And so does his brother as well to have the confidence to post the video on social media in the expectation all it would do was raise a laugh.
I've no doubt some people are so pathetic they keep animals just to be mean to them.
Hope he gets the boot himself.
What a pathetic person, kicking a defenceless animal…disgusting!
Someone should kick him like he kicked that cat.
Wonder how many people upset about the video contribute to animal cruelty every day.
Fecking hell that is pretty horrendous. Half arsed apology as well.
He's only sorry that he got caught
Seems like posters here put virtue signalling ahead of animal abuse and derail a thread about a scumbag kicking a defenceless creature.
END his contract now!
I think it's quite alright to point out a **** remark. Don't see that as virtue signalling.
I haven’t looked at the pictures or videos that are available to go with this story. I couldn’t. I admit to just reading the headlines so my opinion might be just that, thoughts based on a headline.
However, in another thread on here I am trying to come to terms with my feline companion of twelve years having recently disappeared. He was loved, well treated & is very missed. I can’t imagine, even in his naughtiest moments, ever being deliberately cruel or abusive to him. I loved him. To me, this speaks a lot to the type of human this footballer is.
i found him slapping the cat in front of his kid worse, but i have to agree with Zebra above, let's not be hypocrites here. How was your bacon and eggs this morning with your glass of milk.
I'm more shocked at a person reading The Sun paper/website than a footballer being stupid.
I am the furthest thing from an animal lover, but I don't think its fair to call people hypocrites for being appalled by this and still eating meat.
I hear what you’re saying but in this context, that’s an entirely different argument, I think. I chose to share my life with our cat, a rescue & to make him one of our family. There was no expectation of abuse in the domestic setting or of raising him for the table. He was an appreciated family member otherwise what’d be the point?
hey i'd never do anything like that either i mean it's disgusting and cowardly, but let's be objective and remember we all need to do as i do and not do as i say, there is more abuse on a daily basis due to our want of certain products even though we don't need them.
Oh ffs!
But it's reductive coming into a thread about a single incident and saying that "well you are a hypocrite because of x"
I mean, you wouldn't go into a thread about a specific instance of child abuse and say "well that t-shirt you bought is from penneys, so before you talk about how bad that incident was, remember that you are contributing to sweatshops in china"
When you are quoting someone dunne, you should actually quote them and not make up what you think you read. I'm not defending Zouma either.
@timmyntc do not post in this thread again
Mate, you said "let's not be hypocrites here. How was your bacon and eggs this morning with your glass of milk."
Now I could be reading that wrong, but it does seem like you are implying that caring about this subject is hypocritical if you eat meat or dairy. I don't think my quote of "well you are a hypocrite because of x" was that far off the mark.
I'm not your mate you're not my type, and i'm not sure you understand the concept of quoting someone Dunne. But lets not derail the thread, again i'm not defending Zouma it was a horrible thing to watch.
Calm down. I never said you were defending Zouma. I just said you were implying that people were hypocrites for commenting about this and eating meat and dairy.
I quoted your post. I then paraphrased what you said in my post. You got snippy so I quoted the salient part of your post verbatim. I don't believe I misrepresented you.
And apologies for calling you Mate. I didn't realise that you would take it literally.
What a fucкing scumbag. That poor little cat. 😟
Given his general footballing ability, I’m actually impressed he was even able to kick the cat so accurately.
I dread to think what the reaction will be if he ever kicks a human.
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Kicking and punching a cat, with a child taking part / present……. and that really fücking creepy sick psycho laugh while he’s doing it…ughhhh
be nice if there was an animal lover or two playing for teams lining up in the premier league against West Ham over the coming weeks, see if they could dish out a little cruelty of their own…
Zouma says :
"They are loved and cherished by our entire family, and this behaviour was an isolated incident that will not happen again."
loved and cherished by the entire family, yes, looked like it alright… West Ham won’t do anything… not exactly a club that set a high barometer as regards the behaviours of their players and fans.. most likely a fine and a photo op with an animal charity which if they were right of mind would turn down along with a statement of condemnation….
I love cats but I mean if you compare the hell pigs go through in their millions every day in Ireland to this cat getting kicked it really makes you wonder why some animals are cared about and others are treated like dirt.
Bloody idiot allowing this to get on social media though.
That'd be everyone, me and you included.
I didnt realise it was illegal to eat bacon and eggs, unlike abusing pets
Vegan? How many worms and other earth-dwelling animals are killed by ploughing fields to grow crops etc? Lets not be hypocrites here.
Average yields are about 1.4 tonnes of wheat/hectare; 13% of the wheat is useable protein. Therefore, at least 55 sentient animals die to produce 100kg of useable plant protein: 25 times more than for the same amount of rangelands beef.
Put a tiger or lion into his room and we see if he will kick it.
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