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28-09-2012, 08:11 PM
Originally Posted by Jet&Copper 
Why dOes anyone use an e collar? Ask the people who use them, they cOme from all walks of life......including the show world. We should be disgusted at the individual in question, NOT tarring an entire world with the same brush. It annoys you when people do this with showing, so think about what you are saying!
I have not tarred an entire world with the same brush, simply that a certain world is full of a certain type, this does not mean without exclusions.
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28-09-2012, 08:13 PM
Originally Posted by Moobli
There are stereotypes in all dog sports ...
Schutzhund - macho men
Showing - gay men or middled aged Mrs Bucket types
Sheepdog trials - Old men
Gundogs - wax jackets and tweeds
Agility/Flyball - young girls with border collies
They are just stereotypes though - and do not encompass everyone taking part.
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28-09-2012, 08:18 PM
Originally Posted by Jackbox
I have no need to think about what I am saying, I have acknowledged all along that cruelty is in walks of life, but in some walks of like , an interest can attract more of a certain type of person than another, and the sport in question seems to attract more of the macho type than any other canine sport.
I have not tarred an entire world with the same brush, simply that a certain world is full of a certain type, this does not mean without exclusions.
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28-09-2012, 08:25 PM
Originally Posted by Jackbox
I have no need to think about what I am saying, I have acknowledged all along that cruelty is in walks of life, but in some walks of like , an interest can attract more of a certain type of person than another, and the sport in question seems to attract more of the macho type than any other canine sport.
I have not tarred an entire world with the same brush, simply that a certain world is full of a certain type, this does not mean without exclusions.
Yep - I don't think anyone would actually disagree with that.
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