How can you not be moved by the world’s top athletes coming together and competing in an environment that strives for excellence?  The message that it sends about physical fitness alone is inspiring.

But am I the only one that finds it offensive-verging-on-outrageous that McDonald’s – that obesity and cardiac disease inspiring producer of fat and sodium “sandwiches” – is a major sponsor of the Olympics?  AND the official restaurant of the games.  With THREE on-site “restaurants”.

Do people REALLY like their irony served up with a super-sized order of fries?

Sleep is an awfully useful tool for shrugging off the crappier days.

1. We need to eliminate from society any individual who is strong and healthy, because strong and healthy people are more likely to be able to effectively commit terrible crimes.
2. We must also eliminate any individual of greater-than-average intelligence, because they might be more easily trained to commit crimes.
3. It is far more important for the law to eliminate the victims of physical or mental abuse rather than pursue the abusers.  After all, it’s their own damn fault for being victimized in the first place, isn’t it?  (And if we can’t see the victims, it makes it easier for us to pretend there was never a problem to begin with.)
4. Finally, we should eliminate any and all individuals who have similar physical characteristics of people or groups who have, in the past, ever been associated with violent or criminal behaviour. (Of course, this would mean wiping out the entire populations of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, The Middle East, and, well, just about every other human or animal on the planet.)

Only when we live by the above-mentioned principles will we really begin to feel safe in our communities.

Now, here are a few facts that (thanks, as always, to media sensationalism) you may or may not be aware of:

1. There is no such thing as a breed of dog called a “Pit Bull”.  “Pit-Bull” is a common term used to refer to several different breeds of dog of the Molosser family.  Furthermore, there are an estimated 24 to 27 different breeds of dogs that share similar physical features to those associated with “Pit Bulls”.
2. Ask any veterinarian or veterinary college:  “Pit Bulls” are no more or less likely to be aggressive than any other type of dog.  In fact there is no scientific evidence ANYWHERE to support this (largely media-hyped) myth.
3. In general, “Pit Bulls” DO tend to be:   1)Very intelligent and easily trained;  2)healthy and strong; and 3) loyal.  (Gee, what a TOTAL shock that some assholes choose this particular breed of animal to be fighter and/or attack dogs.)
4. ANY animal can be trained (ie: abused) to be vicious.  Even a Chihuahua. And there are certainly no shortage of other breeds of dogs that are commonly used for such purposes:  Rottweiler, Doberman, German Shepherd, to name just three, not to mention the hundreds of different cross-breeds that often get used.  Strange that governments aren’t banning these breeds as well…
5. Before the more recent media-hyped and sensationalized bad reputation these animals have been tagged with, ”Pit Bulls” were widely considered to be the quintessential family pet:  Loyal, easily trained, affectionate, and healthy.

Jurisdictions across North America have enacted Breed-Specific legislative bans on “Pit Bulls” based on much of the aforementioned sensationalist “Bull” shit.  These completely unjustifiable laws  have been unfairly enacted against these poor dogs, preventing people from owning them or adopting them from shelters.  This has resulted in the mass euthanasia of thousands of innocent animals whose only crime was being healthy, strong, and intelligent, and that having similar physical characteristics to a non-existent “breed” of dog.

The reason for this disgusting mass slaughter of animals? It is politically easier to make the public feel “safer” by banning an entire group of animals who have no voice and cannot defend themselves than to go after the REAL source of the problem:  The abusive owners that train these animals to be vicious in the first place.

If the media wanted a sensational story to report that one-ups “Dog Bites Boy“, they should write about how politicians who are directly responsible for killing thousands of animals created laws to punish the innocent so that they would have to deal with going after criminals.

Not only should these same politicians be booted from office for not protecting the safety of our communities, they should also be prosecuted for mass cruelty to animals.

Where the hell did the time go??