Death By Stupidity....

It's heartbreaking to see the beautiful face of five year old Ellie Lawrenson on the news at the moment. The poor innocent victim, not of a dangerous animal, but of a group of idiotic adults who did not have enough common sense to know that a pit bull should not be anywhere near a tiny defenceless human being.

There's no real point to thinking of punishing those supposedly 'responsible', though frankly responsibility is the last thing any of them has demonstrated. Ellies uncle will be tormented by this for life, as will her parents. On an individual level, that's almost certainly punishment enough.

Perhaps authorities should declare that from this point forward, a similar occurrence will lead to a mandatory jail term for the dog owners, and any adult allowing such a dog to be in the same house as a child. Though I doubt it would deter the morons who think there is any reason on earth to have such dangerous animals as pets. Only the death of a child close to them might do that.

There used to be an old saying, "You need a license to own a dog, but they let any bloody idiot have children".

Rest in peace little Ellie.