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Oldgringo wrote:Somebody get a lock and a key. Whoa, wait a minute, we don't need a key, we just need a lock.

VMI77 wrote:

KingofChaos wrote:Actually, it really appears that you're just reinforcing Rex's point. If there weren't in fact different expectations where he lives, than where you live, you be wouldn't be having this discussion at all. And while I agree that I don't live in a place where people run around shooting dogs, that's really an extreme action, an outlier. If you look to more common situations, the differences are likely to become more pronounced. Such as VM volunteering an hour of his time to try and get a stray back to it's home. That may be a normal reaction upon seeing a stray dog where he lives. Where I live I believe most people would simply ignore it.

In my neighborhood the "normal" reaction would probably be for most people to ignore it. My wife and I both happen to love dogs and when we see one loose we don't want to hear later it got hit by a car and think we might have prevented it if we'd done something. Also part of it is probably that when I set out to do something I don't like to give up without doing it. I will say though, I followed it all over the neighborhood, the same kind of dog shot by the security officer, and none of the people whose path it crossed, from children to old ladies, showed the slightest sign of fear. While we didn't catch it, we did manage to get close enough to read the phone number on his tag and call the owner.