Comments on: Black Fireman Served Dog Food Gets $2.7M

L.A. Firefighter Sued After Getting Spaghetti Laced With Dog Food From Fellow Firefighters

[vonnie14-2009]

Have you eaten Dog Food before, how do you know he wasn't hurt. It makes me physically ill to think about eating any animals food. Furthermore, Pride is what makes a person strong, without it, what kind of human would you be?

[t_hegstrom]

Wow! is right. This is all about a poorly execute hazing or practical joke. Don't know if there was a pattern with this group and individual. A pattern would point to something else. By appearance, this was hazing with the intent to knock one individual down a notch because of a previous boisterous act of the individual. Yes, the better approach would've been to feed the individual the regular meal in a clean/new/sanitary dog bowl. That would've made the act apparent and would've been abundantly obvious to all what was happening. This was simply a hazing/practical joke gone bad. Not very bad, just bad. The individual was not harmed, other than his pride. Yes, people should've/could've been disciplined. People that work as closely as firefighters (any type of prolonged team/group activity) do tend to this type of mischievous activity. If this was the only incident, then this guy carried it way too far. With that said, my comments are based solely on the information provided in the article.

[sadiesmama]

Does anyone else wonder why the city is responsible for the actions of several of its employees playing a pranking following a volleyball game? Maybe if the government allowed more idiots working for them to man up for their own mistakes they would be less likely to make them.

[hatsgal]

for the multiple postings. I thought that my posting didn't go through (it seemed to be stuck). But perhaps that was divine intervention to drive a point home. No wonder people in other countries despise us. We don't treat our own people right in this country. We have opportunities that other countries wish that they had, but we don't do what we should and could do to make this country what it has the potential to be. Instead we are STILL busy tearing each other down. Suddenly another country doesn't sound so bad to live in.

[dob01225]

AS LONG AS YOU ARE WHITE, YOU WILL NEVER SEE A RACE ISSUE.(TRY CHANGING COLORS) BLACKS DO NOT WANT YOUR PITY (YOU DON'T HAVE PITY TO GIVE.) jUST STOP DEHUMANIZING OTHER RACES WITH YOUR STUPID TRASHY ACTS. WHY SHOULD CASE BE TOSSED? WAS MACDONALD HOT COFFEE OR OTHER STUPID CASES TOSSED? NO,THEY INVOLVED WHITES,(SLAP ON THE HAND ISSUES). EMPLOYMENT IS ANOTHER ISSUE,(DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING), IF I AM QUALIFIED, GET OUT OF MY WAY.

[hatsgal]

WOW!! After reading the comments of the majority of those posting comments about the dog food incidenet, I am compelled to realize that this country is still full of insensitive people. Obviously, people are willing to excuse what happened. More than that, most of the'accepting' comments seem to be from those other than black folk. While I am sympathetic about the plight of the elderly in America, that does not give anyone the right to knowingly feed dog food to any unsuspecting human being, regardless of that person's supposed arrogance. It's not only petty, but sickening. And for anyone to make comments as if it's no big deal is atrocious! Come on, fairminded Americans; where is the justice in doing what they did? I think that all parties involved should've been prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If it had been the other way around, a lynch mob would've been out for blood. After all, isn't that what happened to Emmett Till, the young boy lynched for alledgedly 'whistling at a white woman' back in the '50s? Oh excuse me, this is the 21st century, year 2006; a kinder, gentler America, huh? I think not. If we can't get it together here on earth, how can we even hope to be together in the afterlife? Oh yeah, I am an African-American (Black) woman making my voice known. I can hardly wait to read the comments that will surely come. May God have mercy on us all.

[hatsgal]

WOW!! After reading the comments of the majority of those posting comments about the dog food incidenet, I am compelled to realize that this country is still full of insensitive people. Obviously, people are willing to excuse what happened. More than that, most of the'accepting' comments seem to be from those other than black folk. While I am sympathetic about the plight of the elderly in America, that does not give anyone the right to knowingly feed dog food to any unsuspecting human being, regardless of that person's supposed arrogance. It's not only petty, but sickening. And for anyone to make comments as if it's no big deal is atrocious! Come on, fairminded Americans; where is the justice in doing what they did? I think that all parties involved should've been prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If it had been the other way around, a lynch mob would've been out for blood. After all, isn't that what happened to Emmett Till, the young boy lynched for alledgedly 'whistling at a white woman' back in the '50s? Oh excuse me, this is the 21st century, year 2006; a kinder, gentler America, huh? I think not. If we can't get it together here on earth, how can we even hope to be together in the afterlife? Oh yeah, I am an African-American (Black) woman making my voice known. I can hardly wait to read the comments that will surely come. May God have mercy on us all.

[hatsgal]

WOW!! After reading the comments of the majority of those posting comments about the dog food incidenet, I am compelled to realize that this country is still full of insensitive people. Obviously, people are willing to excuse what happened. More than that, most of the'accepting' comments seem to be from those other than black folk. While I am sympathetic about the plight of the elderly in America, that does not give anyone the right to knowingly feed dog food to any unsuspecting human being, regardless of that person's supposed arrogance. It's not only petty, but sickening. And for anyone to make comments as if it's no big deal is atrocious! Come on, fairminded Americans; where is the justice in doing what they did? I think that all parties involved should've been prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If it had been the other way around, a lynch mob would've been out for blood. After all, isn't that what happened to Emmett Till, the young boy lynched for alledgedly 'whistling at a white woman' back in the '50s? Oh excuse me, this is the 21st century, year 2006; a kinder, gentler America, huh? I think not. If we can't get it together here on earth, how can we even hope to be together in the afterlife? Oh yeah, I am an African-American (Black) woman making my voice known. I can hardly wait to read the comments that will surely come. May God have mercy on us all.

[vonnie14-2009]

2007, will WHITE americans ever change??? Call that a racist question if you like, I still want to know the answer, from a honest white american.

Vonnie

[hatsgal]

WOW!! After reading the comments of the majority of those posting comments about the dog food incidenet, I am compelled to realize that this country is still full of insensitive people. Obviously, people are willing to excuse what happened. More than that, most of the'accepting' comments seem to be from those other than black folk. While I am sympathetic about the plight of the elderly in America, that does not give anyone the right to knowingly feed dog food to any unsuspecting human being, regardless of that person's supposed arrogance. It's not only petty, but sickening. And for anyone to make comments as if it's no big deal is atrocious! Come on, fairminded Americans; where is the justice in doing what they did? I think that all parties involved should've been prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If it had been the other way around, a lynch mob would've been out for blood. After all, isn't that what happened to Emmett Till, the young boy lynched for alledgedly 'whistling at a white woman' back in the '50s? Oh excuse me, this is the 21st century, year 2006; a kinder, gentler America, huh? I think not. If we can't get it together here on earth, how can we even hope to be together in the afterlife? Oh yeah, I am an African-American (Black) woman making my voice known. I can hardly wait to read the comments that will surely come. May God have mercy on us all.