I wish even more that people respected the dignity of dogs and the jobs they were bred to do. A pit bull in the right job is a valuable and worthy thing. I HATE the idea of banning pit bulls -- I can envision a time and place where, in capable hands, they'd be mighty handy protectors. But having a powerful warrior pitbull as a family "little buddy" pet insults the animal's dignity, and in the hands of an adolescent man -- who are in my observation the most typical owners -- it's like a person having a dairy bull as a backyard pet: dangerous and ill-advised.
Alaskan sled dogs have a serious job and they do it well, and they're worth their weight in gold, I expect. But if you took one of those dogs and kept him as a mere pet-for-amusmement in a city apartment, it would be cruel. Same thing with pit bulls.