I have a cat and my pit annoys the hell out of her and has been swatted at a few times and he knows better than to snap back. He isn't too fond of having people hold/hug him but when my daughter is around I swear she HAS to lay on him while watching TV and whatnot and he has never, ever even so much as growled at her.
They are smart dogs and the idiots that want to ban them ought to open their fuckin eyes.......golden retrievers are more nown to bite a mailman than any other dof, let's outlaw those!