Mary Jo, I think were on the same side, what say we drop this line, and push all this energy to ending Breed Specific Laws, and educating people about pit breeds?
sas -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks -----Original Message----- From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:00 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: A pic to make ya cringe >If you want to split hairs, I'm right. There's an American and English >Pitbull Terrier, however there is no breed simply called pitbull. Pit bull is an abbreviated form of the full breed name, and has been for many years. Just as we call a Labrador Retriever a "lab" or my breed Shetland Sheepdog a "sheltie". To say there is no such breed as a pit bull is no different than saying there's no such breed as a lab. You might be semantically correct, but you wouldn't find many knowledgeable dog people that would agree with the statement. >If you ask the average joe on the street what any of these breeds are >they'll say "pitbull". I'm not putting out mis-information. It's the BSL >folks that are And the average joe is wrong. The fact that people mislabel other breeds as pit bulls just shows all the more the need to educate them on the facts about what a true pit bull is and what qualities it should have, and that this is an old breed which has a long reputation as a wonderful companion and family dog. It does the breed no service to just try and pretend it doesn't exist. Interestingly enough MSN just posted this article where they are quite clearly referring to a "pit bull" and the APBT as one and the same. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19937995/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
