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In reply to the discussion: Pitbulls Used to Be Considered the Perfect "Nanny Dogs" for Children -- [View all]Nine
(1,741 posts)And yes I am shouting. Children are killed because people believe and repeat this complete malarkey.
Pit bulls simply are more dangerous than other dogs. That includes pit bulls raised by loving families, not just ones raised by "the wrong sort" of person. There is plenty of evidence out there if you are willing to accept it. People will pick and choose what they want to believe just like they do about any other hot-button issue, but that doesn't mean one side isn't right and one side wrong.
Some parents will choose to expose their own children and more vulnerable populations to dangerous diseases because they choose to believe foolish, incorrect propaganda about vaccines. Other parents will keep loaded guns in the house because they foolishly and incorrectly believe that they are more in danger from bad guys breaking into their house to rape everyone than they are from their own child finding the gun and firing it accidentally. And still other parents will pass up the hundred gazillion other safer breeds of dog to choose from and go for the one that just might attack their loved ones or innocent strangers because they foolishly and incorrectly believe that all the stories of pit bulls killing children are part of a conspiracy cooked up by shadowy figures for unknown reasons.