Without access to statistics, both our arguments come down to personal views. Yours seem to suggest that the majority of dogowners are irresponsible therefore we should make it tougher to own dogs. Mine are that I believe it's a minority of irresponsible owners and that it's harsh on the good owners to make their life difficult.

And yes, I could have picked on irresponsible lazy drivers, irresponsible cyclists, irresponsible litterlouts in my example but the expected reaction to using kids was well worth it.

To live in a city and keep a pet that requires precious open space - and as a result to render that open space at least less appealing and at worst dangerous to humans is surely by default an act of irresponsibility towards one's fellow humans.

And while you claim to have selected "kids" to compare with dogs to cause a "rolling eyes" inevitable reaction (clever that) if you leaf through you'll see most of the arguments against restricting dogs from parks on this forum have done the same. A coincidence perhaps?