is this normal?

"Orchid" wrote in message
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:18:32 -0500, "Phil P."
wrote:

even to people who have
called me a murderer.

I don't think I actually called you a murderer, did I?

Yeah, actually, you did. You said that by purchasing my boys
that I had murdered two shelter kitties.

I don't think I've ever used the term "murder". I probably said buying a
cat from a breeder takes a home away from a shelter cat that would end up
being killed because of the lack of that home. -- which is true -- athough
some people would not get a cat unless it was a specfic breed pedigree.
Those people aren't a part of the equasion because they have no impact on
the general feline population. I don't consider them real cat lovers
because they don't actually love cats as a species. You're not one of those
people because you also have a love of natural bred cats.

Breeders claim that only 5-10% of the pet cats in the US are pedigrees.
That translates into about 3.5-7 million cats - The lower number is about
the number of cats killed each year in the nation's kill-shelters.

All the cat registry organizations combined don't register 3 mllion new
pedigrees a year so I don't know how many cats breeders actually contribute
to the cat overpopulation but its clear that they do contribute to the
problem - hobby breeders less so than commercial and backyard breeders
because many hobby breeders only "breed to order" rather than churn out
litters one after the other.

Good luck.

Phil

"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa 22 Feb 2004 22:13:10 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
PawsForThought ) said,
Hmmm, well, a) I don't think "eat ****" is all that awful of a
thing
to say.

And besides sometimes it is just the most appropriate response.


It *was* the most appropriate response. I remember Steve Crane
was saying that
ingredients don't matter in pet food. I said something like "why
don't you eat
**** then since ingredients don't matter."
It must have been too much for Goobie to handle, LOL

That's 'cause he only has one hand free...



oooooo

low five,



low



five!

"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa 22 Feb 2004 22:13:10 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
PawsForThought ) said,
Hmmm, well, a) I don't think "eat ****" is all that awful of a
thing
to say.

And besides sometimes it is just the most appropriate response.


It *was* the most appropriate response. I remember Steve Crane
was saying that
ingredients don't matter in pet food. I said something like "why
don't you eat
**** then since ingredients don't matter."
It must have been too much for Goobie to handle, LOL

That's 'cause he only has one hand free...



oooooo

low five,



low



five!

"Mary" wrote in message
. com...

"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa 22 Feb 2004 22:13:10 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
PawsForThought ) said,
Hmmm, well, a) I don't think "eat ****" is all that awful of a
thing
to say.

And besides sometimes it is just the most appropriate response.


It *was* the most appropriate response. I remember Steve Crane
was saying that
ingredients don't matter in pet food. I said something like "why
don't you eat
**** then since ingredients don't matter."
It must have been too much for Goobie to handle, LOL

That's 'cause he only has one hand free...



oooooo

low five,



low



five!

Was that a pun? ;-Þ


Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

"Mary" wrote in message
. com...

"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa 22 Feb 2004 22:13:10 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
PawsForThought ) said,
Hmmm, well, a) I don't think "eat ****" is all that awful of a
thing
to say.

And besides sometimes it is just the most appropriate response.


It *was* the most appropriate response. I remember Steve Crane
was saying that
ingredients don't matter in pet food. I said something like "why
don't you eat
**** then since ingredients don't matter."
It must have been too much for Goobie to handle, LOL

That's 'cause he only has one hand free...



oooooo

low five,



low



five!

Was that a pun? ;-Þ


Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

From: (Liz)

(GAUBSTER2) wrote in message
Nope, I'm happily married. I just wonder why your little clique chooses to
ignore Lauren's bad behavior and chastise Christina for hers?

I have never seen Lauren be unpolite to anyone but those who attacked
her first. You cannot blame her for the actions of others. Actually, I
think she´s the friendliest and most supportive person in this
newsgroup. It is her right as it is my right to dislike SD and I don´t
see why you have to make such a big deal out of it. Are you happily
married with SD by any chance? LOL

Thanks, Liz, that's very nice of you to say

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: (Liz)

(GAUBSTER2) wrote in message
Nope, I'm happily married. I just wonder why your little clique chooses to
ignore Lauren's bad behavior and chastise Christina for hers?

I have never seen Lauren be unpolite to anyone but those who attacked
her first. You cannot blame her for the actions of others. Actually, I
think she´s the friendliest and most supportive person in this
newsgroup. It is her right as it is my right to dislike SD and I don´t
see why you have to make such a big deal out of it. Are you happily
married with SD by any chance? LOL

Thanks, Liz, that's very nice of you to say

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: "Hailey"

**************I triple agree! It's sickening. Sheeeshh.. dontcha just wanna
tell some
people to GROW UP??************ by HAILEY

This is the 4th post in a row that is backing up Lauren for her lying!
Incredible!! The post that you are responding to didn't even have any of
the
facts correct. Perhaps you should check your facts before you back up
somebody
else's errors and misconceptions.


Ya know what? I was not backing anyone up.

You sure were or you wouldn't have created the post. If you didn't know what
you were commenting about, then you'd better learn to butt out of things that
don't concern you or else you risk being painted as aligning yourself with
people and actions that you may not agree with.

I don't even know what your whole
beef is about, and please, don't tell me.

Then why do you piggyback on top of other people's posts?? Do you just feel
this overwhelming need to "belong" to something?

Though I may be new to the list, I can see that Lauren has
not been following you around but umm... yeah... check out your own posts. I
won't be any longer.

Hailey- who just wants peace...

Lauren lies and calls names and you want to ignore that while bothering to give
me a hard time for calling her on the carpet. Okay, fine. That says a lot
about you. As for wanting "peace", why bother posting at all unless you want
to "jump in" and/or "pile on"? That's not how you get "peace".

From: "Hailey"

**************I triple agree! It's sickening. Sheeeshh.. dontcha just wanna
tell some
people to GROW UP??************ by HAILEY

This is the 4th post in a row that is backing up Lauren for her lying!
Incredible!! The post that you are responding to didn't even have any of
the
facts correct. Perhaps you should check your facts before you back up
somebody
else's errors and misconceptions.


Ya know what? I was not backing anyone up.

You sure were or you wouldn't have created the post. If you didn't know what
you were commenting about, then you'd better learn to butt out of things that
don't concern you or else you risk being painted as aligning yourself with
people and actions that you may not agree with.

I don't even know what your whole
beef is about, and please, don't tell me.

Then why do you piggyback on top of other people's posts?? Do you just feel
this overwhelming need to "belong" to something?

Though I may be new to the list, I can see that Lauren has
not been following you around but umm... yeah... check out your own posts. I
won't be any longer.

Hailey- who just wants peace...

Lauren lies and calls names and you want to ignore that while bothering to give
me a hard time for calling her on the carpet. Okay, fine. That says a lot
about you. As for wanting "peace", why bother posting at all unless you want
to "jump in" and/or "pile on"? That's not how you get "peace".

From: olitter (PawsForThought)

Goob, are you in love with Lauren? Cuz I'm pretty sure she's married so
maybe
you should direct your obsessions elsewhere.

Candace

Ack, bite your tongue, Candace, LOL. Yes, I'm married. Sorry, Goobie, I
know
it breaks your little heart

Don't flatter yourself, LIAR. I hope you get your pathological urge to lie and
call people names "out of your system" on the internet, for the sake of your
marriage. I know that if my wife lied about things, I wouldn't be able to
trust her.