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Tldr- 11y/o girl and two grown men hospitalised by Bully XL.

“Thankfully” it’s the same attack at a petrol station that’s already been reported.

If that gets posted three more times, it'll be 15 people in hospital because of one dog. When will this madness end?

Surely the number of dogs would scale too? 5 dogs mauling 15 people is actually a more terrifying prospect.

Imagine thinking this is a level headed response to an investigation of wide spread sexual misconduct in your profession

showing the burglars his balls and waiting to be stroked.

would prob make most burglars think twice tbf

Is he suggesting that female doctors forgot to read the textbook chapter entitled "Sexual Assault and You; Toughen Up, Sweetheart!"...??

What a fucking pillock.

Dr Peter Hilton, Consultant anaesthetist/intensivist 19886-2020, Armchair Cunt, Haverfordwest

Wonder what Dr Hilton was like to work with then... What a cunt.

Sexually inappropriate... actions do occur... toughen up

Do wonder what 'actions' he would be excusing - a gentle grope, a stolen kiss, a mild rape in the supply cupboard?

If the women in the hospital aren’t trying to get with him then why are they all dressed like sexy nurses, huh? (Meant as a joke, not inferring women can’t be doctors or administrators or janitors)

Prefer them as what? Spouses, colleagues, friends, GPs, MPs, shop assistants, pets? It's an inane question.

Slow reply to Mr Melling but it's not an inane question - the generality is implicit.

People - steadily destroying the earth and many of it's creatures. Gave arguably the world's most important job to Donald Trump.

Animals - just want to live and be not be made extinct thank you. Almost all of the world's problems have been created by people.

Nature is brutal and animals can definitely be cunts but more often that not it's actually man's fault. I really don't think the nuance is important here.

If you need a case study for why animals > people, here you go:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66785699

And yet we still have a Tory government. Though not a republic.

Worst of both worlds :((

On the plus side, 'our' authoritarian government is much less effective than the Singaporian one. You wouldn't catch them struggling to export Dammit to Rwanda.

The level of obvious corruption is much lower and the level of administrative competence is much higher. Some of its just good PR though- the place has a reputation for leading on digital services but it’s a micron thick veneer that shatters regularly and then you have to go and queue in a physical office.

The Councillor made their excuses and left…

https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/2023/09/10/empty-walthamstow-empire-used-as-a-makeshift-nightclub-by-squatters/

Man killed yesterday by two dogs. Sunak wants to ban the breed involved by the end of the year. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-ban-american-xl-bully-dogs-by-end-year-2023-09-15/

If similar to the pit bull ban, existing dogs will be allowed, but adopting or buying new dogs will be illegal. Existing dogs will also need to be neutered I believe.

According to the Guardian, apparently the original legislation was that banned dogs were put down:

Under the original legislation, banned dogs had to be destroyed, and courts did not have any discretion in cases where owners were arguing that their dogs had no history of violent behaviour. That led to a spate of newspaper stories about affectionate family pets supposedly being put down without justification.

Subsequently the act was amended to give the courts some discretion, and the legislation is now viewed more favourably.

Don't know obviously the extent of that discretion

We were in Wales this summer and went to a ruined cathedral with a pub and icecream shop adjacent. There was a pit bull lovers meet up, possibly Staffies too. They had specially made t-shirts and walked about the pub garden and road with half of their dogs on leads, no muzzles.

It’s curious how owners’ empathy extends to their dog’s possible feelings about being leashed and muzzled, but not to the few families with small kids who’d prefer that large dogs be kept on leads, as required by the landowner.

I guess that Bully (XL?) will just be added to the list here: https://www.gov.uk/control-dog-public/banned-dogs

And that describes (vaguely) what needs to happen if you want to keep a dog that's on that list of banned breeds.

What about children should be leashed and masked?

amazingly there are many child hannibal lecter costumes as a quick google search showed me!

Don’t know if this has been posted. Will bring a smile to the older south Londoners on here, especially those who grew up near Sydenham, Penge, Forest Hill etc.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66593572.amp

Interesting developments in prurient #metoo coverage..

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Captive bolt all the bad dogs. They are just bad dogs.

Popbitch email this week referred to this I think

Seems relevant

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