If you go back and read my replies to you, I am consistently answering something you've written. I may elaborate a point, expound a bit, but I've answered something you've written every time.
Is it just this subject matter? The heat of the long drawn out exchange? Normal par for the course bad debate habits on this forum? For real. Am I off base? Do you not see it? You seem like an otherwise sane, sound, respectful, intelligent person... but there is this thing I just can’t quite put my finger on... maybe I’m a bit shell shocked... but it seem just too convenient... Comment?
Well, I am sure my debating skills are not classic. During my college experience I was pretty much too busy with science classes and later with photography to take philosophy (gag) or debate.
And if someone has an opinion that certain breeds should be extinct, do they not have the right to that opinion? Can they not make a case for it? I’ve never really thought of that before, and I am neither automatically opposed nor supportive.
Why yes, anyone can state an opinion. However, anyone else can point out how screwed up such an opinion may be. Let's look at banning Breed X. Once that door is open, it allows for the next individual to come screaming for the banning of other breeds (German shepherds, let's say, since we both have owned or own them). Not only that, but those of us who follow animal rights extremists know full well the absolute attack our rights are under to own the pet of our choice, or to even eat meat, for that matter. Note - yep, I'm off on a bit of a tangent, but A/R's should be a concern for anyone who believes in conservative principles, as their goal is to lower man down to animal level.
And while I am deeply moved emotionally by the graphic pictures, my first thought is NOT “wipe them out... all of them” in some Sithy sinister way. My first thought is for the child. My second is, yes, destroy THAT animal. Always. But, my third thought is, OK, someone call Child Protective services... IF the parents, like in this article’s example (see I am still on topic) let their children play with such an animal. I mean I am “WTF were you morons THINKING”?
Chuckle. We're on the same page here for the most part. In the case of the kid in the article, the parents need their backsides handed to them for chaining that dog and then not supervising the kids. Parents have a duty to make sure any pet animal they adopt is temperamentally sound, regardless of its age.
I think it is the logical extreme of that question which set off our post creator who took my generic reply to the story as a personal reply, which altered the entire rest of this thread.
Well, here again, I've said upthread my opinion that adult dog adoption may be no less safe than a puppy purchase if we're dealing with imbeciles.
OK, that’s THREE topics... I hope I didn’t lose you... LOL
I think we are 95%.... we should call that a day.
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