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I'm amazed at how many people have the wrong idea...
rovingmind:
--- Quote from: tommy on November 17, 2007, 04:41:14 pm ---
There is no general statement such as you made like "pit bulls bred to do so" Any dog can be bred to do that. My pit was not bred to do that as was many other pit bulls, so the blanket statement that all pits are bad is not valid.
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You missquoted me anyhow, i didnt make a statement that they were bad. However you can't come up with any sound argument that pitbulls IN GENERAL are NOT bred to attack, rend, and kill. My statement bounced from a comment that they were bred to cause Injury hence dangerous, not that the breed in general was bad.
Bad and Dangerous are two completely separate things where dogs are concerned.
The problem with a pit bull as with any dog is that when they attack unprovoked they classify as a Bad Dog. Pit bulls are more prone to do so than other breeds because of the traits bred into them.
Yes any breed of dog is capable of doing so. Yes, your dog may be less inclined to do so than your neighbors, but it is still a possibility because of the breed.
rovingmind:
--- Quote from: tommy on November 17, 2007, 05:33:24 pm ---Now all you gotta do is correct your blanket statements about pits and you will be good to go. ;D
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Pit bulls are potentially dangerous and easily capable of killing full grown humans, let alone children, without provocation but they are not bad dogs until they actually do so.
There how is that.
(edited hows to how is, in case you take offence at my grammar again) :P
tommy:
--- Quote from: rovingmind on November 17, 2007, 05:37:23 pm ---
Pit bulls are potentially dangerous
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So is just about everything and everyone we come in contact with in our lives.
If you're so worried about danger then don't leave your house, don't eat meat, don't love another person for fear of being hurt in one way or another. Everything has the potential of hurting us in life but that does not mean it will.
What's so hard about that to understand? Go on the rest of your life being afraid of things then and don't see the good in anything.
patrickl:
Why do WE need to run a risk for YOUR dog fetish?
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: tommy on November 17, 2007, 06:39:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: rovingmind on November 17, 2007, 05:37:23 pm ---
Pit bulls are potentially dangerous
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So is just about everything and everyone we come in contact with in our lives.
If you're so worried about danger then don't leave your house, don't eat meat, don't love another person for fear of being hurt in one way or another. Everything has the potential of hurting us in life but that does not mean it will.
What's so hard about that to understand? Go on the rest of your life being afraid of things then and don't see the good in anything.
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Owning a pit is like playing Russian roulette, it's possible you'll make it out without any problems, but the odds are too bad and the stakes are too high, so I won't be playing it any time soon.