jmc wrote:
Suddenly, without warning, Dragoman exclaimed (8/14/2009 9:04 PM):
I've been lurking in this group for a while, getting nuggets of advice
here and there, and I can't help but notice the dogmatic attitude the
majority of the participants have towards the breeding of our masters.
It was made explicit in the recent thread about "breading", but it
was apparent in other threads too. Dogmatism, however, is never good.

For some reason, this dogma assumes that all cats are equal, and if
you want a kitten, go to the shelter where they're overflowing. Would
that be the same advice you would give to people that want to have
children, and would you yourself practice it? After all, the planet
has more than enough people, more than can be sustained, in fact, and
the orphanages and the third world countries are overflowing with
unwanted kids, whose fate you can only improve. So sterilize yourself,
(or don't have children), and adopt. If you have done so, and if this
is the advice you're giving to wannabe parents, then I submit - you
have all the right to advocate the same for cats. If you haven't
however, please STFU.


Actually, I have chosen to not have children, and have occasionally
suggested adopting rather than bringing more children in to the world.
Been called deviant for not having kids, too. Seriously.

So, thank you for allowing me, as an American, to keep my first
amendment rights

I'm not as militant as some, but I still advocate not breeding unless
you truly have exceptional, pedigreed cats (if nobody at all bred cats,
and they were all spayed or neutered, they'd go extinct, after all).

I'm a horsewoman as well, where the problem is magnified, and I believe
even stables who's primary business is breeding, should concentrate on
training and give the mares a break while the economy sucks, rather than
producing more unsellable horses.

Right now, we don't need more cats, dogs, horses, or humans.

jmc

and the pope should endorse homosexuality to reduce the burden on mother
earth, especially in south america, india and china.