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firstly ive not downrated you, but i do not agree with you and think your opinion is WRONG
by staffie on January 9th, 2007
np, its ur opinion and this is my opinion. its juz that i saw a documentary on t.v about pit bulls and other dogs, why and wat is their nature no matter how u trained them, they are still dogs.. hu can have their own mind and reaction without any warning like us people.
by asairel on January 9th, 2007
if one pitt bull attacks it doesnt mean all pitt bulls will attack or any other dog for that matter just like if a human murders someone it doesnt mean every human will even though they easily could if they wanted to. your right about the opinion though everyone cant agree ;)
by staffie on January 10th, 2007
well.. :p i know ur point u dont really need to elaborate it well ;)
by asairel on January 10th, 2007
seems people always say that dogs (any breed) attack "without warning". Actually, the vast majority of the time, the dog is telling you very clearly that he/she is feeling threatened and is getting ready to bite. Problem is a lot of people don't speak "dog". They misinterperet the dog's signals and end up getting bitten.
So, you saw something on TV and this has completely informed your opinion of a breed of dog? Hmmm... so, do you think Chihuahuas all speak with a Spanish accent and crave Chalupas?
by gonzogirl on January 10th, 2007
lmao :) yes a dog does tend to warn you before they attack but people just dont take notice
by staffie on January 10th, 2007
you don't have the slightest idea of what your talking about assairup. i take ignorance as being a strong quality in you.
by psychotikid on January 19th, 2007
well said psychotikid
by staffie on January 19th, 2007
thank you staffie, people like that really annoy me
by psychotikid on January 19th, 2007
yeah they annoy me to, i have 3 staffies and people always say they are bad dogs. it does my head in they have no idea what they r on about
by staffie on January 19th, 2007
i only stated an opinion.. and in opinion there is no right or wrong and if that opinion keeps bugging you, its not my problem and my name is asairel not asairrup, psycho.
by asairel on January 20th, 2007
my bad on the name,you did not state an opinion, you answered a question. when you answer a question,the information you contribute should be accurate as possible and if need be, it should be able to stand up to scrutiny with facts and personal experiances.you have neither! you watched a tv show for cryin out loud.the person asking the question did not ask for your opinion, she wanted an answer! and yours was wrong with nothing but ignorance to support it.
by psychotikid on January 20th, 2007
lets hope asairel doesnt watch santa claus the movie lol
by staffie on January 20th, 2007
you are misusing the word opinion. an opinion is something that cannot be proven or disproven. what you stated was not an opinion. it might be helpful to look up the definition, so you will know how to use the word in the future. misusing it can lead people to believe you are less intelligent than you may actually be, especially when it is someone's first impression of you.
by Jessicax23 on January 21st, 2007
What annoys me the most is people who dont respect others peoples opinions. Her opinion psycho(lol) is her answer. and her answer is based on her experience. Like your opinion is based on your experience. What makes you think you know more about dogs. because it happened you had a pitbull? that makes you the master of the dogs? You said your opinion now let the others say their opinions and stop acting like a little kid "No no no you are wrong i am right!!" commenting others peoples answers. That goes for all the rest "I know it all" people above
by Imowned on January 21st, 2007
yes but asirel didnt answer a question he voiced his opinion. and his opion should have gone in the comments box not the answer box. his opinion is misleading and wrong. yes every1 as a right to an opinion but dont answer a question stating something untrue. these type of dogs get a lot of crap through people slating them and MY OPINION is it is wrong.
by staffie on January 21st, 2007
he did not voice an opinion; making a completely false statement is not an opinion. "my name is bob" is not an opinion; it's just an untrue statement. you don't get to have an opinion about my name; there's only true or false. what he said is false. hence, it's not an opinion. don't take my word for it - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/opinion
by Jessicax23 on January 21st, 2007
yeah im just saying i dont agree with what he as said its totally wrong what asirel said
by staffie on January 21st, 2007
"Opinion" does not equal factual information. Asairel presented his/her statments as if they were facts. Did not say "in my OPINION it is not advisable to have..." just threw it out there much like Rush Limbaugh tosses out "facts" that have nothing to do with reality. If you're presenting yourself as a knowledable person on this subject, let's see some research, some real information, not just dogma. I'm sick to death of people's dogma about this breed. I am an animal rescuer and advocate. I have done a ton of reading and reasearch on the breed and on dangerous dog laws. Here is an excellent OPINION piece which includes links to some pretty credible research. http://badrap-blog.blogspot.com/2006/11/fun-with-numbers.html
Educate yourselves, for the love of God.
by gonzogirl on January 22nd, 2007
hi gonzogirl the page cannot be displayed. im also fed up with dogs getting a bad name because of comments like the above :0)
by staffie on January 22nd, 2007
Oh btw... well said Imowned! lol
by Imowned on January 22nd, 2007
go f**k yourself imowned. you are talking absolute crap. the only dog around here that is dangerous is you.
by staffie on January 22nd, 2007
yeah yeah you are the one talking crap about dogs. If you knew enything about dogs you wouldnt let any of these animals to live. God gave us animals for one reason. to kill them and eat them and dogs meat is not good at all. so i just step on them with my car for fun. i hope i can step on your stupid dog too one day
by Imowned on January 22nd, 2007
well said Imowned i hate people who have no idea about anything and they talk crap
by Imowned on January 22nd, 2007
OWNED
by Imowned on January 22nd, 2007
imowned you really have no idea at all. some1 as DUMB and IGNORANT as you shouldnt be allowed an opinion. your opinion is total CRAP
by staffie on January 22nd, 2007
in this forum, one can ask a question and people can answer their opinion. it is very obvious that everyone here is stating an opinion according to their experience and knowledge and do people really need to put the "in my opnion" when the questioner clearly stated "what do you think?" it means THEY ARE ASKING YOUR OPINION!" and asairel just stated an answer without that f*cking line "in my opinion" coz obviously she knows that every answer here WHETHER IT IS RIGHT OR WRONG are the opinions of every person who will choose to answer questions and it will depends on the reader whether or not to accept it.I WOULD RATHER CHOOSE TO BE DUMB AND IGNORANT THAN TO BE ARROGANT for there is a CURE WITH THESE but WITH BEING an ARROGANT DOESN'T HAVE A CURE like what you have staffie! and i just hope one day you will not cry your ass out saying your dog bitten or attacked someone, more probably you! my friend was bitten to death by his own "cute & harmless" dog all of a sudden! http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/165
by sacredheart on January 25th, 2007
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/36129
by sacredheart on January 25th, 2007
firstly i am sorry to hear about your friend. people dont respect their animals thats why things happen (my opinion). i know my dogs warning signs and thats what people should do who have dogs RESPECT them and know their WARNING signs. a dog will always warn before it attacks just like us we dont just go upto someone and hit them do we. also the question was not just someones opinion it was also are pittbulls ALWAYS mean.
by staffie on January 25th, 2007
but the general question is "WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THEM?" isn't it? so it is clearly shown that it was asking for an OPINION and who said opinion can't be put in an answer box and those are only for comment box? then why does staffie put her OPINION IN AN ANSWER BOX TOO? when opinion are just meant for "comment box" and for your info staffie that dog was treated well and when that dog bit my friend they were playing, yeah the dog gave warning "1 growl" then bit him to death not giving him a chance to escape.the point is pitt bulls are build for fighting not as a pet and asairel doesn't generalized all dogs! why can't you just accept that not all dogs can be as "good and tame" as your dogs? and not all people see dogs the way you see them? if you can RESPECT a dog why can't you RESPECT SOMEONE's VIEW over that topic? and fix your arrogance cause you know better cause you are a proud owner of dogs and have experience? these people stating their opinions/answer are based on experience too!
by sacredheart on January 25th, 2007
yeah every1 does have the right to an opinion i just think its wrong to give dogs a bad name thats all. as you said yourself the dog in question gave warning first. im sorry about your friend but all dogs do not behave this way and its wrong to say a certain breed of dog is vicious etc because they r not all the same. and i never said the dog in question wasnt treated well i said people need to RESPECT and know the dogs WARNING signs, a dog will warn before attacking FACT. poodles attack but you never hear any1 saying poodles are a dangerous dog do you. why are pitt bulls and other dogs any different
by staffie on January 25th, 2007
the question is about pitt bulls right? so its understandble that all answers here are about the pitt bull itself. and about respecting, its the same as what you had stated "people need to RESPECT" in short you yourself RESPECT DOGS so that includes you as you stand on you points about dogs and i hope i don't need to elaborate that matter too for you. point here is that asairel gave an opinion and just misinterpreted by people who has a stand like you. she and other people stand as pitt bulls are not adviseable as pet and always ferocious" so respect it. and you and the others said "no they aren't" and they respect that, so end of the story. no matter how good you look at you dogs, accept that NOT ALL PEOPLE will see it that way too.. RESPECT ONE'S ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE, you can comment, yes but not as arrogant as you was with your previous post as if you know all and better than the rest.."just because you own a dog" not to mention your being sarcastic.
by sacredheart on January 25th, 2007
im not being sarcastic at all. people with opinions like asairel are the people that give dogs a bad name. i am just trying to put the correct word out there that dogs are not dangerous if you respect them. whats so wrong in that. no body can agree on anything all the time but what is wrong with me telling the TRUTH
by staffie on January 25th, 2007
you are are right there "no body can agree on anything all the time".. need to say more? asairel isn't giving dogs a bad name, as what you are doing, its still depends on the person who will read whether or not to accept her reply. TRUTH is depends on someone's experience over something, for others you are WRONG just like how you find asairel's reply.
by sacredheart on January 25th, 2007
i dont know if i read your comment right but how am i giving dogs a bad name? ive done nothing to give dogs a bad name. i am the one saying dogs are not viscious etc etc. anyway we will just have to agree to disagree on this one
by staffie on January 25th, 2007
yeah you read my comment wrong. i meant "in as what you are doing" (opposing asairel's reply) stands for your " no body can agree on anything all the time" you can't agree with her and she is to you and so with some others. as what i said "TRUTH is depends on someone's experience over somthing"( with this topic.)what can be TRUE to you might be WRONG for others or vice versa.
by sacredheart on January 25th, 2007
ok then im gonna leave it here now because this topic could go on for hours and there is no way we are going to agree on this. i think its best to agree to disagree this time
by staffie on January 25th, 2007
I'm going to have to come to staffie's rescue on this one, sacredheart. Sorry I'm late to this argument. :)
Truth is NOT subjective as you suggested ("TRUTH is depends on someone's experience over something"). Truth is truth. Period. See the definition:
truth 1. the true or actual state of a matter; 2. conformity with fact or reality; verity; 3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like
Asairel stated her OPINION but masqueraded it as FACT. Yes, someone is ALLOWED to say "The sun revolves around the earth" and in fact, people used to believe that. It was their opinion. But it was NOT the truth.
by BSL is the PITS on November 19th, 2009
The TRUTH about pit bulls can be found if one researches. Just saying you had an experience with one or that you watch TV (EXTREMELY BIASED!) doesn't give you a leg to stand on. The facts about pit bulls (their jaws DON'T lock, they are NOT human aggressive by nature, they DON'T "just snap" or "turn on you", etc.) have actual concrete evidence to back them up. Not just opinions from someone who's never actually done the research.
http://pbrc.net/faq.html
http://www.thetruthaboutpitbulls.com
http://www.workingpitbull.com/aboutpits.htm
by BSL is the PITS on November 19th, 2009
http://www.realpitbull.com/myths.html
http://www.pitbulllovers.com/american-pit-bull-terrier-myths.html
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.cfm
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/animal-witness/michael-vick/pit-bull-myths-quiz/
http://www.americanhumane.org/assets/docs/protecting-animals/PA-resources-pit-bull-myths.pdf
http://www.thedogpark.com/articles/dog-breeds/pit-bull-breeds/pit-bull-myths-and-facts.php
Shall I post more evidence for you? Or just opinions?
by BSL is the PITS on November 19th, 2009
Thank you 'BSL is the PITS'. Good answer :)
by C. on March 29th, 2011