[derf]

Originally Posted by azoomm

You ready? http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/..._by_owner.html

"He was trained to kill," said the 29-year-old man. "He had the boy by his throat. The dog was shaking him. He had no chance."

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"They looked mean," Risher said. "Nobody would want to go near them. They were trained to fight."

Some recalled the dogs foaming at the mouth as Jones worked the dogs into a street-clearing frenzy.



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Granted its probably news sensationalism, but I will refer to my earlier statement about my pre-concieved notions about the folks I know that live in that neighborhood and why they own dogs like that. Dog fighting is cool, its a hobby and a way of life, and even if he wasnt into dog fighting, having a vicious dog is cool and gets respect

Originally Posted by derf

I didnt mention shit. But since you bring it up:

I blame the owners. I know the neigborhood (here comes the racist in me), i grew up there, well the next neigborhood over anyway. Remember the crown heights riots of the early 90s? Its that neigborhood, and nothing has changed. Its a super low class neigborhood, the type of place you dont walk down the street unless you want to get robbed. The people that live there use the dog as a status symbol not a pet, the dog is a look at me toy, comparible to the way squids treat their sport bikes.

I would be wiling to make a very safe bet that the dog was trained to be vicious. For a very good description of what I believe the environment that this dog was living in please refer to any DMX song made "my dogs fight ruf ruf" "my dogs bite ruf ruf"