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Losing your street cred

Via Smijer, Boortz, who claims to be a Libertarian when he’s more like a Republican who is slightly less critical of Republicans (or maybe he’s the stereotypical Libertarian and is just a Republican who smokes weed), has a poll on banning pit bulls. Unsurprisingly, his faux Libertarian minions seem to think they should be banned (currently 62% to 38%). Sayeth Boortz:

This time it happened in Orlando. A 4-year-old boy is now dead after a relative’s pit bull chomped down on his head. Don’t give me that BS about these pit bulls being just dandy if they’re raised right. It’s in their blood line. They’re killers. They’re bred to attack and to kill. No one owner, no matter how wonderful, is going to erase the vicious blood lust out of these dogs. My friend Bugsy … who unfortunately lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan where rock-n-roll seems to be king … says that these “damned psycho animals should be banned from being ANYWHERE other than prison yards.” Good line Bugs. ‘Bout time.

Boortz has donned his hysterical nanny hat and has taken someone’s talking points word for word. Pit bulls (and I mean the American Pit Bull Terrier since there is no breed called the Pit Bull) were bred, theoretically, from the cattle/hog dog that used to be the English Bulldog (the current freak of nature is not remotely similar to its former incarnation) but is now called the American Bulldog; and the Bull Terrier. The current Bull Terrier is a much friendlier version than its old counterpart, which was also bred for dog fighting and dog aggressiveness. The Bulldog was chosen due to it’s gameness (tolerance for pain) and sheer power (these are arguably the most powerful dogs on the planet, relative to their size). The Pit Bull was bred to fight other dogs due to its inherent dog aggressiveness and its tolerance for pain enabled it to stay in the fight longer. Pit bulls were not bred to attack people. In the hideous practice of dog fighting, you want a dog that is tolerant of people so that, when you break the fight up, the dog doesn’t attack the people breaking the fight up.

Pit bulls typically don’t play nice with other dogs. It’s in their nature. This can, to an extent, be mitigated by proper socialization but that should not be relied upon and owners should take care to supervise interaction with other dogs. Owners should also supervise the interaction of any dog with small children. Period.

Unfortunately for Pit Bulls, they attract owners who shouldn’t own any breed of dog, much less one with the power and gameness that these dogs have. They are also popular among criminals who gamble on dog fighting and drug dealers who keep near emaciated dogs to guard stashes. And, as breed bans have shown in the past, banning a breed is ineffective as criminals ignore it and other people, who want a bad ass dog, just switch to a number of other breeds. Of course, if your criteria for owning a dog is that it is a bad ass, you’re probably one of those people who shouldn’t own any dog.

Say, is Boortz pro-gun like me? Seems a bit hypocritical.

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8 Responses to “Losing your street cred”

  1. cube Says:

    hmmmm….if you ban pit bulls what will be the effect.

    will pitt bulls deaths go up?

  2. Delta Foxtrot Says:

    Yeah, Boortz is something else (besides a libertarian). But that’s ok, we’re an inclusive group.

    I agree with everything you say about American Pit Bull Terriers, except that I think you’ve failed to add that there are some good breeders out there doing their best to breed a more docile, more child- and pet-friendly version, and their work doesn’t get reported nearly enough.

    Keep up the good work.

    Respectfully,
    Delta Foxtrot

  3. mwn Says:

    Boortz says alot of things that dont square up right. He preaches personal responsibility but then comes up with nonsense about the government banning dogs…

    I think alot of it is BS that even he doesnt believe, but will say on the air cause it gets folks riled up enough to call and bitch at him. This of course makes for a more entertaining show which is of course his job…

    And yes he is a gun owner. Hes talked about his Glock, a shotgun or 2, and an AK-47 hes never shot. Hes also mentioned some gun that became so illegal that he took it to a national forest and buried it to keep from getting in trouble… Like I said, BS…

  4. Delta Foxtrot Says:

    mvm, you bring up a great point: talk show hosts lie, by and large. They do it for ratings. Toxic comments always get more reaction than reasoned, intelligent commentary. The same applies, to a certain extent, to blogs I suppose.

    Any talkie that prattles about personal responsibility, I’ve gotta believe, is full of crap.

    Respectfully,
    Delta Foxtrot

  5. Dan W Says:

    Hmmm. Your arguments leave me unconvinced. If these dogs are bred to bite and not let go, and they have quite a track record of hurting children (who no doubt look like small dogs to them) and they’re being hyper-bred for aggressiveness by criminals, then I hardly see the inappropriateness of a governmental public safety concern.

  6. SayUncle Says:

    I suggest you peruse the archives then.

  7. smijer Says:

    Blogs on Fire!
    Some of my favorite often-read blogs have seemingly upped their daily output quite a bit lately. I don’t know if it is holiday generosity, escaping steam after a bad election outcome, or an on-going thing, but I’m sure glad to…

  8. Buck Says:

    In order to receive the blessings of Boortz all we would have to do is turn the Pit Bulls loose on the citizenry of Iraq. Then he would consider them to be the next best thing to peanut butter.

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