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Originally posted by Auditor_Kevin:
T Ray - I guess the highly educated actuaries working at insurance companies are all dumbasses, too. They take emotion completely out of the equation and just analyze at the money - yet they come to the same conclusion I do. That whole predator/prey analysis you gave me speaks more to your misguided (and frankly, disturbing) set of principles than to some kind of excuse why it's ok to own highly dangerous breeds that can cause destruction on a scale unlike most normal dogs.
What constitutes a normal dog?

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As for you claiming everyone smart enough to stay away from a breed of dog capable of killing a grown man means they're racist.....wow. I don't know where to begin with that one. I'm glad you included it though, as it did more to take away from any arguement you had rather than helping it.
Most medium to large size dogs are CAPABLE of killing a grown man. Particularly those dogs which have stronger wills.

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And as for you calling my wife a "dumb shit" for intervening instead of letting the two pits kill a member of our family, again - thanks. It's attitudes like that that will make anti-pit legislation that much easier to pass.
What happened to your wife is very unfortunate. However, it is not the even close to being the average pit encounter.

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All I'll say to you other proud pitbull owners out there is enjoy the high deductible/no coverage/deny-every-claim homeowners insurance you'll have to pick up if your dog bites someone.
I am no insurance admiral like yourself, but I do know that this was the case my parents friends. Their Dalmatian bit a guy a couple years ago. Bye bye insurance. Let’s not limit this one to pit bulls.

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The couple that owned the pits that bit my wife eventually had to sell their house. Probably from a combination of not being able to get insurance and being completely ostricized by their neighbors. The local kids weren't allowed anywhere near that house.
That's just sad. Again, it’s very unfortunate for your wife to be put in that position and she has every right to protect your dog from harm. I consider her being a causality of war for lack of a better term and not necessarily attacked.

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Why put yourself in a position where that's even a possibity when there are so many breeds of dogs that were bred to be companions, not bred to be blood-thirsty killing machines? If your answer is that you need an animal bred to be a killing machine for some kind of protection, then I highly recommend that you increase your skill sets so you can move someplace safer.
Blood thirsty killing machines. Use your head for more than a hat rack. If this were even remotely close to being true the military would own all rights or the breed would've been extinguished long ago.

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I don't care what kind of pets you have if you live someplace isolated, but in the middle of a neighborhood full of kids running around, everyone has to play by the community rules. And #1 on that list is being responsible enough to not put others in harms way. It's no coincidence that this breed is most popular in the worst neighborhoods. Dangerous people gravitate towards dangerous activities.
Are you on medifuckincation? Did I just read that you would like to be able to dictate where people could live depending on what kind of pet they own? Maybe, I didn't read that correctly. Anyway, from what I gathered from your story this was an anomaly. Those dogs were contained, but managed to get out. So, it's not like the owners were putting anybody in harms way. It seems like they were doing their best to comply with your #1 rule.

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Finally, I realize I'm painting with a broad brush here. I'm sure there are plenty of well-intended people on the other side of this debate. It's a shame so many irresponsible and reckless people have identified with the breed you love so much - but they have, and something needs to be done about it.
What should we do? Hey, I have an idea. Let's inform all the people you consider irresponsible and reckless that you (Dictator_Kevin) have been promoted from highly educated actuary to grand master of universe and that you want them to disassociate with pit bulls because you said so. Then, if they deny your demands you can cast them into isolation (because you don’t care what pets are kept in isolated places) where they could live outside of your scrutinizing ways and enjoy the company of their blood thirsty machines. So yeah, let me know how ya make out with that, chief.