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Originally Posted by Britster  That is just plain ignorance. Okay, so once all the Pit Bulls are gone, all those people who ha. |
Believe me I am not ignorant and far from it, I tend to base my beliefs and feelings on statistics more then emotions. I said in a later post that maybe hate was to strong of a word, but I do know that I am glad I don't have to fear one or more moving next door to me. Regulations can be a good thing, everyone lives in different type of settings, many homes in my community are close together and have no fences. Even with fences we live on a lake so a dog could easily gain access from the water if they wanted to. Just like I don't want to live next to a pit, I don't want to live next to chickens and roosters or someone that owned four or five dogs and I feel it is my right to feel somewhat safe and at peace in my own home. If I choose to live in community that allowed all that type of stuff then I would have no beef, but I didn't so if someone moved in next door that I felt was intruding on my safety and peace and it was against township regulations I would report them. Believe my I am not overly picky and have never reported anything, regardless of the various things that bug me that could be considered an infraction. I am only talking about a big thing, that really made a difference in my safety or peace.
Civil order to me is not always a bad thing, because some people like many of the pit bull owners they mention in some of the reports seem to have Pits for the wrong reason, so since it's hard to regulate stupid sometimes the only way is to regulate the act.
Your dog loves to run loose in your yard, how would you feel if where you lived did not allow fences and you had a pit mix or two or three move in next door. What if when you got older and moved out you had to live in an apartment or a townhouse, would you like living next to pit bulls. I doubt they will ever be outlawed but I still don't think every community should allow them. Maybe out in the country they would be fine or like a gun you had to have a permit, but living in close proximity to kids, adults and other pets IMHO I think is an accident waiting to happen, you might not share my belief but it also does not mean mine is ignorant.