I personally wasn't trying to make a comparison between a black man who has done something bad and a Jew who has done something bad. I was merely contrasting their crimes and the current public opinion to them without even considering race in the matter (I suppose it is a bad habit of mine, as it always seems everyone else around me finds skin pigmentation to be of the utmost importance). Though you may make a relevant point, Boost. Though I think the difference is more due to the fact that he is a Jewish man with an extremely high level of status in the Hollywood machine. I have no doubt a black football player who rapes a thirteen year old girl would be burnt at the stake, but I also feel the same treatment would be given to a white football player who committed the same crime. Likewise, had a white football player been involved in dog fighting, I am pretty sure he would receive the same treatment as Vick.

I just find it quite confusing that a rapist of a young teenager should be given a pass much more quickly than an abuser of dogs.

I guess the real question is, what would the general public reaction be if Polanski had been caught fighting dogs?