Lozzie

Siniri: Ah, I wasn't aware of that.
The issue on 'gay marriage' here at the moment is forcing the churches to allow gay marriages to be taken place there, and I'm pretty sure a priest was made to retire or was sued on the grounds of refusing to hold a marriage in his church upon the request of a same sex couple, who then took him to court over it (I'll need to look up the exact news article on that one; I'm not 100% sure). A private B&B was subject to a lot of negative media publicity on the grounds of rejecting to give a same sex couple a room, as well. Which yes, is discriminatory, but at the same time a private establishment is just that; private. So making a scene and going to the press about it is just as bad as the establishment in my opinion.
 
I can certainly understand on the grounds of what you've said there; people should legally have the same benefits regardless of gender. But a religious centre shouldn't be made to change it's ways for the sake of anyone; else the title of 'religion' is then pretty much stripped from said place.
 
And unfortunately due to circumstances over here in which protests towards the church and whatnot against gay marriage, it's just becoming more removed and alienated in a way, at least in my opinion. The more the press makes a scene about something, then it has that effect.
 
And yeah, it's sad that the law is discriminatory like that. :c
 
 

I -finally- obtained piece 1 for the Secret Lab today! ^___^- Sets my bank account pretty much back to 0, but totally worth it! I'm so excited to try it out!

Mini Mysterious Morphing Experiment #14 has been released!

MiniMME14-S1: Shenkuu Summer Garden Background
(300 NC)

I am -so- glad I stumbled across this topic, otherwise I would have completely forgotten about the Daily Dare event! Thanks again TDN for keeping me informed, as always. :)

Hi there everyone, and welcome to my wee sketchbook of Neopet related scribbles.
I'll be adding to this thread as I make more work!
Most of the stuff here will be sketches because I'm too lazy to work into them as that's what most of my freebies and more recent neopet related work has consisted of.
 
2013:

2012:

 
Pre 2012:

I think people forget that dogs are a subspecies of wolf, thus should be treated with respect. I find it astounding that someone can blame it on the dog, when it's the owner that first sets up the parameters for that animal's aggression. Be that mollycoddling and treating the dog like a child/baby (which it's not), going to work and leaving the dog unattended all day, not exercising the dog regularly... there's a lot of factors. I've always found that the worst dogs for misbehaviour and aggression were neglected as a puppy.
 
A pitbull is no different from any other dog, in my opinion. I've seen many, many well behaved pitbulls before. They were originally bred for working terriers; I think it's the sad fact that it's generally pit bulls that are associated with illegal american dog fighting that gives them such a bad reputation.
But that's nothing to do with the dog; that's the people.
 
Yes, there's been studies that show a higher percentage (91%) of attacks on children by pit bulls were unprovoked versus a 41% by other breeds. However, another study showed:
So what does that say about the group of high risk breeds, being brought up by such people? Dogs draw emotions from their owners, and if the 'vicious' breeds are attracting those with criminal convictions, then dear lord, of course the dog's going to be given a bad reputation.
 
I heard on the news a while ago that down south, a jack russell killed a baby (link to article); but the first thing that jumped to my attention; what was that baby doing unattended, at the grandparents house with a dog?!? Surely, that is just asking for trouble.
Dogs are pack animals, and when a baby arrives on the scene, absorbing a lot of the attention that was once directed towards the pet, low and behold, they do get jealous. What do creatures do to one another in the wild when they're in each others way?
Now, that dog has been put down for an act, that could have been entirely avoided altogether. I don't see that as the dog's fault, whatsoever.
 
So yeah, at the end of the day, a pit bull's no different from any other dog; I believe a lot of it's in the stereotype that we create for the dogs, given how they've been brought up in the first place. But if you're bringing a pet up from a puppy, you can significantly train that dog, and with the right level of respect, will have a happy household with your pet, regardless of the breed.

I think people forget that dogs are a subspecies of wolf, thus should be treated with respect. I find it astounding that someone can blame it on the dog, when it's the owner that first sets up the parameters for that animal's aggression. Be that mollycoddling and treating the dog like a child/baby (which it's not), going to work and leaving the dog unattended all day, not exercising the dog regularly... there's a lot of factors. I've always found that the worst dogs for misbehaviour and aggression were neglected as a puppy.
 
A pitbull is no different from any other dog, in my opinion. I've seen many, many well behaved pitbulls before. They were originally bred for working terriers; I think it's the sad fact that it's generally pit bulls that are associated with illegal american dog fighting that gives them such a bad reputation.
But that's nothing to do with the dog; that's the people.
 
Yes, there's been studies that show a higher percentage (91%) of attacks on children by pit bulls were unprovoked versus a 41% by other breeds. However, another study showed:
So what does that say about the group of high risk breeds, being brought up by such people? Dogs draw emotions from their owners, and if the 'vicious' breeds are attracting those with criminal convictions, then dear lord, of course the dog's going to be given a bad reputation.
 
I heard on the news a while ago that down south, a jack russell killed a baby (link to article); but the first thing that jumped to my attention; what was that baby doing unattended, at the grandparents house with a dog?!? Surely, that is just asking for trouble.
Dogs are pack animals, and when a baby arrives on the scene, absorbing a lot of the attention that was once directed towards the pet, low and behold, they do get jealous. What do creatures do to one another in the wild when they're in each others way?
Now, that dog has been put down for an act, that could have been entirely avoided altogether. I don't see that as the dog's fault, whatsoever.
 
So yeah, at the end of the day, a pit bull's no different from any other dog; I believe a lot of it's in the stereotype that we create for the dogs, given how they've been brought up in the first place. But if you're bringing a pet up from a puppy, you can significantly train that dog, and with the right level of respect, will have a happy household with your pet, regardless of the breed.

I'm almost 22, and honestly, if it came up in a conversation I wouldn't care. c:
If strange looks were thrown my way, I'd just say something like it's fun to draw pets, and some of the games are quite fun. I don't see what's so wrong about that.
That's like, saying I still like Pokemon, or the fact that I bought myself a Lego Star Wars advent calendar this year. I think they're awesome and if people raise their eyebrows at me, then perhaps they just can't handle my levels of awesome.
 
I believe that a lot of the stuff on neopets caters to an older audience anyway; look at the stock market for instance. There's no way I would have ever wrapped my head around that when I was twelve. And a lot of the contests and whatnot; there's some really high quality work going into that.
 
At the end of the day, don't ever feel too old for something; you're only as old as you feel. So embrace all those awesome things like Neopets that you enjoy! ^^

I'm almost 22, and honestly, if it came up in a conversation I wouldn't care. c:
If strange looks were thrown my way, I'd just say something like it's fun to draw pets, and some of the games are quite fun. I don't see what's so wrong about that.
That's like, saying I still like Pokemon, or the fact that I bought myself a Lego Star Wars advent calendar this year. I think they're awesome and if people raise their eyebrows at me, then perhaps they just can't handle my levels of awesome.
 
I believe that a lot of the stuff on neopets caters to an older audience anyway; look at the stock market for instance. There's no way I would have ever wrapped my head around that when I was twelve. And a lot of the contests and whatnot; there's some really high quality work going into that.
 
At the end of the day, don't ever feel too old for something; you're only as old as you feel. So embrace all those awesome things like Neopets that you enjoy! ^^

I think people forget that dogs are a subspecies of wolf, thus should be treated with respect. I find it astounding that someone can blame it on the dog, when it's the owner that first sets up the parameters for that animal's aggression. Be that mollycoddling and treating the dog like a child/baby (which it's not), going to work and leaving the dog unattended all day, not exercising the dog regularly... there's a lot of factors. I've always found that the worst dogs for misbehaviour and aggression were neglected as a puppy.
 
A pitbull is no different from any other dog, in my opinion. I've seen many, many well behaved pitbulls before. They were originally bred for working terriers; I think it's the sad fact that it's generally pit bulls that are associated with illegal american dog fighting that gives them such a bad reputation.
But that's nothing to do with the dog; that's the people.
 
Yes, there's been studies that show a higher percentage (91%) of attacks on children by pit bulls were unprovoked versus a 41% by other breeds. However, another study showed:
So what does that say about the group of high risk breeds, being brought up by such people? Dogs draw emotions from their owners, and if the 'vicious' breeds are attracting those with criminal convictions, then dear lord, of course the dog's going to be given a bad reputation.
 
I heard on the news a while ago that down south, a jack russell killed a baby (link to article); but the first thing that jumped to my attention; what was that baby doing unattended, at the grandparents house with a dog?!? Surely, that is just asking for trouble.
Dogs are pack animals, and when a baby arrives on the scene, absorbing a lot of the attention that was once directed towards the pet, low and behold, they do get jealous. What do creatures do to one another in the wild when they're in each others way?
Now, that dog has been put down for an act, that could have been entirely avoided altogether. I don't see that as the dog's fault, whatsoever.
 
So yeah, at the end of the day, a pit bull's no different from any other dog; I believe a lot of it's in the stereotype that we create for the dogs, given how they've been brought up in the first place. But if you're bringing a pet up from a puppy, you can significantly train that dog, and with the right level of respect, will have a happy household with your pet, regardless of the breed.