talking about again?
Sean P (6f6c60) — 7/24/2010 @ 9:08 amApologies for the threadjack, but has anyone else seen the CNN interview where the allegedly poor, poor victimized Sherrod now claimes that Breitbart wants to put all blacks back into slavery? This woman does not deserve an apology or any sympathy whatsoever at this point – she’s outed herself (again) as nothing but a contemptible carpet – bagging race – baiter.
Dmac (d61c0d) — 7/24/2010 @ 9:45 amColonel has written
ColonelHaiku (6d95fe) — 7/24/2010 @ 10:13 amSherrod has said and will say
stuff that shows true self
What’s up with the dude’s Picard hairdo? Looks funny with the ink.
Bradnsa (980254) — 7/24/2010 @ 10:41 amIt seems the obvious defense is ‘an imbalance caused by an all vegetarian diet caused him to act crazy’. A variation on the ‘twinkie defense’.
Jeff S. (b15751) — 7/24/2010 @ 10:57 amIf you freed the cows they’d be extinct within the year.
Kevin Murphy (5ae73e) — 7/24/2010 @ 11:26 amSpecialty of the Day:
Spotted Owl roasted over old-growth charcoal.
Lunch tomorrow will be non-Dolphin-free tuna-fish sandwiches.
AD - RtR/OS! (9ca489) — 7/24/2010 @ 1:22 pmBilly Jo has some finely honed instincts I think.
Billy Jo also needs to sit down and have a little talk with her husband about some of his friends, I think.
Of course, most of these Animal Liberation wackos probably have no qualms whatsoever about the termination of an unborn human. Maybe it’s because nobody is planning to eat the carcass, or make a seatcover out of it.
I think it’s because these members of the species homo sapiens think the rights of non-rational animals are superior to those of rational animals.
However, I think applying the term wacko to these people is insulting to true wackos. A true wacko tries to use his mind rationally, even if he/she fails spectacularly at it. These members of the species homo sapiens don’t even rise to that level.
I don’t envy defense counsel
kishnevi (127d58) — 7/24/2010 @ 5:00 pmClaim he was just making empty boasts and pray there’s no physical evidence actually linking him to the crime.
” Dr. Jerry Vlasak, a spokesman for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office
What, the animals can’t speak for themselves?”
EW1(SG) – Get with the program. The animals are speaking and acting through these nutsacks. It’s like they are ventriloquist dummies.
How’s that for a legal defense?
daleyrocks (940075) — 7/24/2010 @ 6:30 pmIf he manages to bail himself out, he’s welcome to come out to the nat’l forest and try to stop us elk hunters …
SPQR (26be8b) — 7/24/2010 @ 6:51 pm#19 daleyrocks:
You know, I was very quiet when I went to the meat department today, and in spite of that, my meat didn’t say a word.
Did I mention that meats are carbohydrate free? If I wasn’t supposed to eat meat, I wouldn’t be diabetic…or something like that. 😉
EW1(SG) (edc268) — 7/24/2010 @ 8:44 pm“my meat didn’t say a word”
EW1(SG) – I don’t usually talk to my meat in public.
daleyrocks (940075) — 7/24/2010 @ 8:47 pmZOMG. Seriously, you folks have to click over to the article to see this guy. He is the only “vegan” I have ever seen with a double chin. (Most of them look more like Dr Jerry Vlasak, like you need to start an IV on them right away).
Ah, here’s his veganism in action:
Looks like he’s another beneficiary of the famous revolving door. Although he’d be out by now if he’d done his full sentence, too.
The cops wonder why he changed his name. Uh, because he’s a career criminal and had made the old one radioactive?
Maybe Jerry Vlasak will pay for a Dream Team of lawyers. After all, the output of the justice system is largely random, except to the extent that money can sway things.
Kevin R.C. O'Brien (7aba43) — 7/24/2010 @ 9:05 pmthe picture of the guy is hilarious. It almost screams “nerd trying to get eco-cred with the eco-chicks.”
Aaron Worthing (A.W.) (f97997) — 7/26/2010 @ 7:15 am