During the height of the Mickey debacle, a few posters made the observation that many Mick supporters had a FaceBook page featuring some toy dog, or even (the horror!) A CAT.
Forget about Per Se pit bull support. Why do toy dog owners, cat owners, and even petless people support MICKEY?
Mick received massive support across all segments of the population because MICK is a DOG. It is THAT simple. Thanks to a 80 year social engineering project by dog lovers, it is now politically incorrect to critique ANY dog for ANY reason! It doesn't really matter if its ALL dogs, a SUB-SET of dogs (i.e. pit bulls) or an individual dog (i.e. Mickey, Goose, Gus, etc... etc... etc...).
Always remember Commandment #5:
Thou shalt offer no unkind words
against Dog, nor shalt thou lift a finger against Dog for any reason.
It is now a basic social value* that we love each and every dog unconditionally. Since it is a given that the dog's behavior does not matter, how can the dog's parentage matter? If we cannot blame a dog and/or the owner for what it ACTUALLY DID DO, how can we blame it for what it might do?
[*A basic social value is something that EVERYONE is expected to adhere to. Examples would be: Finish school, get a job and always wear clean underwear.]
Therefore, when you push for a pit bull ban you are speaking the unspeakable. You are shoveling against the proverbial tide of Dog Culture. The statistics you put forth are nothing but noise: Is not Fido the arbiter of every outcome? Is not the victim always to blame? Are not the interests of Dog always the overriding consideration? Who cares how many lives are taken by Dog when those lives do not matter, and indeed are Dog's to take?
If you want to get traction on BSL, you must first undermine the dog culture. You must destroy the notion of Dog's overriding superiority. BSL becomes a no brainer upon realization that Dog is NOT a sacred animal NOR is Dog a person. Indeed, Dog has no more right to occupy our spaces than anything else with more than 2 legs. Dog exists to serve us, NOT the other way around. When the rights of a person and the interests of Dog intersect, Dog loses.
In order to bring dog owners and their dogs no matter the breed in compliance of even the most basic ignored dog ordinances would require the national guard And possibly Martial Law. The inmates are running the asylum. The Pit Bull defense reminds me of the South Park episode for chef using the Chewbacca Defense. Pitnutters ignore the obvious and their fellow dog lovers follow under the But for the grace of a god there go I.
ReplyDeleteI think you have answered the existential question: How to solve the dogging question? If the answer is the National Guard, so be it. Hell the doggers call CIA when they see an internet post critical of Fido... why can't WE call National Guard?
DeleteMy take on the pit bull problem: It's part of a larger problem, the out of control worship of dogs. Until dogs are put back in their proper place (pets or working animals, not four-footed humans), we're going to keep having attacks and killings.
ReplyDeleteAnd my problem with the so-called victim advocacy movement: Not enough focus on the victims. And too much of the "My FiFi is wonderful, but those pit bulls are icky!" mentality.
I'm so sick and tired of hearing anti-pitbull activists saying "not real dogs". They ARE aware of everything you outline here, on some level, yet they can only deal with it by nonsensically redefining "dog" to exclude pitbulls! If pitbulls ever are banned they'll just be replaced with another mauler, and then what? Pit nuttery is just the extreme end of dog nuttery.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they aren't 'real dogs' though. If pit bulls are successfully banned, it will be easier to ban the next mauler.
DeleteDivide and conquer ;)
It's not tackling the root of the problem. Why have pitbulls been allowed to even get this out of control? Because they are dogs. Would mutant cats or budgies have been allowed to kill over 20 people per year with impunity? Hell no; a single death would cause a massive outcry and the breed would be outlawed and forced into extinction.
DeleteIf BSL is passed, don't expect it to be enforced. Pits are banned where I live and I see them all the time (and yes, I've reported them when I know where they live). Why? Because if no one has the guts to enforce even the most basic dog laws, no one would be meeean enough to deprive someone of their BEST FRIEND doggie woggie and then have it put down just because it's the wrong breed, which it can't help! Aww, look, it's wagging its tail!
Some of these bans wouldn't be necessary if the dog laws that already existed were sufficiently enforced: Leash laws, containment laws, laws pertaining to declared dangerous dogs (eg. muzzling), breeding laws, licensing laws, number if permitted pets laws, bans on individuals from having dogs/pets. If these aren't enforced, why would BSL?
Thanks for writing, DPAN - you hit the nail on the head every time.
DeleteThanks! :)
DeleteDPAN. Yes after 30 plus calls to AC it took a whole night of calling everyone I could find and finishing by calling the county manager and commissioner and now at least the dumb dogs owned by the dumb people next door don't bark. They still stand in the road like morons. The dogs not the owners. But time will fix that for me. Our county has clear wording that a dog is not allowed to run loose or bark incessantly 99% of our problems wouldn't exist. Since they wear bark collars almost all the time I just sit on the front steps with my cuppa and watch the cars swerve around, stop and honk hoping I get to witness them being pulled under a 350 with a gooseneck that couldn't slam the brakes on. Why call the do nothing AC when I can let them Darwin themselves out of my life for good.
ReplyDeleteThose dogs may be rendered THIN by a set of steel belted radials at some point in the near future.
DeleteJust a guess.
It's all I want for Christmas.
DeleteWell, people do drive more recklessly around Christmas...
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