This is Utterly Wrong

[Churchill]

Not sure about that idea!

Why not?

Decrimanalise and reduce the cost of drugs - massive reduction in crime.

Improve the supply and let the worthless tulips kill themselves.

A win/win situation.

[BoredBloke]

Why not insist on having their teeth removed. Never heard of somebody being gummed to death or seriously disfigured by excessive saliva.

Some of the following might shed some light as to if these people should own these types of dogs

do you own fake burberry?
have you ever tucked your pants into your socks?
Nike Shocks or Rockports, discuss
What is the correct angle to wear your cap?
Can you use a biro to produce a tatoo for your hands using only the letters l o v e h a t e?
At what point is the diameter of your exhaust too big?
At what point is the Spoiler too big?
At what point are the speakers too big?
Have you ever held down a job for more than a week?
Circle breakfast time 8.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00, later than 12.00?
At what age were you excluded from school?
Do you know the names of all of your children?
Do you know all the letters of the alpahbet and can you draw them?
What is the biggest number you know?
How many dads did you have while growing up?

[darmstadt]

Absolute b*llocks.
I could do as much damage to you or more with a pair of spectacles or a sharp pencil than the most vicious dog. What are you going to do, ban pointy objects as well ?

Haven't the septics already done that???

[Churchill]

Tony,

Were you ever young?

You can't blame all of the UKs ills on the youth of today. Someone gave birth to the little bastards.

As for controlling indescriminate breeding, it can't be done. Look at SB!

[richard-af]

Why not?

Decrimanalise and reduce the cost of drugs - massive reduction in crime.

Improve the supply and let the worthless tulips kill themselves.

A win/win situation.

They are killing themseleves anyway.

Crime would simply pop-up in another guise. Always does.

[meridian]

Agreed. But the whole point is that Dublin City Council have banned the keeping of certain breeds. They have, I suppose, found that trusting the good folk of Dublin to be responsible has, in some cases, backfired nastily. Same everywhere.

Not quite. Dublin City Council have banned their tenants from owning certain dogs, not all dog owners in Dublin.

And if you've ever seen an inner-Dublin corpo flat and their residents, by definition they are targeting certain types of chavvy owners

[BoredBloke]

"Were you ever young?

You can't blame all of the UKs ills on the youth of today. Someone gave birth to the little bastards.

As for controlling indescriminate breeding, it can't be done. Look at SB!"

I don't - My list is designed with the future in mind. i.e. when todays chav grows up and gets a big toothed mucle bound monster. Some of the questions would apply to the scary dog owners of today though.

Personally I would never own a dog that I couldn't kick the sh1t out of if it turned on me. That is why I have this nice deal running with our local vet whereby he gives me all the dogs which are on their last legs. You know the ones that are so old that they sh1t themselves when you pop a crisp packet.

[richard-af]

Not quite. Dublin City Council have banned their tenants from owning certain dogs, not all dog owners in Dublin.

And if you've ever seen an inner-Dublin corpo flat and their residents, by definition they are targeting certain types of chavvy owners

Fair play te ye, sorrrr!

[EternalOptimist]

You are missing the point, I think. If we are comparing the lethality of objects, then pens, spectacles, orange-flavoured Tic-Tics, whatever have one important difference to a dog: they are inanimate objects. A dog is quite different, in that respect, I think you'll agree.

And dogs can be, and sometimes are, left to roam free. Also, they can simply get the hump, and then be savage and dangerous, and possibly uncontrollable. I've not heard of anyone being savaged by 10-stone pen before.

I think my POV is further backed-up by the fact that there is no such thing as an inanimate object training class. Dog training classes do exist. QED, and all that.

Exactly so.
Stop treating these animals as inanimate objects!
We agree that dog training classes might be an answer, much better than a blanket ban that hurts the people who are already doing it right. Glad that you came round to the right way of thinking in the end

[richard-af]

Exactly so.
Stop treating these animals as inanimate objects!
We agree that dog training classes might be an answer, much better than a blanket ban that hurts the people who are already doing it right. Glad that you came round to the right way of thinking in the end

Hmmm... "Mad Irish Council Spends Loads on Dog Training Classes for Tattooed Chavs"... I can see the headlines now.