IDK what the motivation is here for Iran, but I think humans blew it with pets. We have non native cats destroying sensitive ecosystems, i was just reading about rabies outbreaks in stray dog populations. Theres over population of these pets in general so we kill them. the abusive breeds that exist. If people really cared about taking care of animals we wouldn't have breeders making pure animals for people to have as status symbols. Then people just dump their pets when they get bored of them. Dont bother training them or taking care of them properly.I could go on with the issues pets cause.
theres to many terrible owners and issues pets cause, we really should have some control over these animals. its wild out there.
what is it with this overzealous desire to control what other people do? "some people cant have animals without abusing them? NOBODY CAN HAVE ANIMALS", "some people who are violent use guns to shoot innocent people? NOBODY CAN HAVE GUNS!".
in response, i propose we ban every single commentor on hn, as some clearly cannot behave, there may aswell not be a board at all. Is this ridiculous? if so, why isnt the other insane overreaches?
I wonder it too. There is so many people who want to stop others from eating meat. Or burning coal to produce electricity for their needs... Horrible isn't it.
Your given examples are not the same. The person you replied to is talking about some people misusing something and all people being punished. Your examples, at the very least the coal example, is something that is bad no matter who uses it. It is not a matter of communal punishment for individual use.
why? so we can continue to ignore the externalities of having little fluffy things around? the comment and observation makes you uncomfortable? please tell me why bulldogs should be allowed to exist. its insane what we allow to happen to animals
It's horrendous what breeders have done to the English Bulldog. Two centuries ago they were beautiful healthy working dogs (although unfortunately used for cruel sports). Today they are deformed and unhealthy. Last week I saw someone wheeling two youngish bulldogs along in a cart/pram-like contraption because they were too unhealthy to walk properly.
This a widely used rhetoric used by islamists, and "post-colonialists" in my country (Algeria). No amount of philosophical sophistication will defeat this intellectual tool of terror.
It's such a bullshit excuse, but TBH the real reason is: "we need to show you that we the government still have ultimate power over you, so let us implement this harsh rule that serves no purpose but to show you who is boss".
Like, doesn't the headline refer to every country (and without the “soon”, too)? Sure, which pets are problematic is a cultural variable that differs from country to country and within countries over time, but...
More Cold War propaganda. Sadly, we are going to see much more of it in the coming years. China, Iran, Russia and whoever supports them are going to be routinely smeared from head to toe by the MSM, of which BBC is one of the most egregiously biased.
Of course it's true -- it states that something could happen. Therefore, it's true whether or not that happens, that's basic discrete mathematics. But the thought was planted and that is what counts in the end. That's how propaganda works -- I highly recommend the seminal book on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_(book)
> Police there recently announced that walking dogs in parks was a crime. The ban was justified as a measure to "protect the safety of the public".
Sounds like it’s already happening; that was in the first paragraph of the article. I don’t see how this is an example of propaganda, unless you consider any news reporting in general to be propaganda.
theres to many terrible owners and issues pets cause, we really should have some control over these animals. its wild out there.