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I notice that there are a lot of cat lovers here. I love animals too, but I no longer enjoy making pets out of them and I've never liked sharing living spaces with them. IMO, a wall of separation and distance between humans and other animal species is best for the sovereignty, health, and well being of all parties involved. Any animal that sheds, shits, or pisses inside of my house (without cleaning up and/or flushing the toilet afterwards) is better off living outdoors, IMO.Specifically, I've always suspected that cats are definitely NOT man's best friend (dogs probably aren't either, for that matter). In fact, if we cannot consider our fellow humans to be our "best friends" it is likely that we are truly alone in this big wide universe. Sad but true.
In addition, long time cat owners seem to go insane eventually, as they become adept at *projecting* their own thoughts and feelings onto their pets so that they might comfort themselves imagining that cats are in fact these loving and affectionate creatures. Cats are beautiful creatures but I've never believed that they necessarily cared even one fig about their owners welfare. Rather, cats seem to be affectionate and loving because they crave the food, shelter and services that their slaves... er, I mean "owners", provide for them.
Scientific Research is finally beginning to confirm my longtime suspicions...
Edits: 10/20/14
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Topic - What research says about cats... - genungo 09:16:54 10/20/14 (50)
- RE: What research says about cats... - Hi-Fi Hokie 06:53:45 10/23/14 (0)
- RE: What research says about cats... - pictureguy 12:39:01 10/21/14 (0)
- Not my observation/understanding @ all having lived... - DeKay 19:04:00 10/20/14 (2)
- RE: Not my observation/understanding @ all having lived... - genungo 03:54:28 10/21/14 (1)
- Yup, they know all right. NT - DeKay 18:26:37 10/21/14 (0)
- Cat hater volunteers at animal shelter ... - bjh 15:11:22 10/20/14 (2)
- RE: Cat hater volunteers at animal shelter ... - genungo 15:28:56 10/20/14 (1)
- I see ... ah huh ... yeah ... nt - bjh 16:11:23 10/20/14 (0)
- Interesting - Awe-d-o-file 13:54:24 10/20/14 (0)
- Don't be sorry.... - SJK 13:13:24 10/20/14 (5)
- RE: "Don't let your cat outdoors." - genungo 13:31:59 10/20/14 (4)
- RE: "Don't let your cat outdoors." - SJK 14:06:28 10/20/14 (3)
- RE: "know nothing about cats." - genungo 14:14:33 10/20/14 (2)
- RE: "know nothing about cats." - SJK 14:37:53 10/20/14 (1)
- RE: "know nothing about cats." - genungo 14:42:35 10/20/14 (0)
- What scientists with an agenda say about cats. - Timbo in Oz 12:53:12 10/20/14 (10)
- RE: What scientists with an agenda say about cats. - genungo 13:22:23 10/20/14 (9)
- F'whoooopp! - Timbo in Oz 13:49:47 10/20/14 (7)
- RE: Mum's pooh - genungo 14:11:09 10/20/14 (6)
- Chickens, goats, horses - LWR 14:27:31 10/20/14 (5)
- RE: Chickens, goats, horses - genungo 14:45:41 10/20/14 (2)
- Do you sleep on a conventional mattress? - LWR 14:53:15 10/20/14 (1)
- RE: Do you sleep on a conventional mattress? - genungo 15:27:36 10/20/14 (0)
- But of course. - Timbo in Oz 14:42:44 10/20/14 (1)
- I know my - LWR 15:02:17 10/20/14 (0)
- F'whoooopp! - Timbo in Oz 13:37:56 10/20/14 (0)
- Blasphemy. I'll scratch you for that. - free.ranger 12:29:21 10/20/14 (1)
- RE: I'll scratch you for that? - genungo 13:37:29 10/20/14 (0)
- Cats, and most animals, reflect their owners...... - Winston Smith 12:27:47 10/20/14 (6)
- RE: Cats, and most animals, reflect their owners...... - genungo 15:42:13 10/20/14 (1)
- Give it a break, and give yourself a break. - Timbo in Oz 23:07:47 10/20/14 (0)
- Perfect observations... - kavakidd 15:12:28 10/20/14 (2)
- Actually, I was going to mention that very thing...... - Winston Smith 15:32:23 10/20/14 (1)
- Indeed .... - kavakidd 23:27:22 10/20/14 (0)
- RE: Cats, and most animals, reflect their owners...... - genungo 13:17:15 10/20/14 (0)
- Speaking of animals and feces... - musetap 12:01:47 10/20/14 (7)
- RE: "Mind you I'm biased..." - genungo 13:14:59 10/20/14 (2)
- Truthfully, we were unsuccessful in cur-tailing the pet fetishism... - musetap 16:12:46 10/20/14 (1)
- Awesome! - Winston Smith 01:51:49 10/21/14 (0)
- RE: Speaking of animals and feces... - rlindsa 13:06:23 10/20/14 (2)
- RE: Speaking of animals and feces... - genungo 13:16:37 10/20/14 (1)
- RE: Speaking of animals and feces... - rlindsa 13:38:55 10/20/14 (0)
- Right on, musetap! (nt.) - Winston Smith 12:29:19 10/20/14 (0)
- What cats say about research - LWR 11:43:25 10/20/14 (1)
- That Cats kill birds is probably true - jedrider 17:42:29 10/20/14 (0)
- RE: What research says about cats... - Mike B. 10:08:47 10/20/14 (1)
- RE: What research says about cats... - genungo 10:39:56 10/20/14 (0)
- AIIGGHHHH!! TOO LATE FOR ME! - rlindsa 09:47:40 10/20/14 (2)
- :-) :-) (nt.) - Winston Smith 12:30:15 10/20/14 (1)
- RE: :-) :-) (nt.) - genungo 13:38:16 10/20/14 (0)