A: I don’t have a pit bull.
B: I grieve for all the victims, which also includes the dogs who have been mishandled, ill-trained, inappropriately confined/abused/misused/corrupted.
C: I am SO pissed off at the owners of the dogs that injure other beings, you can’t ~even~ imagine.
*That* is why I advocate -severe- penalties for the -owners-.
-Merciless- penalties.
-Felony- penalties.
The animal is just that; a dumb animal incapable of -intentional- malice and without the intellect to know “right” from “wrong”.
They are but dumb beasts who are born tabula rasa and *we* are responsible for what is subsequently written on that slate.
The *owners* are [theoretically] ~supposed~ to be more intelligent than their pets.
For every shrieking news story, for every thread posted about it, the only things accomplished is to further aggrandize the “reputation” of these dogs, thereby making them even *more* desirable to the thuggish cretins who shouldn’t even own a parakeet, let alone a pit bull and demonize responsible owners of any type of “bully” breed whose dog will never harm so much as a flea.
When someone feeds on the “scary” attention their dogs brings to them, the *only* way to defeat them is to *starve* them.
*If* everyone stopped being afraid of these “killer dogs” and the media had the sense to stop inadvertently promoting them by sensationalizing them, the thugs wouldn’t be so inclined to want them.
What “bad ass gang banger” wants a dog that everyone mocks, snickers at or even worse, is thoroughly unimpressed by?
These -idiots- are smart to enough to use ‘killer dog’ psychology on intelligent people yet the hypothetically intelligent people aren’t smart enough to turn it around on them.
Really! Good for you to finally come out with it!
When my Staffordshire showed up and adopted me, I had one lady who said I was “so brave” for taking her into our home. The only ones who have a problem with her are the cats (who will stand on her head and scratch the heck out of her if they can get to her). Our biggest issue is that she might knock out my knee by headbutting my leg with her blockhead.