I answered that one saying, that any dog can bite unexpectedly, but pitbull type dogs, when they do bite, can cause major damage because of their tendancy to bite down and not let go, often causing severe injuries or, not in some cases even death. (Granted it is not just pitbulls, but a couple of other types of dogs as well. )

It’s not as if this should be big news to anyone. It’s a fact that is easily verifiable.

However, what I didn’t realize is that there is a very militant community out there that completely denies that pitbulls could ever be anything but sweet and lovable (“my two year old sleeps with our pitbull every night, etc etc”) and actually believes there is some sort of conspiracy and media campaign to besmirch the reputation of their wonderful and loving pooch.

Naturally my attempt to write a matter of fact answer that did not take sides got so many thumbs down from the (“my pitbull is a little angel” crowd) it got “hidden because of low rating”.

The answer chosen by the asker stated that pitbulls are not dangerous at all and are cuddly and lovable and would never hurt a fly.

This is par for the course for what happens every day on Yahoo answers.

Though I have to admit, it’s amusing at times, in a disturbing sort of way.

CRAP ANSWERS and ALL ANSWERS ARE MOSTLY SPECULATIVE AND Incorrect.

Filled with teen chit chat nonsense and people creating multiple accounts to pad their point base and level. The sheer odds of some people getting such a high “best answer” percentage is mind boggeling.

As someone else stated, the moderation is haphazard, many times just flat out wrong, and useless.