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Originally Posted by navillusc  Targeted laws are very dangerous, but, even if satire, sadly, many people will cry out in unison FOR them as long as it is not going to affect them personally. As a 'people' we appear to 'fail' ourselves by 'not' supporting each other's rights and supporting bans and restrictions on our personal freedoms. We often do this well meaningly, as with opposition to puppy mills, because those who abuse their/our freedoms can do so with such harmful results, but legislation always seems to 'hurt' the 'good' without eliminating the 'bad' element that prompted it. I always fear the reaction when it is discovered that there are no rights left to worry about being taken away. I sincerely hope this is never taken seriously. |
I took this pece as satire and delivering a powerful message against breed specific legislation, but I didn't consider the danger of people taking this idea seriously. Thank you for pointing this out to me, and I wholeheartedly agree with what you wrote. I work with high school students, and in ninth grade English, the usually read a story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. called "Harrison Bergeron" about equality. I love the story, but my students have difficulty with the satire. I definitely see where people could take this article seriously, but before you pointed it out to me, I didn't think of how people could use it against dogs.