21.8.12 Dangerous Dogs

This country is so fucked up, it is unbelievable that we manage to avoid civil war.  The news yesterday was full of attention-grabbing headlines about a major change in the law regarding penalties for those failing to control dogs which attack and injure innocent parties.  Why is it all bollocks?  I will explain.

The change is in the maximum sentence that can be awarded to a cunt who allows his dog to bit off half the face of a four-year-old.  Yes, instead of a maximum sentence of 12 months, it's been upped to 18 months.  Let's now review things in a bit more detail.

1 - This is the maximum sentence

We all know that whatever the 'maximum' is, judges let off far too many people with a reduced sentence.  So, the fact that the maximum is now 6 months longer is in most cases irrelevant.

2 - The actual time served

If someone pleaeds guilty, and gets benefit for good behaviour etc, then the time actually served will be (assuming the maximum sentence was dished out) 6-9 months!  Fucking joke!

3 - The deterrent is pathetic at a theoretical 18 months anyway

If a dog severely injures someone, and the owner is either a cunt, or acted like a cunt temporarily, then no sentence of 18 months (reduced to 6-9) will properly reflect the damage done.  The sentence should be upped to a maximum of 5yrs at the very least - possibly ten!  This whole topic is not getting the attention it deserves. 

4 - A dog as a weapon

If a nasty yob decides to keep a dangerous dog, and even uses it as part of a campaign to terrorise others, then that cunt is in effect carrying (on a lead or off a lead) an offensive weapon.  If the yob punched, bit or stabbed someone, he would be sentenced to 5 years at the least, possibly 10.  So what's the difference then if he gets a dog to do the damage?

Changing the top sentence from 12 to 18 months is toying with things at an irrelevant level.  Look at the victim of a viscious dog attack, then imagine it's your own child or a close friend who's ben maimed for life.  Then consider the repurcussions for the dog owner.  There is nothing to celebrate in this change of the law.

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