PAIN - THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

PAIN | 2006-11-12

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Good observation Edwin. And each time they come up with another weird one, they have changed holds.

I once owned a pit bull dog. He caused some difficulties, but I learned from him.

The pit bull dog does not make a sound when he attacks. The fight is not personal. Before he sprints to his foe, he pauses stock still, wheels spinning, as he chooses his hold. He has an instinctive ability to balance strengths — which have to be taken out — and weaknesses — which are easy to take out. Whatever hold he chooses he keeps until thrown off. He is only thrown off when he lacks experience. Pretty grim.

My bull dog could hike with me anywhere and climb slippery rocks and some trees. One day I stupidly took him off the leash when I was running back down a mountain on a new trail. At one switch back, he froze, and I saw his wheels spinning. I knew what that meant.

What I didn't expect was a horse on the other side, his owner beside him.

Before I could tackle him he was off like a shot. This was his first (and only) chance at a large animal. He grabbed the horse on his fleshy thigh. The horse threw him off twice and the dog flew in an arc about ten feet and landed with a loud thud. The third time I tackled him. The dog was fine, the horse badly hurt. I paid the vet bill and was lucky that was it.

A bad thing it was, but it was impressive to watch a disciplined professional (dog) in action.

COMMENTS (3)

#1 Alan B. | 2006-11-13 00:32

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Your story Bob reminded me of the time my labs came across a bedded down button buck. The buck got up and ran right into a barb wire fense, needless to say the my two dogs eventually took down this deer in the near by river and it drowned. When a natural born hunter is focussed on a target it will be oblivious to everything around it. The hunter is diven for the kill, he ignores all distractions. Like my dogs, as long as we focus on taking these PC radicals down for the kill and ignore their distractions we should be able to drown them with the Mantra.

#2 Alan B. | 2006-11-13 00:50

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Pain your a genius, I commented on the pit bull piece thinking Bob was the writer. Sorry, but then again its a commpliment.

#3 Mark | 2006-11-13 16:38

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Peter your story of your pit bull got something rolling mentally. Forgive me casting the pit bull as the big bad wolf in my story:

Whenever I discuss the black problem, in EVERY conversation the other white person will invariably say, "Yes, but I've known a few good black people," or "Not every black person is bad -- there are some good ones -- not many perhaps, but a few."

My new reply:

I've known a few good pit bulls too -- who didn't seem overly anxious to eat me alive. However, even though I've encountered a few nice pit bulls, I wouldn't want my daughter bringing one into our home. They are bred for aggression. I wouldn't want my next door neighbors to begin raising pit bulls either. They might get loose and attack a child or a neighbor's dog. And I certainly wouldn't want my dogs to mate with a pit bull. Could you imagine the angry, vicous pups that would come out of her?

Since we humans are nothing more than thinking animals, why would you want members of the black race -- a race given to crime, drugs, and violence -- to reside in your neighborhood -- or marry your daughter? Does it make sense to play with fire?