ShumaGorath wrote:Rented Tritium wrote:ShumaGorath wrote:Mr Hyena wrote:I don't think people fully comprehend how weak body tissue is. A small dog can do serious damage to an adult's leg, depending on where it bites, how it bites and what tissues are torn.
So can a housecat. So can a road sign. So can a slippery patch of ice.
So can anything in the right situation, that doesn't make it likely or common.
In cases where a 40 pound dog is lunging at you, I am pretty sure puncture wounds are
likely and common, so go ahead and drop that nonsense right now.
Sure is, dogs are scrappy. A small puncture in the skin is also
something that will heal in like two days. Deal with it. Wrap a jacket on your arm or something, it's not a chainsaw.
Puncture wounds are never part of the job. You do not get to tell a cop that they should sacrifice their body because you don't think they should shoot a dog, which is legally a piece of property.
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When cops get injured on purpose out of honor or whatever, we call that "above and beyond" because it is literally not part of their job.
We have NO RIGHT to tell them, even as cops, that their personal bodily integrity are less important to us than a dog.
Where's the line for you? Should cops take stab wounds if the knife is real small? It's a job. OSHA still exists. You DO NOT GET to demand that someone be injured on the job when an option to not be injured exists.
