My cats have never been out

"Lynne" wrote in message
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on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:51:52 GMT, "MaryL"
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LITTER wrote:

I have wondered just what it is that she "teaches."

All I can say is thank goodness she's no longer got access to the
impressionable minds of children. The woman appears to need medication.


I think she is just an icky, unpleasant, petty, nasty person. I wish that
were a sickness, then there would be a cure.

On Jun 21, 5:55 am, bookie wrote:


thankfully most 'brits' are not in a stranglehold of paranoia as you
yanks seem tobe about the dangers lurking touside their homes and so
happily allow their animals outside.

Seeing dead animals along the side of the road almost every day is not
paranoia. It is reality.

Many years ago, my own cat ran in front of the car while I was in it.
Can you imagine accidentally killing your own cat? That was his last
time out. And he lived a good long happy life.

If we are going to discuss natural vs safe; I would point out that
taking a cat to the vet is not natural for a cat. And that cat
certainly doesn't enjoy it, but I we do it anyway for their health.

As for comparing to children, most people do not let toddlers run
around the neighborhood withoutr supervision, and cats are similar in
cognitive ability. They do not understand roads, posions, nasty
neighbors, etc. Nor do they understand rules and boundaries. We cannot
compare free roaming cats with children who are old enough to play in
the yard and follow rules.

And those things wouldn't be natural to a cat either. Of course, pet
ownership wouldn't be either.

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:08:23 -0400, cybercat wrote:

"Lynne" wrote in message
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on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:51:52 GMT, "MaryL"
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LITTER wrote:

I have wondered just what it is that she "teaches."

All I can say is thank goodness she's no longer got access to the
impressionable minds of children. The woman appears to need
medication.


I think she is just an icky, unpleasant, petty, nasty person. I wish
that were a sickness, then there would be a cure.

Bah! The world is a giant zoo and Usenet is the primate cage. Bookie is
no worse than the rest of us. But she has positioned herself on the
wrong end of this particular argument.

Charlie

Charlie

"Charlie Wilkes" wrote in message
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:08:23 -0400, cybercat wrote:

"Lynne" wrote in message
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on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:51:52 GMT, "MaryL"
-OUT-THE-
LITTER wrote:

I have wondered just what it is that she "teaches."

All I can say is thank goodness she's no longer got access to the
impressionable minds of children. The woman appears to need
medication.


I think she is just an icky, unpleasant, petty, nasty person. I wish
that were a sickness, then there would be a cure.

Bah! The world is a giant zoo and Usenet is the primate cage. Bookie is
no worse than the rest of us.

Did I say she was any worse than the rest of us? Did I say that I am NOT
an icky, unpleasant, petty, nasty person? No I did not.

On 21 Jun, 23:19, Lynne wrote:
on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:51:52 GMT, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-

LITTER wrote:
I have wondered just what it is that she "teaches."

All I can say is thank goodness she's no longer got access to the
impressionable minds of children. The woman appears to need medication.

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Lynne

oooh! now we are getting all bitchy and catty (to coin a phrase) run
out of any reasonable arguments of being the dumb-arses you are, now
you are going for petty personal attacks, very intelligent ladies, you
just wow us all with your seering intellect and witty comments. You
really are a sad bunch of old hags aren't you?

now just **** off back to your trailers and your sad little lives,
somebody wake me up when they have all died from obesity-related
diseases

On Jun 20, 8:41 pm, bookie wrote:
yeah and stay indoors yourselves too cos you never know whether you
may get hit by a car crossing the road

People know the dangers of crossing a road, and thus are able to
travel across the road safely. Cats have no idea what the dangers of
the road mean. They can't read signs and they can't read traffic
lights, as far as I know. That's why it's our duty and obligation to
protect these animals we care for. You can't compare people to cats.

On Jun 20, 2:05 pm, "Lilah Morgan" wrote:

and one morning last winter I went out to
feed all the critters, and our goose couple was in a fenced pen, and the
male was sitting in a corner, his neck column sticking out the fence
skinned, and there was no head, and blood/feathers all over that corner. We
have since put chicken wire all around the sides of that pen(the fencing
wasn't chain link, it was square stuff, probably 2 or 3 inches on each side
of the square, so something could grab his head, but nothing else.

That's awful

We have deer occassionally too(last Feburary had like 8 deer in the yard, I got
some pictures). It's my goal to make this kind of a wildlife sanctuary
type(not an official/legal/business type one though), where animals come to
be safe and enjoy some good food, and any time of the year you can look out
the window and see nature's bounty.

That sounds really nice. We have deer here too and our cats love to
watch them from the window. They even chatter at them. I wonder if
they think they're big dogs.

"PawsForThought" wrote in message
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On Jun 20, 8:41 pm, bookie wrote:
yeah and stay indoors yourselves too cos you never know whether you
may get hit by a car crossing the road

People know the dangers of crossing a road, and thus are able to
travel across the road safely. Cats have no idea what the dangers of
the road mean. They can't read signs and they can't read traffic
lights, as far as I know. That's why it's our duty and obligation to
protect these animals we care for. You can't compare people to cats.


You can if you're a blowhard idiot.

"barb" wrote in message
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Funny- I assumed Bookie was a male. No?

No.

Funny- I assumed Bookie was a male. No?

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Barb
Of course I don't look busy,
I did it right the first time.