TROUBLEMAKERS: What pit bulls can teach us about profiling.
Then which are the pit bulls that get into trouble? “The ones that the legislation is geared toward have aggressive tendencies that are either bred in by the breeder, trained in by the trainer, or reinforced in by the owner,� Herkstroeter says. A mean pit bull is a dog that has been turned mean, by selective breeding, by being cross-bred with a bigger, human-aggressive breed like German shepherds or Rottweilers, or by being conditioned in such a way that it begins to express hostility to human beings. A pit bull is dangerous to people, then, not to the extent that it expresses its essential pit bullness but to the extent that it deviates from it. A pit-bull ban is a generalization about a generalization about a trait that is not, in fact, general. That’s a category problem.
Fantastic article.
Also puts a point on why I’ve had issues with some of the recent topics of conversation at the Corcorans’.
Miracle Ed is temporarily escaping the clutches of the US Army and coming to town this weekend.
Should be good times.
I’m not sure, but there may be a trip to a tattoo parlor in the works.
Flyers’ Forsberg re-injures his groin
I take no joy in this — Peter is my favorite hockey player to watch. He’s up there with Cam Neely and Ray Bourque on my all-time list. I’m only trying to justify not being destroyed by his departure from the Colorado Avalanche.
Mike sent me a note last night to let me know he’s got a recipe for tea-smoked game hen on the ballot at TeaChef.com — It’s a whiz-bang concoction and deserves everybody’s vote, so get on out there!
Mike also sent me this list of famous primates, which I am sure I’ve seen a couple times before but never seem to keep around.
I hope you guys keep an eye on my del.icio.us links.
It’s very high volume on geek stuff, but there are the occasional gems for normal people, too.
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Back when I was a tyke growing up in the steamy Sarasota jungle, I sported a shirt much like this.
I love it, but that’s a bit high on the price scale for a t-shirt, yo.
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