So why didn't they tase this woman, again and again?

[Shape D.]

Pit bulls are a more agressive dog. No not all of them kill, but are they neccisarry pets?  you are allowed to own a domestic shorthair cat, but not a lion. both are felines, one is dangerous. If a lion is properly trained, and fed, it won't attack people. that doesn't mean you should have them as pets though. what an agressive animal considers "playing" could be dangerous.

legality of owning them aside. nobody with young kids should have an agressive dog. A freind of mine had a pit bull, three months ago his wife gave birth to their first son. 2 weeks before she gave birth they got rid of the dog because they felt it wasn't "safe" around their own child.

and this woman should be charged with something. locking your child in a basement is flat out stupid, and completley unacceptable.

[ChadTower]

my nucle is like a few blacks

My nucle is like brass.

It's pronounced NUK-YUL-ERR.

and this woman should be charged with something. locking your child in a basement is flat out stupid, and completley unacceptable.

Something like criminal negligence, seeing as how she knew her dogs were going to kill the boy and she didn't take proper steps to prevent it.

Besides, wasn't that kid old enough to, you know, send to a friend's house?  There are a LOT of things here that are being left untold, bank on it.

[Shape D.]

and this woman should be charged with something. locking your child in a basement is flat out stupid, and completley unacceptable.

Something like criminal negligence, seeing as how she knew her dogs were going to kill the boy and she didn't take proper steps to prevent it.

You know, if there isn't a charge for it now there should really be some sort of  animal manslaughter charge. if you have a pet that kills someone you should go to jail.  As a person who has had several pets you know what your animal is capable of and what your pet should be around.

[tommy]

Tell me why they should not be legal pets and this nonsense will be all over?

just turn on the six o'clock news and see how often you hear of someone being mauled by one...........

You guys don't understand, what your saying is look at the news pits have killed so all are should be banned, thats what you saying, theres no other explaination for banning them. You can't put all in the same boat as some.

sure you can they are just animals big deal........

Do they have feelings when they maul their victims?

Do they show remorse?

How about letting the victims decide............

Big deal, heh, it's not really about the dog at this point its the idea of making a statement for one and saying all are like that.

It really dosen't matter if its a dog or person, the idea is don't put someone/thing in a certain category because of a select few, its bad enough we have too many stupid laws because of peoples ignorant bad experiences.

It's odd to me how i can have 5 pits in my lifetime and none of them has shown any aggression at all, i guess i'm the only one who got the good bunch of these dogs. 

[Zakk]

This is a crazy argumentative day!

[Avery]

The bouncy ball analogy makes perfect sense if blue bouncy balls were known to be cuttle wuddly 100% of the time.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, just about every large dog breed you care to name has a body count associated with it.

[Dartful Dodger]

Only two nukes have been used to kill people.
Should we be allowed to own them?

Yes.

We should be able to own nukes, napalm, and pit bulls.

[ChadTower]

As for aggression, terriers are reputed to be the worst, it's just that they aren't big enough to take you or I down so we don't worry about them.

[fredster]

I don't like pit bulls either.  My buddy had one he called it "cute".

I saw it grab and tear apart a lawnmower.

It ran through a back door glass to attack the garbage man, and my buddy thought it was "cute".

It wasn't mean to me, but when it got away from him, the cops shot it because it went for a kid on a bike.  And it lived.

My bud was all mad about that.  How could they shoot his poor dog? 

[Jabba]

IMHO, ALL dogs are not to be trusted, especially around young children.

They are animals, have no reasoning capabilities, don't care much than getting the next meal, and pro-creating.

They have no logic, and could go off at any point.

I own a Lab, prolly the most docile Dog on the planet. But I wouldn't trust him alone with a young child. Not that he has EVER hurt anything, just that its a dog, and could go off without ANY reason...

Just my .02 cents...

[ChadTower]

I disagree with generalizing all dogs on those matters.  I grew up around dozens of dogs, we were hunting dog breeders/trainers.  I was never attacked by one, not one time, as a kid.  In fact on multiple occasions I was protected by one or more of them.  The right dog with the right child can be not only safe but a protective measure.  A dog that loves a child will give its own life to protect that child.

[Chris]

The thing I always notice in these pit-bull attacks is the presence of more than one dog.  My impression is that a pit-bull behaves differently in the presence of other pit bulls...

The receptionist on the hospital floor where my sister-in-law works was attacked by a pair of pit-bulls outside her own home on Easter Sunday.  They mangled her and ripped her clothes right off her  She was able to crawl away into a covered porch and watched as the pit-bulls fought over parts of her arm.

I'm sorry, but there is no reason for these animals to be kept as pets.  Down here, they're kept to protect your stash, intimidate your neighbors, or fight in the pit, not as loving companions for your children.  I'm sure with lots of love a tiger or a cougar can be a loving companion, but the average person isn't allowed to keep them as pets, either.

[ChadTower]

The thing I always notice in these pit-bull attacks is the presence of more than one dog.

[Chris]

The thing I always notice in these pit-bull attacks is the presence of more than one dog.

[ChadTower]

Yes, but most breeds of dogs can't rip your arm off.

She didn't let the wookie win.

[Stingray]

I don't think that pit bulls are any more agressive than any other large breed dog. As stated by someone else in this thread, they often act more agressive because they are often abused by their owners who intenitally want to make them mean so they can have something to guard the meth lab or whatever. Make pit bulls illegal and the fecesheads who get their kicks from making a dog mean will just switch to rotwiellers or dobermans or german shepherds or fill in the name of any other large dog.

And for the record I own a pit bull. I found him after someone had hit him with a car and broke his hip bone. After he recovered he turned out to be one of the most docile dogs I've ever owned.

-S

[ChadTower]

Have you ever seen a pit bull in a frenzy?  They are on a completely different level than any other dog in terms of aggression and capability when they get into attack mode.  They're stronger, faster, and more deadly than any other type of dog.  I can't even think of another dog that a fully grown man couldn't save himself from if he REALLY had to, but a pit bull would kill most men just like it would any child.

[Stingray]

No, I have to admit that I have never seen any breed of dog in a frenzy.

-S

[missioncontrol]

It's odd to me how i can have 5 pits in my lifetime and none of them has shown any aggression at all, i guess i'm the only one who got the good bunch of these dogs.

Every pet owner seems to claim that their dog is "a good dog and wouldn't harm anyone".

[monkeybomb]

If we're making gross generalization -

From reading this thread I get the feeling that there are few that know anything about both arcades and dogs.

[ChadTower]

Arcades - indoor creatures.

Dogs - outdoor creatures.

[monkeybomb]

I wish that were true.  I went through a cabinet that I got at an auction and the damn thing had so many leaves in it  you'd think it was a lawn vacum.  It even had feathers and of corse the obligatory slurpee lid.

[danny_galaga]

if only he had a gun on him. which i would have thought anyone who owned a pit bull would also have...

[DrewKaree]

if only he had a gun on him. which i would have thought anyone who owned a pit bull would also have...

Or a watermelon.  Danny, I went out on a limb with this one....how do I find my way back? I left the bread crumbs in another thread, but I can't be bothered to search right now. 

Oh, and RIND WINS!

_{anyone following the above post please return your seat to the upright position!}

[monkeybomb]

if only he had a gun on him. which i would have thought anyone who owned a pit bull would also have...

It be nice if everyone with a mouth had a brain too.

[tommy]

if only he had a gun on him. which i would have thought anyone who owned a pit bull would also have...

With the gun you could take care of the dog owner for letting the dog get out of control.

[Raven..]

"It's Nicky's time to go," she said in the interview. "When you're born you're destined to go and this was his time."

WTF....... This doesn't sound like a grieving mother to me.......

This woman needs to be mauled to death by a pack of dogs......

What is wrong with people anymore?

We just had a mother last month in our surrounding area who locked her 8 year old kid in the trunk of her car while she went and worked a 16 hr shift at a nursing home.....

Here

Sadly the child died from heat exposure...........

I also saw somewhere that a mother gave her 6 and 12 Year old kids $5 to move out.....

here


It's getting to the point I can't turn on the news without hearing of a pathetic irresponsible parent.

A lady here in Dallas chopped off her infant's arms, and called her husband at work to tell him.

[danny_galaga]

if only he had a gun on him. which i would have thought anyone who owned a pit bull would also have...

It be nice if everyone with a mouth had a brain too.

yeah, if he had a mouth AND a gun he would have been in no danger at all (",)

[danny_galaga]

if only he had a gun on him. which i would have thought anyone who owned a pit bull would also have...

Or a watermelon.

[DrewKaree]

So had I spelt it like so - RYND - you may have gotten it earlier?

Something's wrong with your Engrish....but at least I can follow that.  It just makes you colourful and whatnot.  Goodonya Mate!  Fair dinkum and whatnot.

Somewhere in there I'm offending all....just being a good 'mercan

[Bones]

Jumping in late to this thread

[allroy1975]

This thread is funny.  CT makes one very general statement (again) and (must know that people will assume certain things based on that statement) and then insists he never said anything!  and everyone else keeps going but you said X should be banned!  "I didn't say X should be banned, I said X shouldn't be legal pets".  lol
you guys are killing me!

Chad, this is where you respond saying "don't even get me started on X! it should be kicked out of the alphabet!"

then people will asume that you hate X-Rays and Xylaphones and XXX movies.  I personally like (love in the last case) all 3. 

Allroy

[ChadTower]

Do a string search on this thread.  I have not used the word banned once.

[shmokes]

Shouldn't the topic of this thread be: So why didn't they tass this woman, again and again?

[ErikRuud]

Do a string search on this thread.

[ChadTower]

Do a string search on this thread.

[CCM]

Have you ever seen a pit bull in a frenzy?  They are on a completely different level than any other dog in terms of aggression and capability when they get into attack mode.  They're stronger, faster, and more deadly than any other type of dog.  I can't even think of another dog that a fully grown man couldn't save himself from if he REALLY had to, but a pit bull would kill most men just like it would any child.

Are you kdding me?  What about rottweilers, mastiffs, great danes, dobermans, irish wolfhounds, german shepards....

There are PLENTY of breeds of dogs that could kill a fully grown man...

[Chris]

Have you ever seen a pit bull in a frenzy?

[CCM]

You are correct... Pit Bulls aren't the only breed that should be eliminated as pets.

exactly, we should ban all pets!  A chihuahua could kill a new-born baby!  What if your fish tank is too close to your sleeping baby, and a gold fish jumps out and lands in the baby's mouth, suffocating it...  gold fish are dangerous!

[ErikRuud]

exactly, we should ban all pets!