The Off Topic Topic

[HVC]

Pitbulls are illegal here. But before 2005 that was the case here. You on a neighborhood full of pitbulls? Stay away after dark. Now it's Rottweilers.

[Sheilbh]

Pitbulls are illegal here. But before 2005 that was the case here. You on a neighborhood full of pitbulls? Stay away after dark. Now it's Rottweilers.

There's been a recent ban in England on XL American bullies after a lot of injuries and even people being killed with them. I think some pitbulls are banned too (but not all).

[HVC]

They're only bNned in ontario and I think Manitoba. Maybe more provinces, but not a canada wide ban.

Those in the know, and with more money, get a Cane Corso instead of a Rottweiler

[garbon]

I did not realize having big dogs in the neighborhood meant the place had gone to hell. Good to know.

The statements seem to match with my rough London neighborhood.

[Jacob]

They're only bNned in ontario and I think Manitoba. Maybe more provinces, but not a canada wide ban.

Those in the know, and with more money, get a Cane Corso instead of a Rottweiler

... or a Tibetan Mastiff.

[HVC]

Funnily mastiff breeds aren't popular here (except the corso, because they look scarier lol) for that sort of showing off. They're big, and they'll mess you up easily, but there pretty chill and aloof for the most part. They'll act if and when they need to. That being said I haven't seen Tibetan Mastifs in person, so they may buck that mastiff stereotype.

*edit* actually,  the Rottweiler is a mastif too... so ignore everything I've said haha . I'm think bullmastif, bull there are plenty of other mastiff breeds.

[Barrister]

I gotta say, walking my dog (a beagle) last night in my middle-class neighbourhood last night I saw lots of small and middle sized dogs, and not a single dog that could remotely be compared to a pit bull.

I think it's one of those stereotypes that holds a tiny bit of truth to it.

[Josquius]

It definitely does. There's loads of staffies around here.
Stats show they absolutely dominate dog shelters. Which is sad as there's no way anyone with a brain will trust a random staffie with a shady history, as nice as they can be if raised properly.

The shoes equals gangs one gets me. That sounds like one of those things like "thief markings" in front of your house. Urban legend.

[garbon]

It definitely does. There's loads of staffies around here.
Stats show they absolutely dominate dog shelters. Which is sad as there's no way anyone with a brain will trust a random staffie with a shady history, as nice as they can be if raised properly.

The shoes equals gangs one gets me. That sounds like one of those things like "thief markings" in front of your house. Urban legend.

In San Francisco every Halloween, someone would hang up ruby red slippers.

[HVC]

Looks like the Bolivian president staged a fake coup for a popularity boost. Hopefully Trump doesn't get any ideas

[Duque de Bragança]

I did not realize having big dogs in the neighborhood meant the place had gone to hell. Good to know.

It's a banlieue trope here as well.

[Savonarola]

Looks like the Bolivian president staged a fake coup for a popularity boost. Hopefully Trump doesn't get any ideas

There is a word for that in Spanish: autogolpe. That alone speaks volumes about Latin America.

[Sheilbh]

Reading Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers - mentioned it elsewhere and it's great and has already shifted my understanding. But also includes levels of Frenchness I'd hitherto only imagined: Paul Cambon, French Ambassador to London from 1898 to 1920, who spoke no English, insisted that every word including simply understood ones like "yes" were translated into French. Like many French Ambassadors he believed that he had to personify France and was also firmly of the view that French was the only language capable of expressing rational thought and he opposed the foundation of French schools in Britain "on the eccentric grounds that French people raised in Britain tended to end up mentally retarded".

He had a very good working relationship with the British government

[crazy canuck]

Reading Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers - mentioned it elsewhere and it's great and has already shifted my understanding. But also includes levels of Frenchness I'd hitherto only imagined: Paul Cambon, French Ambassador to London from 1898 to 1920, who spoke no English, insisted that every word including simply understood ones like "yes" were translated into French. Like many French Ambassadors he believed that he had to personify France and was also firmly of the view that French was the only language capable of expressing rational thought and he opposed the foundation of French schools in Britain "on the eccentric grounds that French people raised in Britain tended to end up mentally retarded".

He had a very good working relationship with the British government

I recommend you read some of the critiques of his work.  He is heavily drawing in the that tries its best not to assign blame but characterizes all actions as terrible mistakes and misunderstandings.

The counter argument is political leaders knew what they were doing and plunged headlong into war to achieve their own objectives.

[Josquius]

Reading Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers - mentioned it elsewhere and it's great and has already shifted my understanding. But also includes levels of Frenchness I'd hitherto only imagined: Paul Cambon, French Ambassador to London from 1898 to 1920, who spoke no English, insisted that every word including simply understood ones like "yes" were translated into French. Like many French Ambassadors he believed that he had to personify France and was also firmly of the view that French was the only language capable of expressing rational thought and he opposed the foundation of French schools in Britain "on the eccentric grounds that French people raised in Britain tended to end up mentally retarded".

He had a very good working relationship with the British government

Any word on whether he acted a cock over people not saying oui with a proper accent?