Political Correctness On Steriods

[smokey the elder]

You're not supposed to call the ions left behind when you break up a large molecule "daughter" ions anymore! (A VERY geeky mass spec reference.)

[lizbud]

Pc as in PC or PC as in PC?

In the computer world, the pc would be the slave & a system terminal
screen would be the master. The master has more capabilities whereas the
slave pc can only reflect the effects/system commands, in the system.

That's one example of the master/slave relationship.

[Twisterdog]

I know black cats have a harder time with adoption, but I'm still not convinced about the dogs. I think the dog problem is specifically black labradors as they are far too common and easy to come across. If it were a black great dane, newfoundland, border collie, cocker spaniel, chihuahua, poodle, and so on; they'd have no problem being adopted at the same rate as another of their breed with a lighter color.

I do agree that the "black lab mix syndrome" is the major hurdle for shelters. I don't think you would find a single shelter in the country that would disagree with that.

Here we also have a very large number of border collie mixes, almost always black, that suffer from the same over-exposure problem. We call them the "Wyoming State Dog".

However, I have to disagree somewhat about black dogs of other breeds not having a harder time getting adopted. It is certainly true that a black cocker or chihuahua is going to be adopted long before a black lab mix is. However, I have seen too many times to count that given a litter of puppies, the black ones are always the last to be adopted. And if several dogs of the same breed are brought to the shelter together ... no matter the breed ... the black ones stay the longest.

[Medusa]

I had no idea this was the case w/black dogs. I thought it was so only w/black cats. Excuse my ignorance, please, but what is the reason behind it?

[lizbud]

I had no idea this was the case w/black dogs. I thought it was so only w/black cats. Excuse my ignorance, please, but what is the reason behind it?

You can read about this syndrome here........

http://www.blackpearldogs.com/

[Medusa]

You can read about this syndrome here........

http://www.blackpearldogs.com/

I truly had never heard of this before. When I think about it, every dog I've had was black except for Sheba, an Eskimo Spitz and Sandy, a cocker spaniel. It was their personalities that drew me, not their color. How sad and unfortunate for black dogs everywhere.