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Originally Posted by SoCalyorkiLvr Murderers are someone's child. All criminals have parents and they are someone's child. This is no excuse for not "stopping the crime" being committed and trying to save the victim.
The law allows us to defend ourselves and others when necessary. If your 6 year old child were being stabbed by a 15 year old child would you not do everything in your power to get the 15 year old to stop, including hurting him if you had to?
Conversely, if your yorkie puppy is being attacked by a 4 year old pit bull, would you not do anything in your power to save the puppy even it meant hurting the pit bull? |
If you kill a dog or another person, that makes you a murderer, too. What's the difference? You say you'll attack someone who is provoking you (by "attacking" or merely holding the smaller dog in its mouth), but there are two sides to every story. What if the Yorkie was attacking the Rottweiler first? Killing or injuring something because it is injuring you does not make you a HERO to me. I think it is a major flaw in much of society's mentality.
The child example is a difficult call. I mean, of course, I would try to pull my child away, but to say that I would worsen the situation by hurting the 15 year old? No I wouldn't. And I wouldn't KILL him either.
I would try to pull the puppy away from the other dog, but I wouldn't KILL it. My dad carries a stick around when he walks Stewie and when he used to walk our Lab (RIP). He never used the stick to hurt the other dog who comes out of nowhere, but he taps it sharply on the ground to scare the other dog away. If the dog had a hold of my old Lab or Stewie, my dad would strike the other dog, but not repeatedly and not forcefully enough to kill it. Most dogs, when afraid, run away after being startled or even slightly injured. BTW I have spoken w/ my dad about this and that's why I am speaking for him.