Comments on: Michael Vick Sentenced I: Is KFC Next? http://www.cosellout.com/2007/12/11/michael-vick-sentenced-is-kfc-next/ Sports Media Bias Exposed Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Miranda http://www.cosellout.com/2007/12/11/michael-vick-sentenced-is-kfc-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 Miranda Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:46:59 +0000 http://www.cosellout.com/?p=181#comment-2312 Hey! The witch trials were perfectly reasonable...they only set fire to you to prove if you are a witch...if you burn up, you're not a witch..if you survive you are a witch and then........................................................wait a minute... Hey! The witch trials were perfectly reasonable…they only set fire to you to prove if you are a witch…if you burn up, you’re not a witch..if you survive you are a witch and then………………………………………………..wait a minute…

]]> By: Temple3 http://www.cosellout.com/2007/12/11/michael-vick-sentenced-is-kfc-next/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 Temple3 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:58:50 +0000 http://www.cosellout.com/?p=181#comment-2311 My question six months ago - and my question today - is, if dog fighting is a national phenomenon (and it is); and, if Michael Vick is deemed to have made purchases in other states (and he was), can we expect additional indictments and arrests across the nation? The Witch Hunt Test seeks to address only two factors: internal validity and external validity. Internal validity goes to the question of fairness of procedure and practice as specifically applied to a case. External validity goes to the question of fairness in the application of a rule to a particular person, class or group. This case, for all its pomp and circumstance, fails just about every basic test of external validity. It is, by most objective measures, a witch hunt of epic proportions. Americans haven't learned much since Salem - and I don't suspect that they will. Matches, anyone? My question six months ago – and my question today – is, if dog fighting is a national phenomenon (and it is); and, if Michael Vick is deemed to have made purchases in other states (and he was), can we expect additional indictments and arrests across the nation?

The Witch Hunt Test seeks to address only two factors: internal validity and external validity.

Internal validity goes to the question of fairness of procedure and practice as specifically applied to a case. External validity goes to the question of fairness in the application of a rule to a particular person, class or group.

This case, for all its pomp and circumstance, fails just about every basic test of external validity. It is, by most objective measures, a witch hunt of epic proportions.

Americans haven’t learned much since Salem – and I don’t suspect that they will. Matches, anyone?

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