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a_wank_and_a_cry t1_j19axxl wrote

It shouldn’t be legal to breed pits. The pit bulls that are already here deserve all the love and affection we can give them, but there is no reason to keep the breed around.

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Ryanqzqz t1_j19ea1k wrote

I like this take - this is a really constructive way to look at it.

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laffingriver t1_j1ad6be wrote

how do we define what a pit is and isnt. akc registry? genomic testing? who pays for this?

if their grandparents were half pits do we euthenize all puppies? who pays for that?

what if its only quarter pit, three quarter boxer?

what if family comes to town from out of state and brings their dog with? are they allowed to travel through this area or will we take their dog and kill it?

will we also ban bull terriers? german shepherds? austrian malinois? rottweillers? dobermans? cocker spaniels? in my lifetime all of these dogs have been made into villains.

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feralfantastic t1_j1assw3 wrote

Thanks for enumerating all the challenges to the process. Finding the answers might be difficult, but not impossible. I’d prefer to find these answers over having my children attacked in school because some shithead I’ve never met couldn’t manage their animal properly.

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laffingriver t1_j1aw9iw wrote

you are absolutely correct! its the shithead you never met thats the problem.

discussing these nuanced difficulties is how we come to an ethical consensus in a multiculural, diverse, and democratic society such as ours.

im glad we agree its the owners fault and their responsibility rather than something as arbitrary as “breed”.

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feralfantastic t1_j1b7t2d wrote

Except, of course, this is about culling dogs, and not people. The shithead is going to keep on being a shithead. The most you can do is make it illegal for them to own an animal that will react to their shithead qualities by getting angrier and crazier and more uncontrollable until they go out, independent of the shithead, and rip the faces off a bunch of toddlers.

Pit bulls are a uniquely fragile breed, apparently predisposed by fundamental behavior to attack children and other dogs. They’re apparently responsible for half fatal dog attacks despite representing no more than 6% of the dog population. We need to be phasing out any animal with salient evidence of pit characteristics for the same reason we don’t let felons own firearms, we put cancer warnings on cigarette packs, and we don’t allow private ownership of high explosives.

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