Argument assignment: Anti BSL
Posted on May 29, 2009
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For my argument class we had to pick a topic and write less than 275 words about it as a letter to the editor of some publication. I choose the local bias newspaper and of course, BSL alternatives. Everyone in the class seemed to like the argument and agreed that my suggestions seemed to make more sense. I hope I at least convinced a couple classmates to see a different light if no one else.
“I am writing in response to the regular position of some of your writers in support of Breed Specific Legislation. When people say that pit bulls are dangerous, they are making a generalization, just as insurance companies use generalizations when they charge young men more for car insurance. Generalizing what “pit bulls” are capable of, or any other breed, is profiling, a practice frowned upon in the human world and no fairer for canines. Contrary to these generalizations, there are a lot of pit bulls who are licensed therapy dogs and in a drill by the American Temperament Test Society to test temperament, “pit bull’s” rated 85% positive ahead of “family dogs” such as Airedales and Beagles. Also, some governments are finding out that BSL laws just don’t work. Holland and Italy have after many years of seeing no positive change, lifted their breed specific bans and instead implemented stricter owner regulations.
Many more productive solutions can be implemented domestically as well that will appease supporters and non supporters of the legislation. Programs to regulate breeding, educate the public on pet ownership, stricter screening at adoption agencies, mandatory maximum penalty for negligent pet owners and aggressive campaigning for spay/neutering are just some of the programs that could do much more than banning specific breeds. The overly simplified solution of BSL cannot replace the effects of action and education. Ultimately, finding alternatives to BSL laws would show an active interest in pleasing both pro BSL and anti-BSL supporters, both of whom deserve their rights considered in an issue so controversial.”
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I have a pit bull (Lillie) and she is the nicest and smartest dog I’ve ever meet or seen…..My nana and uncle used to have pit bulls to but some one hit them purposly on the high way.. their names where Spunky and Grace
Thats pretty horrible. The dogs threatened to be banned are awesome until bad people get ahold of them. Once people start holding owners responsible and not the dogs they will understand
I owned a pitbull and his name was mr. cunningham haha he was a character..unfortunately,when he began to realize what mating was about and ofcourse in the city you kno the dogcatcher probably got him:(but now i have an 8-wk-old akita named Cash,hes cute and he seems to be intelligent for a dog.my last akita “baloo” was GREAT,he was the smartest dog ive ever had (none of them hav been stupid), i hope that lil cash will have that same awesome personality and ability to understand how things work and what words mean.i dont agree with the ban of pits or the potential ban of akitas either,i think its irrational and quite unthoughtful.
Shelby, Neuter your pets and they won’t get hormone crazy and run off, and when your dog goes missing. LOOK FOR IT. Glad you like the breed, Akitas have a chance of being banned too, but regardless, neuter and spay them all. There is no need for more puppies in the world and their personalities are much calmer and less hormone driven when they are fixed. Hormones are a constant nagging distraction and because they do not live in packs in the wild, its more torture to not neuter them than to do so.