[ransomnote]

"William later posted an update saying that his aunt made a new rule that kids needed to pet the dog in order to receive some candy. "

Pit bulls kill, maim, sever limbs etc. but what's important here is that a dog secured where it can watch people arrive is unhappy if people are too well-informed to pet it. The owner could have put the dog somewhere else while passing out candy, the humans must have the "right thoughts" and actions, not the dog. SICK

[Califreak]

I don’t like trick or treating anymore.

The idea of knocking on everyone’s door and demanding candy just doesn’t feel right.

[W.]

I’ve met all kinds of dogs [and critters], and never been bitten in my lifetime. A kind demeanor and gentle hands go a long ways to making new friends.

[chris37]

There are some pit bulls that are the sweetest dogs on the face of the earth.

I’ve met them.

Some of them are treated like pure sh*t by some of the lowest forms of human life on this planet, and that has resulted in some mean, powerful dogs, as there are other pit bulls that are quite dangerous.

I’ve met them too, I’ve seen stories, I’ve seen videos of them ripping an old man to pieces and leaving the flesh in the street.

If you find yourself in a situation, you’ve got to go with your gut and act accordingly.

Poor dog has a very bad rep, and there’s reason for it, and some of the get discriminated against even though they are kind.

I blame certain people who have owned them who had no damn business owning them or any other living creature.

[HiTech RedNeck]

On You Tube you’ll find plenty of videos of Pits letting kittens frolic all over them.

[Dagnabitt]

Pitbulls, the Dogs of Peace - LOL.

I live in an area where people have college degrees and all their teeth, so I don’t encounter many pit bulls.

[Scooter100]

The bad reputation that pit bulls have achieved over the years is well earned and well deserved. And yet, with all the red flags hanging over that menace to humanity, people go out and buy themselves a pit bull.

There is something distinctly puzzling to me about people who defy all logic, all warnings, all publicity... and then go ahead anyway. What must the psychiatric profile be for those people who do this? It goes against all good judgement. There are hundreds of breeds...and you pick THIS one?

I was visiting a friend in a high-rise, waiting at the elevators on the ground floor to go up. A young girl with a pit bull on a leash approached and stood near me waiting to go up too. When the elevator opened, I motioned the girl to go ahead, "I'll take the next one", and stood back. She looked really hurt and confused. Tough.

Listen folks, there was no way I was going put myself into a 4 x 5 foot enclosed space with a strange pit bull and a 100lb girl with a 3-foot leash. Not gonna happen. MY psychiatric profile contains a section about not putting myself in stupid situations. So far, it's served me well....because, you know, I'm one of those grey-haired retired guys.