Guilt by bad association

So I'm walking down this road in Edinburgh, by myself, and find that SOMEone or SOMEthing has done THIS, without any respect for cultural symbolism, on a thistle:



And I think to myself "I bet it was one of those scofflaw Staffies. I walked another four blocks thinking of the sad state of Scotland (or at least that neighborhood, which wasn't really so bad) and came upon THE GUILTY PARTY HIMSELF:



Right outside the post office, which was my own destination, is the dog I think might possibly have done that deed.

Maybe not. But it's my story, and I have pictures to prove it.