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Agreed. A lot of people out there who drink way too much alcohol or are unhealthy that would rather complain about some random dog that is 1,000 miles away. I can't imagine ever having my priorities mixed up like that. Can you?
Oats being fat and drunk doesn't generally result in an innocent party being mauled to death. Mrs. O made her choices.
When you’re stuck in the awkward position of defending animals that brutally murder lots of innocent people, you have to take some liberties with things like logic and reason.
Having an overweight and/or alcoholic parent will reduce the life expectancy of one's child more drastically than any dog will. Whining about a dog for 10 years on the Internet instead of being a better example in real life doesn't make much sense to me.
Animals do not murder, they kill.
Perhaps if you viewed it not as whining but rather as an effort to raise awareness, time generously given so that others may avoid tragedy and heartache.
awareness? The audience here has been basically the same seven or eight people for a decade.
Outside of Otis (who is likely far more healthy than you perceive him to be), who are you referring to with this observation? I certainly hope it’s not me. You oddly brought up a reference I made to a drinking game I participated in during college over 30 years ago when I was 18. I now consume maybe 4-5 alcoholic drinks at most in a month, and my time ratio of working out to whining about a dog on the Internet has to be about 10,000:1
This might be one of the most unfairly and off-topic personal digs I’ve ever seen in this forum. I’m sure you weren’t intending to reference the life expectancy of my son, but man, what a ####ty thing to say.
Finally, since you want to focus on children’s health, I’ll note that cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children. It is also the second leading cause of death overall for children after accidents. Following the passing of my son, my wife and I started a foundation that, in addition to providing support services for children with cancer, also funds critical medical research into pediatric cancer treatments and cures, with a particular focus on brain cancer, which is the deadliest form of cancer in children. The posters here at FBGs, including Otis and many, many others, have been huge supporters of this Foundation and our efforts to advance science in this area and one day find a cure. To date, our Foundation has funded $350,000 in medical research grants. And the people here in this forum have been a huge part of this amazing cause.
He is my one and only ignored member. I don't think he's ever posted anything remotely worth reading.
I don’t think he’s smart enough to have those intentions. Don’t let an idiot like that bother you at all. You’ve been through more than enough.
I wasn't talking about your son. I'm very sorry for the loss of your son. The work you do in his memory is truly inspiring and it's very rare for someone to be that selfless to do what you do.
Of course you weren’t talking about my son specifically. I know that, and I appreciate your kind words.
Is that even the question though? I agree that Otis overplays his hand in these threads aka is sort of trolling, but tj's argument (?) seems to be "clean up your own yard before you go knocking on your neighbor's door."
The people who live unhealthy lifestyles know who they are. It's their prerogative to choose how they spend their time over their real life health. They have to live with those consequences just as I live with the consequences of what dog I own.
Apologies for my bluntness, but this is a weak and cowardly response. You made a serious allegation regarding "all" or "a majority" of the posters in this thread who have complained about pit bulls. That includes me. It appears that you have no clue how healthy or unhealthy my life is (and whether it is affecting the health of my one remaining child), so I'm guessing you similarly may have no idea what you are talking about with respect to anyone else posting in this thread, much less "a majority" or "all". I'm simply asking you to have the courage to back up your personal attacks here. If you can.
There have been plenty of informative posts about the breed from owners here. Nobody who dislikes pit bulls is going to change their mind. I personally can't imagine being concerned over them instead of things that are way more likely to kill me.
Unfortunately, the last three stories posted in this thread were all in my area. The Redskin's lineman lives a couple neighborhoods over from me.glad it seems like the Pit Bulls have finally been reigned in and we have less attacks. Maybe it is just during the NFL season? Either way, maybe this thread worked and has solved the issue dog attacks in our society?
A couple comments about the Trent Williams pit bull mastiff mix attack...
Definitely agree on the doosh part. As for the last part, the fact that a pit/mastiff mix can kill a neighbor’s pit/lab mix by pulling its body through a fence may be ironic, but it certainly wouldn’t make me feel any better about living next door to a pit.
I agree that there have been plenty of informative posts in this thread from owners. It’s one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed participating in this thread.
lol sounds like a trap to get reported. The search function works well if it's that important to you.
Pretty much what I expected.
It doesnt have to be a choice. Of course he shouldnt let the dogs run free. But we also shouldnt ignore that these animals pulled a dog through a fence and ripped it apart.eoMMan said:
Nope, I heard about some fat dickish guy yelling at a pretzel vendor in NYC for not having Dijon mustard but that’s it.
