Here's what I would do- I would run around in public parks wearing a superhero costume, and if an unleashed vicious dog ran up and started to bark aggressively at me, I would kill it immediately.
Would you hail me as a hero for the common runner/jogger/walker or condemn me as a bloodthirsty maniac?
blood thirsty maniac.
There are better ways to solve problems than killing dogs.
an idiot. A barking dog is only instinctually barking. The ones that don't bark are the ones that go on a dead line for you. Those are the dangerous ones.
You are disturbing.
The first thing you should do is to go help that other kid who keeps getting berated at his coffee shop and is too scared to do anything.
Sounds like the perfect job for a man in a cape. Opportunity abounds for a vigilante superhero. You just have to know where to look.
SC Slim wrote:
The first thing you should do is to go help that other kid who keeps getting berated at his coffee shop and is too scared to do anything.
Sounds like the perfect job for a man in a cape. Opportunity abounds for a vigilante superhero. You just have to know where to look.
Hahaha, best post of the day! a little message bord recent hostory adds to the effect!
HERO in my book! Shoot the owners of said flea-bitten mutt while you're at it. I HATE it when people let their dogs run lose. What a bunch of loosers.
Oops, I thought this was a thread on the UT Distance coach. Never could spell.
dean moriarty wrote:
Here's what I would do- I would run around in public parks wearing a superhero costume, and if an unleashed vicious dog ran up and started to bark aggressively at me, I would kill it immediately.
Would you hail me as a hero for the common runner/jogger/walker or condemn me as a bloodthirsty maniac?
Dean,
I understand your frustration, but this is the wrong way. I've yelled at dog owners when their dog ran up barking at me while running. At the same time, I take my dog and let her run free at a soccer field when no one is there. As soon as I see other people or another dog, she's back on the leash. She's very well trained, so she comes to me as soon as I say her name or whistle. Something could still happen though, but she's a tail wagger and not a barker or a biter. Most dog owners are insane about the rights of their dogs (not me). You kick or injure or kill their dog, and you might be in for a law suit. You kick or injure or kill my dog because I let her off the leash and you felt threatened (after all you don't know her) and I would apologize to you and tell you that I understand why you did that.
Some dog runs up to me and tries to bite me, and I'll kick it to the moon. Would wait until it got to that point first though.
funny you should mention dressing up and acting like an assclown. my dog, from a rescue, only goes after freaks - high school skateborder types dressed in black and other people who look like freaks. there was some stupid teenage stoner at a local park who was wearing an aluminum foil covered box, and HVAC "arms" ... like a '50s scifi robot. man ... it wasn't pretty. we have to avoid driving through boulder now.
Didn't Vigilante used to coach NC State?
I rarely have problems with dogs- I run in an area with TONS of people walking their dogs. Most dogs are very friendly.
However, whenever I am confronted by a snarling beast masquerading as a house pet, and the owner is ambling up the path talking on their cellphone, I consider going vigilante. I have a general rule of thumb, though- if the dog is crazy, the owner is usually crazier. That's why the costume and superpowers would come in handy for when I take the law into my own hands.
BTW, the story about the dog attacking the stoner dressed up like a robot is hilarious.
SC Slim wrote:
Sounds like the perfect job for a man in a cape. Opportunity abounds for a vigilante superhero. You just have to know where to look.
He never said he would have a CAPE.
This is a piece of info we need to know to answer his question.
I hadn't considered a cape, but I could definitely be talked into it.
I think the only vigilantes who would be considered heroes by society are those who went after child molesters (the younger the child molested, the greater the hero). Which is not the same thing as saying that people SHOULD become vigilantes.
macs are so emo wrote:
blood thirsty maniac.
There are better ways to solve problems than killing dogs.
Actually that is not correct. There are no better ways to solve problems than killing dogs. None whatsoever. Killing dogs solve all problems. We should all kill more dogs.
dog killer wrote:
Actually that is not correct. There are no better ways to solve problems than killing dogs. None whatsoever. Killing dogs solve all problems. We should all kill more dogs.
All dog killers should be killed as well. Then those dog killer killers should be killed and then the dog killer killer killers should be killed be dogs who would then be killed by dog killers.
Nice and tidy. No loose ends.
dean moriarty wrote:
I rarely have problems with dogs- I run in an area with TONS of people walking their dogs. Most dogs are very friendly.
However, whenever I am confronted by a snarling beast masquerading as a house pet, and the owner is ambling up the path talking on their cellphone, I consider going vigilante. I have a general rule of thumb, though- if the dog is crazy, the owner is usually crazier. That's why the costume and superpowers would come in handy for when I take the law into my own hands.
BTW, the story about the dog attacking the stoner dressed up like a robot is hilarious.
You're rule of thumb isn't right. If the dog is crazy, the dog owner is almost always an ignorant and incompetent one. He might be crazy, but that goes for any stranger you meet. If you actually get attacked, and not just approached (people confuse the latter for the former but there is no mistake when the real deal is happening) by a "snarling beast", you do what you gotta do, then worry about the owner. I'd hardly call that going vigilante, though.