Hi, Guest
05-17-2006, 01:21 AM
Iâve never met you but I accept that youâre a great dog owner who would never put their dog in a situation where it could harm someone â but I have a big problem with what youâve written â seems like itâs straight out of some talking point website complete with inaccuracies and inconsistencies.
For example ⦠let me string together a few of your own sentences
The modern spin on these dogs is that itâs all about the bad owner. Sorry, thatâs BS. Donât get me wrong, Iâm sure that the bad owners arenât helping your cause, but every breed has bad owners â probably in greater proportions than pit bulls.
But letâs be equitable here and say that pit bulls have the same proportion of bad owners as other breeds. How do you then explain why pit bulls are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal attack than any other breed â and that includes the rottweillers and all the other aggressive breeds you correctly identified.
A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in 2000 said pit bulls were twice as likely as any other breed to be involved in a fatal attack. And a study published in the American Veterinary Medical Association came to the same conclusion. It was on the basis of this data that just two months ago Denver beat back the challenge against its ban on pit bulls. The judge said â... there is credible evidence that pit bull dog attacks are more severe and more likely to result in fatalities."
And why would anyone be surprised by these conclusions? Pit bulls certainly have the right physical characteristics. They have great strength, they have stamina and IIRC correctly their bite is stronger than any other breed.
Pit bulls have the will to press a fight to the death â youâve pointed that out yourself. Pit bulls also have a recognized and accepted propensity to attack. We all accept that pointers point and dachsunds dig and that terriers shake things; why are pit bull owners so loath to accept that their breed has certain tendencies too. Well they do ⦠and itâs not bad owners and itâs not being mistreated and itâs not gang-banger machismo. This argument doesnât make sense and there have been too many documented attacks by well-loved, well-treated family pet pit bulls for anyone to believe it.
IMO this controversy isnât just about pit bulls (although they certainly are the poster boys) itâs about whatâs acceptable in terms of the risks we expose others to. One person's life is worth more than all the pit bulls in the world and if you don't think so, then your value system is way out of whack. Maybe banning pit bulls isnât the total solution, but itâs a start.
For example ⦠let me string together a few of your own sentences
Flofocus,May 16 2006, 10:03 AM Wrote:They get a little aggressive ⦠theyre bred to fight, and fight to the death ... I find it funny that some of you think its in them to kill, bite, etc. ⦠their instinct will take over.... yes, they were bred to rule the dog fight pits ⦠but think about the characteristics it takes to make a good fighter....a will to never give up ⦠3 times my dog has gotten into fights with other dogs â¦
The modern spin on these dogs is that itâs all about the bad owner. Sorry, thatâs BS. Donât get me wrong, Iâm sure that the bad owners arenât helping your cause, but every breed has bad owners â probably in greater proportions than pit bulls.
But letâs be equitable here and say that pit bulls have the same proportion of bad owners as other breeds. How do you then explain why pit bulls are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal attack than any other breed â and that includes the rottweillers and all the other aggressive breeds you correctly identified.
A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in 2000 said pit bulls were twice as likely as any other breed to be involved in a fatal attack. And a study published in the American Veterinary Medical Association came to the same conclusion. It was on the basis of this data that just two months ago Denver beat back the challenge against its ban on pit bulls. The judge said â... there is credible evidence that pit bull dog attacks are more severe and more likely to result in fatalities."
And why would anyone be surprised by these conclusions? Pit bulls certainly have the right physical characteristics. They have great strength, they have stamina and IIRC correctly their bite is stronger than any other breed.
Pit bulls have the will to press a fight to the death â youâve pointed that out yourself. Pit bulls also have a recognized and accepted propensity to attack. We all accept that pointers point and dachsunds dig and that terriers shake things; why are pit bull owners so loath to accept that their breed has certain tendencies too. Well they do ⦠and itâs not bad owners and itâs not being mistreated and itâs not gang-banger machismo. This argument doesnât make sense and there have been too many documented attacks by well-loved, well-treated family pet pit bulls for anyone to believe it.
IMO this controversy isnât just about pit bulls (although they certainly are the poster boys) itâs about whatâs acceptable in terms of the risks we expose others to. One person's life is worth more than all the pit bulls in the world and if you don't think so, then your value system is way out of whack. Maybe banning pit bulls isnât the total solution, but itâs a start.
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