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Well, Toto you ain’t in Kansas anymore. You’re in a nice “civilized” community (where being a dog is gittin’ harder all the time). Running and playing are ok, long as you keep your owner tethered close to you. Exercise without freedom (and please, no barking). Oh and if mother nature calls while you’re enjoying life? Don’t answer that call. Not on “public” grass anyway!
Seems to me there’s always a call for a “quick and easy” solution to every sticky (stinky?) situation that comes up nowadays..., Ban It!
Awhile back there was a great hullabaloo about folks burning (stinky) things? Then came similar discussions about (stinky) outdoor furnaces. Ban ‘em! Came the clarion call. Except that “clarion” call (meaning: “loud and clear”) quickly got mired in the realities of other peoples rights.
Somehow we’ve raised up a generation of folks who believe in “entitlement” (and their “protect me” mentality) more than other peoples “rights”? Doesn’t make them right. They’ve somehow gotten the notion imbedded in their minds that they have an inherent right to limit the rights of other people, anytime (every time) Anything offends them in any way. They’re wrong.
And they certainly don’t have the right (or ability) to eliminate mother nature.
Life is full of little unpleasantries that we’ve (somehow) lived with forever. But today, some folks think everything or anything they don’t care for can (must?) be frowned upon, changed, stopped or better yet..., “Banned”.
I’ve mentioned in the past, this has been tried. For instance with burning, guns, pornography, books (with some limited success?). But success, however it’s measured, can often be elusive.
So now we (not me) want to eliminate dogs (for “eliminating”) in our public park(s) in our county seat?!
I don’t live in the county seat, but it remains mine as much as it’s yours. I don’t walk my dog in the park. (as some of you know I don’t have a dog anymore, Dollbaby, the “d*** dog”, as I affectionately referred her, died a while back). But if I had a dog, and if I walked her in the park, I’d clean up after her!
From what I read in the newspaper, that just might not be good enough?
Paraphrasing; one person commented (don’t they always?) referring to errant dog owners, “... even when owners clean up, children are still playing in the area...” What?! How is it that somehow, Everything Always concerns “The Children?" (now don’t go cussin’ me, I love children too).
Does this mean “the children” shouldn’t even observe dogs “doing their duty?” Or does it mean the children might be “exposed” to touching (smelling? stepping in? playing with? throwing at little sister?) the doggy doo-doo?
Heaven forbid mother nature should intrude into the lives of “our children!”
I mean, some of us (lucky ones?) grew up with a “dooryard” right outside the kitchen door. We weren’t blessed with such citified niceties as “lawns” (or sidewalks or curbs or traffic). We did have other things. Like dogs and cats and sometimes chickens (they didn’t stick around that long) even the occasional horse or cow roaming free in the immediate area.
There was a rule (not a ban) one learned early on..., watch where you put your feet!
Life is full of little sticky messes. We learned to deal with it. And that didn’t mean trying to change the nature of nature (you’ll lose).
Then along comes “human” nature (breeding idiots) in the form of people. Ones who don’t take responsibility to clean up after their dogs (or their children or themselves I suspect). But that’s something you can change (with modest success). If the right incentives are employed.
The humans involved in this current sticky (stinky) situation are no different than the ones who were burning stinky things next door to their neighbors (until recently). A “ban” was all the rage (in the beginning). But with a healthy dose of common sense and lots of talkin’ about it, human nature was changed for the better.
All it took was letting people know what was right and what was wrong.
Then putting in place some understandable rules and backing them up with strong, enforceable (read, costly) regulations to coerce the idiots into compliance. What started as a “Ban” on burning, was boiled down, into a set of common sense (common courtesy) “nuisance regulations”.
Maybe some strong(er) rules (fines) and a little strict enforcement would be enough to keep the idiots at bay?
I Don’t Know About You..., One tried and true way to teach a dog (owner) about Doggie-Doo (and don’ts)...? Rub their nose in it.
Cal Teeple, is often found three stools down. Also At: www.wayneindependent.com/cal And At: calteeple@gmail.com He’s founder of the Observational Cogitation Consortium and may be accosted, ignored or contacted in all three places.
Well, Toto you ain’t in Kansas anymore. You’re in a nice “civilized” community (where being a dog is gittin’ harder all the time). Running and playing are ok, long as you keep your owner tethered close to you. Exercise without freedom (and please, no barking). Oh and if mother nature calls while you’re enjoying life? Don’t answer that call. Not on “public” grass anyway!
Seems to me there’s always a call for a “quick and easy” solution to every sticky (stinky?) situation that comes up nowadays..., Ban It!
Awhile back there was a great hullabaloo about folks burning (stinky) things? Then came similar discussions about (stinky) outdoor furnaces. Ban ‘em! Came the clarion call. Except that “clarion” call (meaning: “loud and clear”) quickly got mired in the realities of other peoples rights.
Somehow we’ve raised up a generation of folks who believe in “entitlement” (and their “protect me” mentality) more than other peoples “rights”? Doesn’t make them right. They’ve somehow gotten the notion imbedded in their minds that they have an inherent right to limit the rights of other people, anytime (every time) Anything offends them in any way. They’re wrong.
And they certainly don’t have the right (or ability) to eliminate mother nature.
Life is full of little unpleasantries that we’ve (somehow) lived with forever. But today, some folks think everything or anything they don’t care for can (must?) be frowned upon, changed, stopped or better yet..., “Banned”.
I’ve mentioned in the past, this has been tried. For instance with burning, guns, pornography, books (with some limited success?). But success, however it’s measured, can often be elusive.
So now we (not me) want to eliminate dogs (for “eliminating”) in our public park(s) in our county seat?!
I don’t live in the county seat, but it remains mine as much as it’s yours. I don’t walk my dog in the park. (as some of you know I don’t have a dog anymore, Dollbaby, the “d*** dog”, as I affectionately referred her, died a while back). But if I had a dog, and if I walked her in the park, I’d clean up after her!
From what I read in the newspaper, that just might not be good enough?
Paraphrasing; one person commented (don’t they always?) referring to errant dog owners, “... even when owners clean up, children are still playing in the area...” What?! How is it that somehow, Everything Always concerns “The Children?" (now don’t go cussin’ me, I love children too).
Does this mean “the children” shouldn’t even observe dogs “doing their duty?” Or does it mean the children might be “exposed” to touching (smelling? stepping in? playing with? throwing at little sister?) the doggy doo-doo?
Heaven forbid mother nature should intrude into the lives of “our children!”
I mean, some of us (lucky ones?) grew up with a “dooryard” right outside the kitchen door. We weren’t blessed with such citified niceties as “lawns” (or sidewalks or curbs or traffic). We did have other things. Like dogs and cats and sometimes chickens (they didn’t stick around that long) even the occasional horse or cow roaming free in the immediate area.
There was a rule (not a ban) one learned early on..., watch where you put your feet!
Life is full of little sticky messes. We learned to deal with it. And that didn’t mean trying to change the nature of nature (you’ll lose).
Then along comes “human” nature (breeding idiots) in the form of people. Ones who don’t take responsibility to clean up after their dogs (or their children or themselves I suspect). But that’s something you can change (with modest success). If the right incentives are employed.
The humans involved in this current sticky (stinky) situation are no different than the ones who were burning stinky things next door to their neighbors (until recently). A “ban” was all the rage (in the beginning). But with a healthy dose of common sense and lots of talkin’ about it, human nature was changed for the better.
All it took was letting people know what was right and what was wrong.
Then putting in place some understandable rules and backing them up with strong, enforceable (read, costly) regulations to coerce the idiots into compliance. What started as a “Ban” on burning, was boiled down, into a set of common sense (common courtesy) “nuisance regulations”.
Maybe some strong(er) rules (fines) and a little strict enforcement would be enough to keep the idiots at bay?
I Don’t Know About You..., One tried and true way to teach a dog (owner) about Doggie-Doo (and don’ts)...? Rub their nose in it.
Cal Teeple, is often found three stools down. Also At: www.wayneindependent.com/cal And At: calteeple@gmail.com He’s founder of the Observational Cogitation Consortium and may be accosted, ignored or contacted in all three places.
