Posted on 02/21/2016 7:41:37 AM PST by george76
I am glad the ghetto ponies attacked the woman and not the kids. Drop two new kids in a pack of, most likely un-neutered or unspayed, dogs and bad things happen.
“Where do you stop with “not allow people to own....”? Isn’t that where we are at now with nanny state liberalism? “
In Florida, you are not allowed to keep an alligator as a pet. Is that nanny state liberalism? Maybe, but I can like with it.
A single Pit Bull with no history of violence has been known to go medieval on occasion. Put multiple Pits, six Pits, in a tiny apartment, and the pack mentality quickly takes over. That owner deserves a Darwin Award in my opinion.
There are exceptions to everything. Pointing out one is not really proving much.
Again, slippery slope. People simply don’t think about every little encroachment until one day they live in a country where you get fined and/or jailed for filling in a ditch in your back yard. Or refusing to bake a cake.
This is Free Republic. How many people here actually want liberty along with the responsibilities, duties AND risks that come with it? I wonder at times when some discussions get heated.
True. That’s as much a dog trait as a Pitty trait.
BTW, what happens when it’s done to people? hee hee
“This is Free Republic. How many people here actually want liberty along with the responsibilities, duties AND risks that come with it?”
Well, many want liberty for themselves.
The rest of us are free to be just like them.
Not that many, I expect. For example, in the present case, we could say, "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes," and walk away, otherwise unmoved. If the dogs had killed the children, we could say, "Have stupid parents, win stupid prizes," and walk away, otherwise unmoved.
As soon as you want to use some sort of social force to prevent the bad consequences of stupidity, you're stepping away from absolute liberty.
Thank you. I didn’t think anyone was getting it.
I understand the point you’re making. It’s a question that has been debated by the best minds for several hundred years. It strikes at the heart of the human condition.
Otherwise, one couldn’t read John Stuart Mill or Lord Acton and come away completely convinced of absolute liberty (or as near as makes no difference), but then go the other way with full conviction as soon as something bad happens to someone that it wasn’t their fault.
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