Some breeds are potentially more dangerous than other dogs.

Everybody has a right to their opinion, right? Except when it infringes on the self-indulgence (Get used to this word. I’ll use it like salt) of those who disagree. To be precise, when the other person is inconvenienced.

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So some people who own one of the following — pit bull, Rottweiler, German shepherd, bulldog, mastiff, husky, Labrador retriever, boxer, doberman, chow chow — went hairy all over Dorval city council over the proposed breed specific legislation ( BSL ).

Doesn’t matter these breeds are capable of taking your face off, based on statistical data (God forbid.) The draft was not based on imagination but research. Noooooooo. People who own these breeds are irate why? Forget the dog part. It’s because a self-indulgent person wants what they want, and doesn’t give a hoot about how it may affect others.

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While pit bull aficionados rip into your troll responses, I give three examples of what I am really talking about, and has nada to do with pit bulls — the most unstable dogs imaginable:

Suppose you are an avid gun owner. Maybe you even have an assault rifle. Chances are, you object to laws that restrict owning any firearm because it wasn’t your kid that was blown away somewhere. Self-indulgent. (Logic: Pit bulls don’t eat poodles. People who own pit bulls do.) Suppose you buy cases of water bottles, and always ask for plastic bags, as opposed to having cloth. What if they charge you $5 for a plastic bag and explain to you that marine life is choking on your plastic? Do you agree or go ballistic like that woman in Dorval? (Because the squeaky wheel gets the grease.) You don’t really care about unity consciousness. Only about yourself. I recently volunteered at an out-of-town Blue Dot event asking passerby’s if they would sign a petition guaranteeing us the right to have clean air and clean water. Ninety percent walked by uttering, “Not today.” They couldn’t be bothered because it didn’t benefit them today. Self-indulgent.

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So, Dorval’s city council revised the draft removing breed-specific legislation, spewing rhetoric about appeasing (the self-indulgent) but what they did was (in dog terms) roll over and play dead at the expense of the silent majority. Do not underestimate how much damage is done by the vocal (self-indulgent wing) minority.

I have been bitten several times by some of the dogs listed. The majority has it right: Certain breeds are genetically more dangerous, and seizing/evaluating a dog which behaved dangerously is too late. I know people who own boa constrictors. Do I have to wait till it eats someone in their sleep before I ban them? (How do we know banning guns will not work? We haven’t tried it.)

As one reader succinctly wrote:

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“Just this summer we’ve had the deaths of at least four children by pit bull and pit mix. In one case, Rottweilers were involved as part of the pack. But citizens are expected to be sitting ducks in the great will they or won’t they pit bull experiment.”

In summary: Just because you own a pit bull or an assault rifle or drink from plastic water bottles or use plastic bags, you are not right. Just self-indulgent. There are alternate dogs, containers and bags you can choose from. But no, far easier to ignore your fellow man and protest.