I guess everyone who gets angry at their spouse beats them.
Come on, things are not that simple and you know it.
Look, what this kid did was f'ed up. But people do make mistakes, sometimes without fully realizing what they're doing. Bottom line-- if he has grown at all from his ordeals, has some semblence of normal psychology, and can fit into the locker room, go for it. If he is terminally f'ed in the head, I doubt LB will stand for it and eventually he'll get cut. His history is not encouraging, but for a minimum risk move like this, it's worth a gamble.
I have been reading some comparisons of other player's 'bad acts' like sprewell choking PJ, and Kidd hitting his wife.
There is no excuse for either act. However, the big difference is both of those men lost control and acted in anger. An adult who is attacked but not killed can leave or call the police, or get a gun, baseball bat, or a knife and defend themselves.
But the premeditated, ongoing cruelty to an animal is not a 'mistake'. It shows an amorality and callousness that doesn't need us to ask why he did it. It is akin to abusing a child. A child cannot defend him or herself, neither can an animal. Anyone who abuses children or animals is cruel and despicable. This is poison and even the Blazers understand that.
Then people read this crap and start passing laws again pits and rotties and whatever else (Denver already has a no pit rule and they can put your dog down in 48 hours if your cited). All because scumbags like this train these dogs to be so ****ed up they attack anything that moves.
Fishmike, I am no dog expert but I love animals. While pitbulls are beautiful animals on some levels, it is my feeling that they cannot be owned safely around other people and animals. I cannot see the rationale for owning one, and having one with children/elderly in the house or in the neighborhood is simply reckless. It only takes one incident. Just look in the news, just the other day in Brooklyn a pit bull who everybody loved snapped and nearly bit off an old woman's face who simply walked onto the front lawn. I would not want my child or grandmother anywhere near an unchained/uncaged pit bull.
The fact of the matter is, even if trained properly, pit bulls can snap. Can this happen to any dog? Yes, but Pits are much more prone to snapping than even other 'fighting' dogs and when it happens they can easily kill a person or animal. It's like having a gun that can fire itself. In addition the average joe is not a dog trainer. I know someone who had a dingo/husky mix and it attacked his son, once again, some animals are too dangerous to own.
As far as your Rot, they are guard dogs. Their instinct is to protect their family as opposed to pits which have been known to turn on even their own family members when control is lost. However, anyone who has a Rotweiller, a Doberman, or even an English Bulldog needs to understand that these animals have a very serious capacity for violence and should train them well and always make sure they are under control, because they can be very dangerous.
oohah
[Edited by - oohah on 12-06-2005 04:57 AM]
12/5/2005 8:15 PM
What are you all a bunch of PETA pussies???