Breed Specific Legislation or BSL: We, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier owners who originated these pages, dedicate them to the fight against all legislation designed to ban or discriminate against dogs of any breed. Our breed is amongst the first contingent of breeds banned, confiscated, and euthanized. Owners of other breeds may not be caught in the first wave, but as the Reverend Martin Niemoeller said about Hitler and the Nazis:
| “In Germany they came first for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.” |
The Bull-Breeds Manifesto
By Steve Stone
"The
author encourages Bull-breed fanciers, fighting the good fight against the
injustice of BSL, to use relevant the information and argumentation from the
following articles when writing about or discussing BSL with others whether in
person, via email, or in the print/electronic media. They are further
encouraged to copy these documents electronically or print them as hard copy
for use in such efforts, providing that doing so is for non-profit
purposes."
Copyright © Steve Stone, 2001
(1892-1984)