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NefCanuck,Apr 28 2010, 08:19 PM Wrote:Thing is ZTW, this legislation doesn't solve the real problem, that problem being the irresponsible dog owners.  It only targets a breed whose owners are sometimes at fault for not being able to exercise proper care and control of their animals.

This legislation is the equivalent of banning all cars with over 100hp because statistically speaking most incidents involve cars with high horsepower figures, instead of properly nailing the incompetent drivers when they screw up

That's reactionary government, not good government IMO.

Of course we the idiots we have in office now, a few more yahoos cause accidents in their high powered cars and just watch them do something like I'm suggesting <_<

NefCanuck
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I know it doesn't solve the problem of irresponsible dog owners ... which is exactly the point.

If an irresponsible dog owner has a small dog that is physically incapable of killing or maiming a human (like my mother's nasty pomeranian) then the dimension of the problem is one thing ... the same irresponsible with a different breed - one that is capable of killing or maiming, well then the problem is different because of the potential for a tragic outcome to their irresponsibility.

And I'm sorry Daniel but I don't think your analogy to a high-power car works ... on its own the car is incapable of any kind of action - it's potential to do harm is solely on the basis of the actions of the driver; not so in the case of a dog which in addition to whatever input the owner has, also has its own sentient will.