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Mugwump
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| David wrote: | | K wrote: | | swoop42 wrote: | ...
Unlike dogs cats actually have complex personalities and so not surprisingly those on the right appear to prefer dogs.
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Huh??? You think this is related to politics? |
I've actually thought of this before myself! There are even stories on (admittedly wacky and possibly satirical?) far-right websites warning about cat ownership being emasculating.
I do agree though that people who like dogs might secretly like having someone at hand who adores them unquestioningly and that they can boss around. |
Some might. Equally, people on the Left presumably like animals that play with and torture their victims before they kill. It’s the secret police thing, isn’t it? There’s an NKVD agent inside every cat and every Leftist loves to put the old claws of coercion in, make the prey squeal, flip it around a bit.
It’s a fun game, this. Anyone can play. But should we stop now, before it gets silly ? Oh, sorry - it already did, quite a while back, when Swoop started it.
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David 
to wish impossible things
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^ Look, I'm not saying you're wrong about the first part. Maybe we can just agree that all left-wing people, right-wing people and pet owners are terrible and leave it at that. 
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partypie
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Theres some interesting research being undertaken into the relationship between native animal scat and the health of native forests. Apparently the funguses promote tree growth.
By coincidence next weekend Im going to stay in a woodland forest where 28,000 hectares have been fenced with feral animal proof fencing and there are a great variety of marsupials and birds. I can imagine this fencing is very expensive to establish and maintain.
Cat control varies across local government and where I live has no regulation other than registration.
i would never own a cat because of how destructive they are. I hope they are better controlled in the future, along with other feral species. It seems that if we want to enjoy our forests and the benefit to the atmosphere they will have to be, no matter what the pet food industry throws at it |
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roar
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| think positive wrote: | | i dont get people without dogs, there is something fundamentally wrong with them! |
We're just not needy.
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Mugwump
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| David wrote: | | ^ Look, I'm not saying you're wrong about the first part. Maybe we can just agree that all left-wing people, right-wing people and pet owners are terrible and leave it at that. |
Actually the slightly serious part here is that Swoop suggested that I like dogs because I like to dominate others. Which was a weird personal attack amid a pretty harmless thread, and untrue on multiple grounds. But if you can’t get a kick, you play the man, I guess.
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HAL
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| The red one, I think. |
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think positive
Side By Side
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| roar wrote: | | think positive wrote: | | i dont get people without dogs, there is something fundamentally wrong with them! |
We're just not needy. |
I’m not needy, I’m a giver! And I like to give to the worthy!
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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| I'm not sure if I would like to do give to the worthy . What's it like? |
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think positive
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| HAL wrote: | | I'm not sure if I would like to do give to the worthy . What's it like? |
your male huh?
Joke guys!
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roar
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You can be a needy giver, too.
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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| Thanks, roar, for your kind criticism. |
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David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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| Mugwump wrote: | | David wrote: | | ^ Look, I'm not saying you're wrong about the first part. Maybe we can just agree that all left-wing people, right-wing people and pet owners are terrible and leave it at that. |
Actually the slightly serious part here is that Swoop suggested that I like dogs because I like to dominate others. Which was a weird personal attack amid a pretty harmless thread, and untrue on multiple grounds. But if you can’t get a kick, you play the man, I guess. |
*cough cough* a thread about genocide and murder, more like. I think a few cat lovers might have been provoked, that's all. 
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K
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| David wrote: | ...
*cough cough* a thread about genocide and murder, more like. I think a few cat lovers might have been provoked, that's all. |
Cat lovers "provoked" into becoming genocidal and murderous? What an intriguing idea... |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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The only genocide and murder happening here is that being committed by cats. 
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David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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| K wrote: | | David wrote: | ...
*cough cough* a thread about genocide and murder, more like. I think a few cat lovers might have been provoked, that's all. |
Cat lovers "provoked" into becoming genocidal and murderous? What an intriguing idea... |
I know a few personally and all I can say is, denigrate cats in their presence at your own risk!
I'm more into rats, personally, so I feel a little like a neutral party in this war (though I greatly prefer cats to dogs).
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