But enough about you, shaven-headed, ear ringed, wife-beater and huge basketball shorts wearing, Oakland Raiders loving, Pit Bull with a 3-inch-chain-and-padlock-for-a-collar-because-of-how awesomely-tough-it-is owning halfwit, let's talk about the dogs:
Kill them all. I am a dog owner and a dog lover, and as such, I say again, KILL THEM ALL. All current Pit Bull rescues or shelters or tenements should immediately be converted to crematoriums. There is no need whatsoever to keep these Granny-mauling wretches in this world any longer. There is a nearly boundless variety of perfectly pleasant and lovable other breeds out there, not to mention mutts, many of which I would sooner let into my house than some of my friends. How do I know that these other excellent dogs exist? BECAUSE PEOPLE OWN THEM. Right now, in America and all over the world, people own dogs that don't attack and kill other people and animals. Those we can keep, the Pit Bulls we need to kill.
I do NOT want to hear the whine of the witless dog lover that "It's not the dog's fault, it's the irresponsible owner!" Horse shit, bull shit, you're a shit, and my ass. Let's use this as a gauge: If left completely alone and allowed to roam the streets free as can be from the day it was weaned from its mother's teat, my dog would:
1. Piss and shit in inconvenient places and chew things up that people don't want chewed up, dig some holes, bark, and generally bother a handful of people until it was collected and put in the pound.
OR
2. Kill people and animals until it was put down.
My dog, along with just about every other that I know, falls under number 1. Pit Bulls...well, you know where this is going. I know that dogs in general bother a lot of people. I have friends who are decidedly not dog lovers, but they are singing a tune with which I can easily relate: That dogs are a pain. If you took the dog out of my life right now, a HUGE amount of time and energy would suddenly be freed up, stress would diminish, and the total amount of worry in my life would lower. No question. To a lot of people, that sounds like having a kid, and they are right. I have both, and so far the kid wins in the ease of use category for one simple reason, which was put forth by a friend of mine: Dogs are just like children, except children eventually learn to clean up their own shit. But for all that, the dog is an absolutely wonderful thing to have around. She gives us something to talk to, to play with, and something for the baby to wonder about and poke at. The dog is a fine, fine creature, and none of what I said above about dogs being a pain to live with falls into a category any scarier than "inconvenient" or "difficult." Pit Bulls, on the other hand, fall into a completely different category: Deadly. That is what makes them intolerable, and why I think they should all be killed
So, Let's Get Rid of Pit Bulls Today.
My dog, along with just about every other that I know, falls under number 1. Pit Bulls...well, you know where this is going. I know that dogs in general bother a lot of people. I have friends who are decidedly not dog lovers, but they are singing a tune with which I can easily relate: That dogs are a pain. If you took the dog out of my life right now, a HUGE amount of time and energy would suddenly be freed up, stress would diminish, and the total amount of worry in my life would lower. No question. To a lot of people, that sounds like having a kid, and they are right. I have both, and so far the kid wins in the ease of use category for one simple reason, which was put forth by a friend of mine: Dogs are just like children, except children eventually learn to clean up their own shit. But for all that, the dog is an absolutely wonderful thing to have around. She gives us something to talk to, to play with, and something for the baby to wonder about and poke at. The dog is a fine, fine creature, and none of what I said above about dogs being a pain to live with falls into a category any scarier than "inconvenient" or "difficult." Pit Bulls, on the other hand, fall into a completely different category: Deadly. That is what makes them intolerable, and why I think they should all be killed
So, Let's Get Rid of Pit Bulls Today.
7 comments:
Lock and load...
Sure, I guess. You mean now?
My doctor suggested that I walk for exercise in my neighborhood. I said, "where the drug runners exercise their pit bulls by making them run along side a bicycle, wearing a chain the size of your thigh?" I guess I could have walked and carried a .38 at the same time. My bad.
Some folks get it.
Uncle Mikey - No time like the present
Trillian - I know the feeling, completely. Fortunately I am out of that neighborhood now.
Mike - And some folks just never will. Outstanding article. And, as a side note, it's interesting how as I get older I understand and appreciate the police a hell of a lot more than I used to. Of course, back then, I was breaking the law somewhat regularly. Still, the cops were somehow the bad guys, while I and my wreckless driving, underage drinking friends could do no wrong.
I'm not saying this to be bitchy. But I have something to ask. What do we do with all the "other" dogs that attack people? I was viciously attacked by an Irish Setter. I was walking when this dog came running out of no where and attacked me. Ripped my head open and it took 64 stitches to close it. It also ripped my eyelid in half and took 1/2 my tear duct with it. After a specialist worked on me for hours, you can't tell anything has happened to my eye...but I do have a rather long scar on my head.
What I'm saying is that ANY dog can attack. I understand some are more apt to do so. But the fact remains.....these "pitbulls" are all victims as well. How about we go after the real problem here? How about we go after all the punk ass bastards who are training these dogs to attack? How about we go after the drug dealers, women beaters, high crime guys? How about we start looking at the "pits" a bit differently? They don't choose to run on treadmills with heavy chains on them. They don't choose to get in a pit and fight till death. Let's go after the people who are promoting this.
As for respecting police officers. What about the officer who shot a "lab"? The dog was restrained by a FENCE. In his own yard. A police officer looks over the fence, the dog barks...much like mine or yours would do.....and the police officer feels threatened and shoots the dog and kills it. The police didn't even have to walk in the backyard, did not even do so when the dog was dead. The dog was CONFINED to his yard by a fence. Because he barked at a stranger, he was shot and killed. I can't respect that.
You may have noticed I didn't title the post "Let's get rid of any dog that might someday do something shitty." I picked Pit Bulls because they suck MORE than others. And more often.
Cops aren't perfect -gasp!- but they have some extremely dangerous, stressful work to do. For me, the moment a police officer has to wonder if that dog over there is going to be a problem in the upcoming events, the dog goes down. 10 times out of 10.
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