Quote from Eight:
I'm just sensing an atmosphere of unreality... I'm going to construct a little 4 place matrix... it's a square made of 4 squares, each square represents one of the following:
1) bad breed, bad owner
2) bad breed, good owner
3) good breed, bad owner
4) good breed, good owner
#1 is deplorable and should not be allowed but how can you control the situation? Best answer for the common good is to not allow the bad breed to be bred or owned.
#2 is ok but how do you ensure that is what happens? Who can tell who's a good owner or not? And why bother, if you don't allow the bad breed then you don't have to think about it further
#3 sucks for the dog but won't endanger any women or children. When is the last time a Labrador Retriever attacked anybody? Many of them must have bad owners but they still don't attack anybody
#4 is fine and would occur in the society that I want to live in. Dog owners would be educated and bad breeds would be in the history books... emotional opinions not backed up by logical arguments would be in the same history books..
I think it's a good thing that those pit bulls killed the owner's wife. The things had already injured people but were returned for some reason [that's irrational to say the least] it's only a matter of time before they kill somebody. The only way to get them out of the neighborhood is if they actually killed somebody. Should it be a random choice or someone from the owner's household?
