Hi, u actually took the words out of my mouth reguarding the stigmatisim, thats how people in this country see them as well, i didnt want to say anything because i didnt want to offend anyone and i didnt know the status of the breed over in the states. Over here Staffords have a bit of a stigmatisum from the crappy british media, but half the time they r crossed with a bull mastiff or somthing but always forget to say that, unfortunatly i have never had the pleasure of meeting a pitbull, i do truley like them.