AmericanMinotaur t1_ja4e7y2 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 7:32 PM

Reply to comment by Unable-Bison-272 in Six-year-old Chesterville Girl Attacked by Dog Required 1,000 Stitches and Won’t Be Able to Smile Again by SarahDrish

That’s totally fine. You can believe that. I just think that we should tone down the discourse under this post specifically out of respect for the victim and move this discussion to it’s own post. Again I don’t think anyone has done anything wrong, I just think it would be a good idea to discuss this somewhere else.

Lieutenant_Joe t1_ja4poy6 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 8:48 PM

Yeah, I’m going through this comment section and there are very few comments that actually mention the victim whose life has been drastically altered forever in any way. It’s just people arguing about pit bulls. Seems a shame.

AmericanMinotaur t1_ja5hx76 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:05 AM

I hope she’s okay. One thing that made me feel a little better was reading "And she doesn't hate all dogs, at least; that's what she told me. She just doesn't want to see that one again," she continued.”. Going through life being terrified of dogs would be very hard considering they’re everywhere, so I’m glad it seems she won’t have to be afraid all the time. No one would blame her if she was though. I’m sure that despite what happened she will go on to live a happy fulfilling life. She seems to have a good family who can support her.

Unable-Bison-272 t1_ja5iqac wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:10 AM

She’s not ok. She’s never going to be ok again. And every asshole defending fighting dogs over a little girl should be ashamed of themselves.

AmericanMinotaur t1_ja5jxny wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:19 AM

I’m trying to be optimistic because I want things to turn out alright for her. Yeah she won’t be the same, but I don’t want to write her off as someone destined to a miserable life because of this one event. Also again, as I said above, I don’t want to fight about pitbulls with people because I don’t think this is an appropriate place to do it. If someone wants to make a post about pitbulls ownership laws in Maine, go ahead, but I don’t think it’s respectful to do it here.