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Spiritlittle posted...

There are stories about people getting hurt by every animal or persom and every type. What are you gonna do? Execute every white person because one white person killed one black person?

Correlation does not prove causation. Ever.

Correlation is always important to examine. It's also important to narrow down correlations and figure out which factors to take out out to further explore ones that might matter. For example, we know that graduating high school is a significant factor in pursuing college. It doesn't prove that graduating hs means you go to college, it's just likely.

Also bringing it to executing white and black people doesn't have much to do with this thread, it seems like you're forcing a point out of shock value. Pitbulls are statistically dangerous, so it's important to look at correlating factors as to why. It's always important to examine. Lastly, pitbull breeds being an extreme outlier in dog attacks and being the sole outlier means that there should be something done about pitbulls even if we don't know why.