Comments on: Housing superintendent gets 6 years for sex with tenant's dog

By: kiptw

kiptw — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:27:00 +0000

The dog was totally asking for it! It gave him a fetching look!

By: kiptw

kiptw — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:25:00 +0000

Not that I ever heard, but I’m open to being convinced by evidence.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:53:00 +0000

I must take a trip to California
And leave my poor sweetheart alone
If he has a dog, he won’t be lonesome
And the doggie will have a good home

How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggly tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie’s for sale

By: otterhead

otterhead — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:29:00 +0000

Let’s not start inventing laws and pretending to be lawyers. Crimes like this are sentenced on a case-by-case basis at a judge’s jurisdiction and there’s many, many factors that determine a sentence. You do NOT know what the outcome would be if this was a human rather than a dog. It may have been a far, far worse sentence.

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:05:00 +0000

Still doesn’t seem quite right that the guy would probably have gotten a lighter sentence for raping the tenant rather than the dog.

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:04:00 +0000

Because dogs lack a means by which they can unambiguously consent? Even if the dog licks someone’s genitals it may just be for the taste.

By: felsby

felsby — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:59:00 +0000

I think the US law has some *edit this out*

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:31:00 +0000

I thought that I had fallen in love with you
But it was only puppy love (Only puppy love)
Only puppy love (Only puppy love)
Puppy love (Puppy love)
I thought that my love for you was really true
But it was only puppy love (Only puppy love)
Only puppy love (Only puppy love)

-Barbara Lewis, Puppy Love

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:22:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure Fields used that line in a movie.

By: welcomeabored

welcomeabored — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:08:00 +0000

For the purpose of retrieving d-U-c-k-s.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000

Xeni, please move the baby panda story to the spot after this one. I need a panda chaser now. Thanks.

By: nomad411

nomad411 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000

Doggie Style 2.0?

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:47:00 +0000

Did he at least call the dog the next day?

By: Snig

Snig — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

No, but I think the first rapist mentioned should have received significantly more punishment, certainly more than a dog rapist. I like dogs, but value humans more.

By: jackbird

jackbird — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:38:00 +0000

Also, being the building super, he was probably entrusted with a master key, so there’s a further breach of trust aspect than a random B&E.

By: jackbird

jackbird — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:36:00 +0000

The owner is also throwing the couple a lavish wedding because they can’t elope.

By: jackbird

jackbird — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:34:00 +0000

Since there’s no mention of a trip to the ER, I rather doubt it.

By: Graham Martin

Graham Martin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:28:00 +0000

While I am howling at the puns, I feel obligated to point out that the story says that he “enter[ed] a tenant’s apartment” in order to do this.

Assuming that the entering was done without the tenant’s permission (otherwise we would have an even more interesting story) this was most likely what got him the time since it is breaking and entering and, since it was done with the intent to commit a further crime inside, may be some form of felony trespass, depending on the jurisdiction.

So, please don’t go around saying “some guy got over 6 years for screwing a dog” as you will be increasing the level of BS and half-truths present in our society the same way Fox News does.

By: otterhead

otterhead — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:33:00 +0000

This case is being treated like a sex offender incident — forcing sex onto someone who can’t consent. It’s sort of unprecedented, so I can’t say whether it’s too steep or not steep enough. I know personally that if I found out that my super was breaking into my house and raping my dog, I’d want them put away for quite some time. And since the dog can’t speak to their feelings on the matter, as a sexually violated woman can, perhaps they’re erring on the side of caution.

By: Boris Bartlog

Boris Bartlog — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:29:00 +0000

It’s still true that his sentence seems steep in comparison to that typically meted out to rapists. Obviously the fact that he invaded the apartment in order to commit the crime is exacerbating and it sounds like he had done this multiple times, but still. You could shoot someone’s dog and burglarize their place (separately) and end up with a much lesser penalty than this.

By: Donald Martin

Donald Martin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:26:00 +0000

What is that in dog years?

By: NelC

NelC — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:09:00 +0000

No, this kind of thing was going on long before anyone had even thought of gay marriage.

By: otterhead

otterhead — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:46:00 +0000

Apples to oranges. Forcing sex isn’t the same in every case.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:45:00 +0000

But you fuck one dog…

By: tiredofit

tiredofit — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:20:00 +0000

I guess Rick Santorum was right … legalizing marriage for gays led to this.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:04:00 +0000

Tom Lehrer, actually.

And I’d like to know just why we all assume this wasn’t a private act between consenting adults. Would this story read differently if it was “daughter” instead of “dog?”

By: Category

Category — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:59:00 +0000

I don’t think it’s wise to send this Guy to the dog house

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:02:00 +0000

Well, sex is worse than violence, right?

By: SmokingHeartDesigns

SmokingHeartDesigns — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:01:00 +0000

That joke is infinitely sad.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:28:00 +0000

woof