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According to Time magazine (based on CDC and other sources), pit bulls make up about 6% of dogs in the US and Canada, but over the last 20+ years they account for nearly 70% of dog attacks and over half of dog-related deaths. These statistics are in keeping with Montreal's data--and in fact...

I've had to do this a number of times over the years, and it doesn't get any easier. The mourning is true and deep. At least we can make the inevitable end painless and gentle. But, man, does this thread bring back those loses. My condolences to you and your family.

It looks like the ban has been put on hold for a few days.

Great points, and a compelling way to define "risk."

I've learned quite a lot about pit bulls in the last week. The controversy seems to be in part directed at single-breed bans. If I'm understanding it right, Toronto is changing its ban to include not only pit bulls but other dangerous dogs. The Montreal ban does not ban owners from keeping...

I also got interested in the new report on Ontario. And you're both right--while the number of total bites did go up, the number of pit bull bites fell off the map. So, as you both point out, the data (and the news report) are hard to interpret. Is there *any* correlation between the pit bull...

Perhaps it's not surprising that this thread has turned into a proxy conversation on race, class, and gun control. And like the political dialogue ("dialogue") we're seeing in the US, the issues are more complicated than blaming owners or blaming breeds, blaming one demographic or blaming one...

Is there anything more shallow than one type of so-called intellectualism trashing a different type of so-called intellectualism? Why is this not bullying, why is this not telling people "how to speak" and what to think? (It is--like any polemic, that's it's goal.) And I don't understand what...

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I've been smiling about this post for a day and thought it deserved a huzza, a gasho, and kudos.

I honestly think we're all more or less on the same page here, just with different perspectives. And I agree completely with your assessment: my guess is that many of the fake reviews (and, as Tianna points out, we all know it's a problem) are exactly what you say: attempts to write an average...

I actually don't think there's enormous disagreement in this thread. I've been a TER member for pushing 15 years, and I've written a decent number of reviews. I use it and rely on it whenever I travel in the US. And, like you, I can certainly remember the pre-TER (and pre-MERB) days. But the...

You're right--it's coming back to me. I was a semi-regular on TER when the shit hit the fan years ago and the founder was ousted, or something. I don't have a good memory about it but I do remember a big kerfuffle and the owner looking like a complete jerk and getting the boot--or something like...

I've used TER (and reviewed on TER) in the past, but all the criticisms here are correct; and in many ways it's gotten worse over the last five years or so. You have to be a VIP member to get anything out of the reviews, which means either paying or writing reviews (whether you've actually seen...

I went to my first NHL hockey game last year, at the Bell Center, following all kinds of ticket and stadium and food advice out here. It was a blast. The after-game party with Alexandra in my hotel room was also a hoot. She might have called me "the rocket"--my memory is a bit hazy. For...

Good advice. I remember the first time I booked two hours; it was a revelation.

Nicely done, EB.

Obviously some veteran advice out here. If by "my place" you mean your home, don't do that. I prefer my hotel room to an incall, but an incall does make things pretty easy for a first-time experience. I was very nervous my first time (and the second, and third...) so I would do what you can to...

Got it. Like lava from a volcano. Krakatoa?

And since, like you, my words don't always align with my brain, all I can think to ask is: did you have your cake and eat it, too?

I think you're missing the point. I couldn't care less what someone out here says to me; it means nothing to me personally. My point was that we have lost the capacity for civil discourse and intelligent debate. For example, I would like to discuss whether words matter; I think they do. But it...