01-20-2018, 11:11 AM
What really deters an intruder? A dog. Think of all the usual traits that make a potential man-eater out of a bear or Big Cat -- power, speed, strength, agility, cunning, voracity, with keen senses, sharp claws and teeth, and great bite force -- and recognize that a dog differs from those only by size (although large dogs can be as big as leopards, jaguars, and cougars, and are not far from the size of lionesses). Four 80-pound dogs defending loved ones or their shared territory might as well be one 320-pound tiger, but with four times as many teeth and claws. An 80-pound dog can overpower a 240-pound man, so there is some question of whether humans or dogs are the real top of the food chain. Dogs are the most powerful mammals for their size; Man has never bred them for weakness.
Burglars are meat. So are muggers and rapists if they face a large dog. The same mouth that delivers a scary bark has some horrid teeth in a pair of nasty jaws.
Burglars are meat. So are muggers and rapists if they face a large dog. The same mouth that delivers a scary bark has some horrid teeth in a pair of nasty jaws.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.