that is my flatmate.  he calls me in the morning and says that he
noticed that the cat is scratching his ties, which he chooses to hang
in the  living room which is a common area.  he asked "what if i (he)
would pay for the cat to be declawed..." i told him i'll pay for his
ties and then did i make him eat his words!  he says this to me after
i told him very explicitly that i do not mutilate animals and what i
think of people who do, and he knew that he is moving into an
apartment with a cat.  "well, if the cat be in a specific area of the
apartment".  "no you, sadist, your ties can be in your room".  "well
this is a common area, i don't want to keep it all
to myself, but i just want to keep my clothes there safe and Z (our
other flat mate, not a sadist, a nice person) also plans to use
it...". "uh, it's a common area, thus no expectation of privacy.  i
don't care what you do with it, since i don't use it, so get a screen
door, or build a closet.  did Z  say she wants to use it and for it to
be free from cat with claws" "well, no, she didn't.  where do i get a
screen door?" dumbass idiot. then he called me saying that he doesn't
want me to be angry with him and he found a screen door.  hmmm, how
about not suggesting to chop off parts of paws of a cat in order to
keep your ugly ties "safe" in a living room?

-L