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It's not a default position. Are you saying young children ARE capable of higher reasoning? And that is also why smacking, for me, would be a last resort - escalated response to continued behaviour, particularly unsafe ones. It makes me cross when people ascribe attributes to children that...

And putting a child in the naughty corner doesn't involve the same?

Not when kids are young. And primitiveness doesn't necessarily mean bad, given humans are and remain very "primitive" (i.e. instinctual and driven by our evolutionary heritage) creatures.

Appeal to the very simplistic ideas of cause and effect. Much the same as other animals do to their children, really..?

Empathy and compassion != ability to reason. I don't think parents who smack their children are trying to shame them/make them sad/make them afraid. If they were, THAT is abuse.

No, it's true - it's just that it usually happens so early in the pregnancy that the mother never knows she was pregnant. Foetal abnormalities are normal, and the body usually catches it and spontaneously aborts very early in the process.

The breed itself? I doubt it; otherwise NO pit bull would make a good pet, and they do. Certain lines of breeding? Quite possible. I still regard it as on the nurture side, however. Consider a dog a dangerous one and it is generally treated and exploited as one.

Agreed - though as one can breed in genetic diseases, one can breed them out. Most of the time they are just for aesthetics, i.e. hip displaysia in german shepherds, and this fault can be bred out simply by not breeding H/H animals. A good example of this is the deliberate breeding of the...

Dear god whyyy whyyyyyyy

Most well-trained entire dogs don't get overly aggressive, just as most well-trained stallions aren't aggressive (the untrained ones ruin the reputation). I just think it's irresponsible to have an entire animal if you're not a show breeder/breeder with a purpose - and unfair to the animal.

It depends on when you desex them, and the breed. For most breeds, they'll be just as good as. English Springer Spaniel breeders often wait until their male dogs are 2 years old before desexing them because of their rate of maturation.

Hey, I agree with that. I also think there should be licenses to breed them - if people didn't think either a) "I want to show my kids the miracle of life!" b) "I want to make a quick buck selling puppies!" c) "It's cruel to desex an animal, Rex is a red-blooded male!" then animal shelters...

Most people are retards.

And the Catholic church accepts the scientific definition of the word theory (which you don't?). However, if you're willing to put the Church over science in this case - why are you doing a science degree?! Logic? Yes. Proof? No. Therefore your last statement is meaningless in this context.

Which is why where you source your pet from is very important. Pedigree show lines that have never been used in dogfighting are the only ones I would trust. Dogs rescued from fighting rings? No way Jose - and same goes for labs, dobermans, rotties, and other big dogs with big teeth.

You, however, don't concur with this as you don't accept the scientific definition of the word "theory". How and why? Atheism is a default negative position (i.e. there is no God). By definition, you can't prove a negative/absence. As a science student you should know this. Lol okay.

Of course not. As I said, she was inside at the time, let alone not being an aggressive dog.

When I was younger, we owned a Rottie. Because of the reputation, we made sure she was the best-bloody trained dog in the entire area. Forreals, she could have been a service dog. Didn't stop the caretaker of the school next door accusing her when he was attacked by a stray dog, even though...

I would refute that in the case of one that has been well-trained and, well, treated like a normal dog, not a fighting animal.

Just make it easier for yourself. Leave all your valuables at home/in your locker or, as people say, put them under your seat.