”Fortunately, I don’t fall into any of those categories, my conscience is completely clear.

By which I mean, of course, that I don’t fall into the first two categories. I always clear up after my dog without fail, and I spent a fortune and every Sunday morning for two years on taking my dog to training classes run by a professional dog-trainer.

And, as a self-professed ‘scientist’ Steve, you more than most should understand the foolishness of making sweeping, broad-brush assertions about groups of people for which you have no proof whatsoever. Ive gone through this several times with you before, but your childish fear of dogs seems to over-ride your rationality - you have no idea of the balance of people who pick up vs. those who don’t, because the ones who pick up leave no visible proof of their actions, unlike those who leave their dog-shit lying around.