Sorry, but I couldn't disagree more with that statement--and I would go so
far as to say that those who agree with it are a leading cause for much of
what is wrong with the world today.

It is because of people like this that we have situations such as the Diane
Whipple case--a woman who was mauled to death by two aggressive dogs. Turns
out the dog owners knew full well how dangerous the dogs were and did
NOTHING about it--one of the owners even was quoted AFTER the deaths as
saying to the effect "if the people around here don't like our dogs they can
leave." It is also because of this mentality that you get the more routine &
annoying, like a neighbor whose cats trespass into the adjoining yard and
put paw prints all over the hood of the neighbors' cars--and the cat owner,
rather than taking responsibility, will basically say "well gee, if you'd
garage your cars this wouldn't be a problem." Or they'll minimize it in a
very insulting way, saying "what's the big deal, they're just cars." (It's
called TRESPASSING where I come from.)

And of course the classic cases of the dogs that go into the neighbor's yard
to "take care of business" as it were, sometimes with the owner's
encouragement being the cause of it. (As an aside--I heard of the case of
one person who was a victim of this who handled the problem in a most
excellent way. He'd take the offending "by-products" produced by his
neighbor's dog, and throw the "by-products" onto the dog owner's porch. Word
has it that the problem stopped immediately.)

Pets aren't objects, true, but they aren't people either. Anyone that
considers their cat, dog, racoon, whatever, to be as important to them as
their people friends--especially ones like wife, children, parents--sorry,
but such a person has mental issues. It has long been established--at least
until we went koo-koo the last 30 years or so anyway--that animals sit in a
place distinctly below humans in the importance level of things. This is NOT
to justify abuse or mistreatment, but rather to put animals' importance in
perspective. There is nothing wrong with loving your cat, dog, snake, pick
your pet it doesn't matter--but if you consider it as important to you as
your spouse or children etc, you've got problems, serious problems.

So, to equate giving away a cat--a cat we found out in the yard wandering,
it's not as if we sought the cat out deliberately--to equate this with being
the same as turning your back on a child, that's a mentally challenged
position to hold. I will pray for you my friend, you need help.

LRH

One more time folks:

This guy is a TROLL and has posted this exact same scenario before.

He gets off on your outrage, so PLEASE stop feeding him!!

Thanks for the feedback, Wendy. I didn't realize that if a cat (especially a
kitten) had its background this could be a factor. I did consider that since
it was a kitten and not fully grown yet it could change.

Actually, it already has. It does still meow when I pick it up, but it's not
so intense--and it doesn't squirm like a pig anymore. It is already coming
around it seems.

If it does end up hate being held when all is said & done then yes I would
rehome it. If it keeps doing as it's done the last couple of days or so,
though, it would be a pleasure to keep him.

Heck, the other 2 cats are starting to come around--I even found the new one
& one of the others sleeping together in a box, it was the sweetest thing.
It's also cute when this new kitten engages in play with the others, chewing
on their ears and chasing their tail and so forth. Really cute.

LRH

aaaaaaah! Lyns gonna kick your tail

Lyn says a pig has the same rights as you do

Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
sure bacon tastes good, pork chops taste gooood.

AND sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I
wouldn't eat the filthy motherf%^ker.

Pigs sleep and root in sh.t. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin'
nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces.

Now a dog eats its own feces, I don't eat dog either.

I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely
dirty. A dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.

So by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease
to be a filthy animal. but we'd have to be talkin' about one charmin'
mother$%ckin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charmin' than
that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin''?

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Oh man! I shot Marvin in the face!