[lit-ideas] Re: Where politics hits the grass
- From: "Julie Krueger" <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:33:32 -0600
Irene likes to play devil's advocate to see what she can stir up ... a
worthy goal, because of its potential to sift the wheat from the chaff.
Sometimes it works well. Sometimes not so much so.
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> David Ritchie wrote
>
> I once helped break up a fight between a Weimar Reiner and a Doberman.
>> The Doberman had had the early going, but the Weimar Reiner, with
>> advantages of mass, power and guile, seized the Doberman by the throat and
>> began to work its jaws. For the Doberman to have any chance at life,
>> intervention would be necessary, so on the count of three, a friend and I
>> each grabbed a set of back legs, and lifted. The improvised trick worked
>> fine. I have since wondered if the principle could not be extended, but
>> with people unfortunately, once they get up on their hinds legs, it's really
>> quite a problem knowing where to grab hold.
>>
>
> This is apparently an approved method and is suggested whenever one of the
> dog lists I'm on cycles back to How to Stop a Dog Fight. (I'm on Terrier-L,
> Wheaten-L, and KerryBlue-L.) The thumb in the butt method is sometimes
> mentioned also.
>
> The current topics on both the Wheaten and the Kerry Blue lists are
> Barney's biting the reporter (reporter should have known better, never
> approach a dog with your hand above its head, etc.), and whether the Obamas
> should get a Wheaten/Kerry Blue (both are hyopoallergenic dogs) or something
> else: the Wheaten people are almost all opposed to their getting a Wheaten;
> the breed would instantly become popular if they did, which would lead to
> puppy-millers' starting to breed Wheatens; the KBT folks are divided, but
> more tolerant.
>
> What is a Weimar Reiner? (I suspect there's some German pun I'm not getting
> here.)
>
> Robert Paul
>
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