Gunfight over dog poo?

[apocrypha]

That being said, only in America will people get enraged at the thought of an animal pooping and peeing outside. Seriously America, some things just really need to be put into perspective.

Really not true, it's not a national thing. Read the thread, I'm not American and I and many other non-Americans get equally enraged. The difference is we live in countries with sane gun laws and thus rarely shoot each other over shit.

And how do you, in your first sentence, explain and recognise the problem and even comment on your own experience of it, and then dismiss it as some kind of national stereotypical hysteria in your second sentence? Make your mind up!

[Paelos]

Lawn haters are winning the polls. Take that society!

[angry.bob]

That being said, only in America will people get enraged at the thought of an animal pooping and peeing outside. Seriously America, some things just really need to be put into perspective.

Really not true, it's not a national thing. Read the thread, I'm not American and I and many other non-Americans get equally enraged. The difference is we live in countries with sane gun laws and thus rarely shoot each other over shit.

And how do you, in your first sentence, explain and recognise the problem and even comment on your own experience of it, and then dismiss it as some kind of national stereotypical hysteria in your second sentence? Make your mind up!

How would I know where any of you are from? It's not like I'm going to check out the profile of everyone in the thread. If you don'r want to be assumed to be an American take a hint from Tebonas. Drop the South Park icon and use a picture of your country with an arrow pointing to it. Also, seeing a problem or having it happen to me doesn't mean I can't put it into proper perspective. I can appreciate why someone with OCD would be worried about turning off the stove and have forgotten to do it myself, bu that doesn't make it reasonable to spend 3 hourse checking that it's off over and over again before I can leave my house.

[HaemishM]

That being said, only in America will people get enraged at the thought of an animal pooping and peeing outside. Seriously America, some things just really need to be put into perspective.

I am agreeing with you as hard as I can.

[NowhereMan]

See I don't know if anyone in this thread empathising with the dog shit shooter wants little indoor toilets for pets because they're so offended by the idea of animals defecating outside. I think the issue is that if your dog shits somewhere that's your responsibility to clean up same as if you decided to drop rubbish bag somewhere. Of course the difference being the relative horribleness of a bag of rubbish a pile of shit. The problem isn't dogs shitting on your lawn it's you having to go out and clean it up when it's not your dog. Really I don't see it being different from littering and if this story was about someone shooting their neighbour over the neighbour unapologetically using the front lawn as their rubbish dump would you be talking about some sort of prudish American sensibilities regarding rubbish?

[HaemishM]

Actually, I think if you are so goddamn anal you have to clean up dog poop in your yard instead of letting it do what it does naturally, I don't want you armed with a firearm anyway. 

[Selby]

Actually, I think if you are so goddamn anal you have to clean up dog poop in your yard instead of letting it do what it does naturally

If you've never lived in the desert for any period of time, you don't know how long it truly takes for poop to go back to the earth sans water.  It hardens and sits there.  For years sometimes.

[Merusk]

Did I just hear Haemish be ok with taking a shit in his yard because it'll just dissolve anyway? I think I did.   

[HaemishM]

Hey, no harm no foul. 

[angry.bob]

Actually, I think if you are so goddamn anal you have to clean up dog poop in your yard instead of letting it do what it does naturally

If you've never lived in the desert for any period of time, you don't know how long it truly takes for poop to go back to the earth sans water.  It hardens and sits there.  For years sometimes.

I'm one of those crazy loons who ranks "Has Water" near the top of requirements for where I live, just below "Has Air" and above "Not on a flood plain". And I don't mean just water that comes out of a tap. We get about 6-7 months where it rains here, and another 2-3 where it snows. It takes about a week or two for it to be gone here.

That being said, people who live in deserts are dickbags and should move to someplace they won't die if the electricity goes out for a week. Arizona, I'm looking at you.

[Lantyssa]

Think of them as individuals you don't have to worry about competing with when everything falls apart.  Given a couple of years and good supplies for expeditions, they're even providing free loot.

[Merusk]

Think of them as individuals you don't have to worry about competing with when everything falls apart.  Given a couple of years and good supplies for expeditions, they're even providing free loot.

Arizona is too far from Cleveland for an expedition. Plus you'd have to cross the greater wilds and face the nomadic cannibals of the plains, THEN get across the Mountains.  Burning Atlanta again would be more profitable.

[Paelos]

Burning Atlanta again would be more profitable.

We're ready for you this time, Yankee.