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Neighborhood problem turns violent
polaris:
shardian , that vid was funny.
maybe you can tell us any updates on this, now we can have a rational discussion in here without someone thinking its about them.
shardian:
Well, I wrote a letter to the local paper, asking if they had heard of the story, and gave them some a general overview to get them interested. Basically, I could care less about the details of the story being covered - they are really irrelevant to the real issue. I voiced my opinion that there needs to be a leash law in our county, and that animal control and the sheriff's office need to get off their asses and do something proactive before we have a repeat of what happened to the 2 year old down in Huntington in our area.
It is my hope that if the news agencies have something to grab onto, that they can run with it like they are so good at doing.
I got a response, but unfortunately my spam filter is acting up and ate it...well technically I deleted it. ;D
The yahoo spam filter has been getting more than a few real emails lately, so I have to scan it every day now - kinda defeats the point of a spam filter huh? Anyways, I was looking down thru there and saw an email from some random name that looked just like all the other generated name, but the subject was "Pit Bull Shooting", no reply markings or anything. I thought to myself, "damn those spammers are getting good", then hit the empty junk button. As soon as I hit it, I realized what I did. :laugh2:
Anyways, I have to write them back and tell them I didn't get it.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 10, 2008, 09:24:29 am ---And all of that brings us back to the question I keep asking over and over and over again:
How do you preemptively ban the bad owners without banning the dogs entirely?
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What's wrong with banning pit bulls? Why do they ban Puma's as pets? Puma's are just as docile as a regular house cat.
In more than half the cases where a pit maimed or killed a person the dog showed no aggressive behavior before it's attack. The dog might be sick, bumbed out because of noisy house renovations, annoying kids or whatever and in a reflex it might suddenly attack. Just like any dog might (or other dogs might do so even more often). The point is that IF they bite they maime or kill. Mostly without warning. These dogs are just too dangerous to keep in public.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 10, 2008, 10:11:00 am ---Well, the thing is, in our country we have these notions of "innocent until proven guilty" and "personal liberty" and "err on the side of letting a guilty man go free" so the pitbull argument is kinda tough.
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Since when do Constitutional protections apply to dogs? Personal liberty I can buy as a point - the liberty to own a pit bull. I just don't see the others as having anything to do with an animal.
Those lines exist for other dangerous animals already, right? How many people do you know that own a tiger or a wolverine? If it was going to be anyplace, it would be in Texas, with all that personal freedom and space for ranching, yes?
FrizzleFried:
I've never owned a Bull Terrier...but I've known a few. Most were real sweet dogs...a couple were ---uvulas---. It's not the dog but the owner. Yes, more thugs and asshats are drawn to Bull Terriers for some reason, hence the reason why so many are in the spotlight for bing "bad dogs"...
Bad owner = bad dog regardless of the breed.
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