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How many breeds does the UK propose to ban?
I mean it sounds like just the one, American XL bully. Seems perfectly reasonable to me given how ridiculously powerful these dogs are makes them extremely dangerous when they’re being aggressive.
People are more dangerous than any dog. Can we ban them on looks too, please?
Oh wait. The US already does this. It’s called “racism.”
Dogs have highly adaptive genetics, and have been selectively bred for millennia. Comparing dogs to humans shows how fucking ignorant you are.
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I tell you what, if we specifically genetically engineer people to be aggressive and powerful and they start eating toddlers faces then I’m cool with banning them too.
“Dog racism”, fuck off.
It's a bad faith argument people make to use people's morality against them. Pitt owners tend to be conservative nazi types and they think they're clever trying to use "woke"language
In the sense that humans are responsible for these natural abuses existing, sure. Humans can stop being dangerous in this sense by not breeding these unnatural predators.
https://www.gov.uk/control-dog-public/banned-dogs
Fucking hell. Remind me to stay the hell away from the UK.
We're better off without you, no fucking worries there mate.
Indeed you are.
These should remind you to stay away from many countries/states:
Depends how many children they kill.
That's not fair at all.
Sometimes they just maul the children's faces until they're permanently disfigured.
Unless it's the right kind of children. Then the UK would demand everyone get that breed. If only there was a dog specifically associated with massive profits from the slave trade and horrible racism.
I mean fuck the empire but if you're gonna throw that shit down it feels only fair to mention the part where they also stopped the slave trade using force.
Well, that's certainly the part they like to talk about constantly isn't it?
I mean, in the 19th century London was the biggest city in the world, and like most cities was very progressive. If you look back now and judge from our current lens then it looks really conservative but people in the streets campaigned to end slavery, and the British government outlawed slavery across the whole empire and used their very large and impressive navy to enforce these laws. Just because some private individuals made vast profits off of selling slaves to the US doesn’t mean it was legal or even a popular thing.
That certainly is the part they like to talk about constantly isn't it?
You brought it up. How is slavery in England's history even relevant to dangerous dog legislation in the UK now? Which I assume isn't the country you live in.
You limys really get mad when anyone talks about how you love to export dangerous ideas and practices don't you?
Oh totally! Makes my blood boil with rage!
Whatever, man.
So they shouldn't ban dog breeds because racists exist? Weird take.
I pulled a muscle trying to pretzel my brain around that, too.