This could be as much fun as a Helmet Debate. But to stop that happening, we could all try to ease off the throttle a little.
My late father was a most humane and caring man, but regularly wound dog owners up by saying loudly that he'd have all non-working dogs put down as they were not in posession of an immortal soul (this from a man of no faith) and served no useful function in society. It was absolutely clear that he would never hurt a dog. He was having a giggle and stirring things up. Sometimes it worked very well; sometimes he was ignored.
People do that online too, but there are those who let this enrage them. I've fallen for it myself. We all have at one time or another.
Two of the best topics for a guaranteed furious response are pet ownership and cycling safety (including helmet use).
Personally, I find the need to own a dog slightly odd. Even odder are those folk who pay huge sums to buy pedgree dogs and then pay again to have broken pelvises on injured hounds repaired, or put their mutt through the misery of regular injections or similar for debilitating chronic conditions. One neighbour who hads a pedigree mutt pays a HUUUUGE sum in medical insurance, justifying it in terms of the monetary value of the dog... There is no irony west of Oxford. The dog is stupid and I fear the neighbour may be too. Sick dogs represent one reason why God gave us the shotgun. My cat agrees on this last point as far as dogs are concerned. He is unaware that I feel the same way about sick cats.
I've just noticed that he's watching me type this.
He can read.
I am f*cked.
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