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117. I think, but I could be wrong -

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 09:06 AM

Mar 2013

what was meant by that is some people compare discrimination against breed as being the same as discrimination against a certain race of people. You judge a person on the content of their character, not their race, or what they look like. Don't judge a dog just because of breed. While some can be dog aggressive or human aggressive, the vast majority are not. Punishing all for the acts of a few is wrong IMO.

I'm a huge animal lover, I care as much about animals as I do about people, and to be honest, probably more so. I'm very unapologetic about that. To me, I consider the shunning of a whole breed to be equivalent to that of racial discrimination. It's not an overly popular stance to take and many might disagree, but it's how I feel. I just know it's not always a welcome statement in these debates. Doesn't change how I feel though.

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Surrounded by 8 pit pulls today, I barely escaped with my life [View all] BainsBane Mar 2013 OP

Amen to that! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1

My neighbor across the road has a pit bull rescue. Cleita Mar 2013 #2

Truly terrifying. ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #3

My dog actually is breed conscious. bluedigger Mar 2013 #4

Ha! Vanje Mar 2013 #8

It's not me, it's her. bluedigger Mar 2013 #9

The arch enemy of one of my bitches OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #33

Mine doesn't really cotton to Border Collies or Aussies, either. bluedigger Mar 2013 #36

That's a cool dog. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #42

You won't see them at shows. bluedigger Mar 2013 #44

Dogs have little patience for discussion on political message boards. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #62

I actually had an akita who couldn't stand german shepards justiceischeap Mar 2013 #173

On Sunday my vicious beast Pit Bull tried to kill & eat Springs first spider crawling on the floor. baldguy Mar 2013 #5

Any dog that hates spiders is A-OK with me. bluedigger Mar 2013 #10

She just couldn't stand to have that THING crawling on HER floor. baldguy Mar 2013 #28

My boxer Jake stomps on ants in the house robbob Mar 2013 #35

her ears are super cute BainsBane Mar 2013 #97

I love dogs greytdemocrat Mar 2013 #6

Then you don't love dogs. baldguy Mar 2013 #40

Maybe, just maybe IrishAyes Mar 2013 #61

Pit bull =/= getting bitten. gcomeau Mar 2013 #127

And they don't trust you. secondvariety Mar 2013 #161

And I've never met a Pit Bull who wasn't just the sweetest tavalon Mar 2013 #186

I have had 2 pit bulls and 2 Rottweilers. RebelOne Mar 2013 #7

Chihuahuas are not my favorite BainsBane Mar 2013 #13

Indicating IrishAyes Mar 2013 #63

They do tend to be tightly strung. Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #131

You hear of some that way BainsBane Mar 2013 #135

Not long ago . . . Brigid Mar 2013 #16

lol BainsBane Mar 2013 #18

Chihuahuas can be nasty little things. Brigid Mar 2013 #24

The only time an animal has ever bitten me........... PDJane Mar 2013 #77

better safe than sorry JEFF9K Mar 2013 #11

Smiles :) shenmue Mar 2013 #12

I hate the anti-pit bull stuff BainsBane Mar 2013 #14

That's a cute pup. Built like my cat. Hoyt Mar 2013 #15

there were two brothers BainsBane Mar 2013 #17

Had a Chihuahua when little that routinely would scare big dogs, even German Shepherds. Hoyt Mar 2013 #19

if they are mean BainsBane Mar 2013 #20

And Forget about buying a house with a Pit bull. ErikJ Mar 2013 #22

Best and most interesting dogs are mixes ErikJ Mar 2013 #21

we just got a mix and are dna testing her for curiousity La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #151

I disagree FreeBC Mar 2013 #23

it certainly wasn't your fault for being mauled BainsBane Mar 2013 #26

yes FreeBC Mar 2013 #32

I'm inclined to agree with you cpwm17 Mar 2013 #48

Why do you think that? flvegan Mar 2013 #50

List of fatal dog attacks in the United States: cpwm17 Mar 2013 #59

"The following table summarizes the number of people reported by news sources..." flvegan Mar 2013 #80

What does Foxnews have to do with anything? cpwm17 Mar 2013 #85

So then, you don't really know where that data comes from do you? Be honest. flvegan Mar 2013 #86

I got these from the links in the references for the 2013 dog attacks: cpwm17 Mar 2013 #94

Interesting OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #100

I work with dogs as well and have had a similar experience. The pit bulls and pit mixes I've worked smokey nj Mar 2013 #108

Well it does OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #110

I rescue them. Tell me again that I'm an insecure asshole. flvegan Mar 2013 #49

What? IrishAyes Mar 2013 #75

Someone else's overreaction entitles me to nothing except correcting them. flvegan Mar 2013 #82

Pit Bulls, because the nanny state won't let us own Hyenas. FreeBC Mar 2013 #96

Hold up OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #114

It didn't sting, dear IrishAyes Mar 2013 #123

I suppose OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #101

What I find incredible IrishAyes Mar 2013 #122

So what you're saying is OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #144

Please IrishAyes Mar 2013 #182

No need to lecture me on life OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #188

Eating my own words now IrishAyes Mar 2013 #203

I completely understand OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #209

you rescue them from whom? hfojvt Mar 2013 #93

Seriously! There aren't other breeds going un-rescued? FreeBC Mar 2013 #99

Wow OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #102

A waste of time talking sense to some folks. Don't waste the keystrokes. zonkers Mar 2013 #115

We have 4 other rescues. ( dogs )None pits. easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #162

lol Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #112

my definition of trash BainsBane Mar 2013 #98

"What's your definition of trash"? -- The stuff in my waste basket -- not poor people whathehell Mar 2013 #107

+1 BainsBane Mar 2013 #142

what a ridiculous post noiretextatique Mar 2013 #136

Just call me trash, then. secondvariety Mar 2013 #165

Really? Texasgal Mar 2013 #29

and not all gun owners are trash either FreeBC Mar 2013 #34

Okay...so? Texasgal Mar 2013 #41

I'm feeling trashier by the minute. secondvariety Mar 2013 #176

Probably doesn't even go to parties OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #210

I've got a scar on my knee from when our neighbors toy poodle bit me when I was 6. baldguy Mar 2013 #38

not my point FreeBC Mar 2013 #43

Your point seems to be to prove that you're ignorant & irrational. baldguy Mar 2013 #46

+1000 noiretextatique Mar 2013 #137

Then I guess OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #105

I agree with you. good post. zonkers Mar 2013 #113

For cripes sake... gcomeau Mar 2013 #128

What a horrible thing to go through. n/t Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #133

Trash, really? easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #159

Or maybe we adopt them because they are at greatest risk of being murdered in the shelter? Lucky Luciano Mar 2013 #168

It could very well have been your fault. Wait Wut Mar 2013 #170

I was actually injured by a pit bull once SouthernLiberal Mar 2013 #25

I don't have a dog anymore but I love to walk by the dog park near me to see them play with one hrmjustin Mar 2013 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Mar 2013 #55

She must give you a lot of joy. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #60

Oh, yes. BainsBane Mar 2013 #65

Glad to hear it! hrmjustin Mar 2013 #69

5 cats BainsBane Mar 2013 #70

My sister's Golden retriever and sheep dogs come up to play with my cats. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #73

My chows IrishAyes Mar 2013 #183

Awww! What a beautiful, sweet little face! smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #104

Thanks! BainsBane Mar 2013 #132

If we meet on the street, do I really need to smell your butt? Thor_MN Mar 2013 #30

Maybe someday dogs will wise up. Hoyt Mar 2013 #37

How do you know BainsBane Mar 2013 #53

You may have a point. Don't have a lot of experience with that greeting/surveillance. Hoyt Mar 2013 #71

I suppose I could let it slide BainsBane Mar 2013 #52

OK, but let's see if we can find some fish guts or roadkill to roll in too. Thor_MN Mar 2013 #119

sounds like the kind of fun BainsBane Mar 2013 #134

I hope yu don't bear the scars the rest of your life! Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #31

I love dogs... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #39

I am surrounded by guns all the time, especially at my sister's house The Straight Story Mar 2013 #45

OK, you win. Brigid Mar 2013 #47

It's a well known fact IrishAyes Mar 2013 #56

The only problem is that they're all jaw Warpy Mar 2013 #51

yes, they can do damage BainsBane Mar 2013 #57

ahwook at z puppies so cute. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #54

The young sea lion attacked Jenoch Mar 2013 #58

Dogs are animals with a prey instinct BainsBane Mar 2013 #66

Your chicken was raised for consumption. Jenoch Mar 2013 #138

Nature isn't for sissies. BainsBane Mar 2013 #139

I'm a hunter and an occasional fisherman. Jenoch Mar 2013 #140

That's not a Pit Bull. It's an American Bulldog. baldguy Mar 2013 #67

His head! ellie Mar 2013 #64

I don't know if anyone gave you a copy of the official rules... snooper2 Mar 2013 #68

Everyone IrishAyes Mar 2013 #72

I have no problem with that BainsBane Mar 2013 #74

I understand IrishAyes Mar 2013 #78

Absolutely IrishAyes Mar 2013 #125

Grabbed your NECK? In it's JAWS? My Good Babushka Mar 2013 #106

You're entirely correct IrishAyes Mar 2013 #124

Wow, I should have read this post of yours before I posted tavalon Mar 2013 #193

Why would anyone have a problem with your post? tavalon Mar 2013 #192

Shorty and Hercules approve of this post opiate69 Mar 2013 #76

I love him and his dogs OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #109

The guy`s pretty inspirational all the way around.. opiate69 Mar 2013 #185

I don't know why people are so freaked OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #195

Hey.. I admit to a certain visceral reaction myself... opiate69 Mar 2013 #196

I get that people have a genuine fear OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #197

yep.. just going to take a lot of good people countering the fear mongering opiate69 Mar 2013 #199

!!! Wait Wut Mar 2013 #166

I'm so torn about this subject. Evoman Mar 2013 #79

some are bred for fighting BainsBane Mar 2013 #83

Fair enough. Evoman Mar 2013 #87

I'm a mutt fan myself BainsBane Mar 2013 #88

You'd be surprised. Dogs can smell threats. Evoman Mar 2013 #89

People keep telling me that BainsBane Mar 2013 #91

My Brigid and Molly IrishAyes Mar 2013 #126

I hear lots about sweet pits teenagebambam Mar 2013 #81

that's understandable BainsBane Mar 2013 #84

Is racism a problem with you too? flvegan Mar 2013 #90

I think about that parallel BainsBane Mar 2013 #92

Absolutely. teenagebambam Mar 2013 #116

I think, but I could be wrong - OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #117

Equating human traits to dogs... 99Forever Mar 2013 #129

They are not called OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #160

Dogs are not people, period. 99Forever Mar 2013 #164

Hey, feel free not read my essays if it's too OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #174

Thanks for permission. 99Forever Mar 2013 #175

Not liking certain breeds is not analogous to racism or sexism. nt redqueen Mar 2013 #130

Rottweilers are my bane Riftaxe Mar 2013 #95

not a small dog fan myself BainsBane Mar 2013 #143

Lord, people who extol the virtues of exterminating things that disagree with them Riftaxe Mar 2013 #212

Yet I live next door to a pit madokie Mar 2013 #103

Yes, I'm sure 'butt smell' is important here, somehow. SamReynolds Mar 2013 #111

that particular greeting is applicable only to dogs BainsBane Mar 2013 #146

This thread Aerows Mar 2013 #118

And then was asked to show the receipt. nt OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #120

Alas, one can't have everything in life. BainsBane Mar 2013 #121

This is a complete aside tavalon Mar 2013 #194

Yes, that's what it is BainsBane Mar 2013 #198

Yeah, I figured it out for sure from some one else's post tavalon Mar 2013 #200

Apparently, every fatality due to dog attack in the US this year has been caused by a pit bull. Zorra Mar 2013 #141

Apparently, out of those 6 incidents (yes, only 6 - from 80 million dogs) only 2 are from Pit Bulls. baldguy Mar 2013 #145

That looks like the dog park we take our dog to MineralMan Mar 2013 #147

It probably is BainsBane Mar 2013 #148

Ah, OK. I think that's the one then, just off Arlington, in the MineralMan Mar 2013 #150

yep BainsBane Mar 2013 #152

We have a friend who uses the Riverside park. MineralMan Mar 2013 #153

i think there is something to breeds, since i have never met a nice akita La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #149

Yea GreenRanger Mar 2013 #154

"She judges based on butt smell and who is the most fun" demwing Mar 2013 #155

LOL BainsBane Mar 2013 #156

That's one ugly Easter Bunny! rdharma Mar 2013 #157

Oh, no it's not BainsBane Mar 2013 #158

Move over Grumpy Cat! rdharma Mar 2013 #163

I just want to know BainsBane Mar 2013 #179

I don't know.....not my dog. rdharma Mar 2013 #184

I still miss my pitties. Wait Wut Mar 2013 #167

OMG - cuteness! I can't believe some countries ban these adorable babies. nt TBF Mar 2013 #169

Yes, such adorable cuteness . . . markpkessinger Mar 2013 #180

Yes that really convinces me, well done OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #191

Very mature. nt TBF Mar 2013 #204

It was immature -- but I was trying to illustrate a point -- markpkessinger Mar 2013 #208

I've only ever seen two pitbulls in my life that I was afraid of MynameisBlarney Mar 2013 #171

MSP Airport dog park? grahampuba Mar 2013 #172

ib#86 geckosfeet Mar 2013 #177

When I tried to learn that same lesson I was told to quit sniffing peoples' butts Bucky Mar 2013 #178

that's cause you haven't figured out BainsBane Mar 2013 #181

I wish I could rec this 100 times! Every pit bull I have ever met has been a cuddle bunny, with the DesertDiamond Mar 2013 #187

gun powder? BainsBane Mar 2013 #190

glad u survived Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #189

The breed Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #201

"The breed is popular among people that had rough upbringings.." whathehell Mar 2013 #202

No IrishAyes Mar 2013 #205

Yes whathehell Mar 2013 #206

Someone sent me a pm re your complete misreading of my post IrishAyes Mar 2013 #207

That's nice. Maybe they should: A. Send it to me or B. Post it online whathehell Mar 2013 #211

Your right i went to far. Notafraidtoo Apr 2013 #213

Not the ones I see BainsBane Apr 2013 #214