Should we eradicate cats in Australia?

[Mugwump]

[K]

Oh... see my previous comment (last post on p.8 ) for what I was thinking about.

[Mugwump]

^ yep, got it, K thanks. You could have picked my jaw off the floor when I thought you were endorsing Swoop�s comment ! I should have realized that there was another explanation, as it is clearly (and creditably) not your thing to go personal.

[swoop42]

I never edited my original post and stand by it.

This thread is proof enough that those who lean to the left are more likely to have a special place in there hearts for cats and those who lean right prefer dogs.

If you like both then I guess you're likely to be the in the moderate centre.

I guess it all comes down to your ability for tolerance of those who are harder to love or don't reflect the person you see in the mirror.

And what side of politics do we think does a better job of embracing the differences we all have?

Cats are harder to love and much easier to hate than dogs because they display more personality traits and are a better reflection of the complexity of the human psyche due to it.

But alas millions of Australians love them because of this very reason and don't desire a pet that provides them with unquestionable loyalty.

As for Mugwump he is the one who delivered the initial rather insulting claim that if you're a cat owner you must be only doing so in sufferance of not being in a position to own a dog.

As I then rightly pointed out this says more about him because the actual reality is that millions of Australians love the company that a cat provides and would never exchange them for a dog.

He has since acted like a petulant child trying to portray himself as the victim continually offering snide remarks about me when in reality he was simply called out on his rather narrow minded belief on millions of Australians.

Anyway I've now had my right of reply and will move on.

I suggest he do the same

[HAL]

That is quite a lot.

[stui magpie]

Since the OP has been questioned, I'd like to clarify a point for those who commented without reading it.

Eradicating cats means putting down all non de-sexed cats to ensure there is no breeding population left in the country from which feral cats can come.

I did propose that cat lovers could still buy a neutered cat from overseas breeders, if that's what they need. If all cats had to be imported neutered, and lets add microchipped to the owner, irresponsible owners would have their licence to import a cat revoked if it was found roaming, but because it couldn't breed the risk of ferals goes away.

[Mugwump]

[stui magpie]

The premise of left v right and cat v dog is just utter bullshit. Some may call it typical leftist deflection, but that's too obvious.

You don't have to hate cats (and I don't) to have enough brains to recognise that as an introduced predator they are causing carnage to the native fauna and more needs to be done to control this pest that does more damage than rabbits, foxes and cane toads combined.

[Mugwump]

^ actually, on this little survey, there might be some merit in the political hypothesis. Most of the people broadly toward the Right seem to be dog people, and the more Leftist posters seem to be cat people. Don�t know if that is coincidence, but it was an interesting speculation, and I don�t object to it at all. Even if true, what it means is anyone�s guess, of course.

[David]

Wokko posted a link a while back that suggested there might be some broad correlation between testosterone levels and political orientation (at least among men), and I feel like that could be plausible. If so, it�s not too much of a stretch to hypothesise that cats might appeal to the more effeminate among us (for instance, I find dog barks grating and antagonising, whereas maybe some macho guys actually feed off those displays of aggression?)

This is painting in very broad brushstrokes, of course, and would have plenty of exceptions even if true, but I feel like it�s interesting food for thought.

BTW, I didn�t edit Swoop�s post and I�m not aware of any other mod having done so, so is it possible you imagined that he said this?

[watt price tully]

Some people here are carrying on like cats and dogs.

[think positive]

[Mugwump]

[David]

Well, Swoop did say that he never edited his post, and if he did, he would have had to have ninja-edited it sometime within the 14 minutes before Stui�s post for it to not appear as edited, and you would have had to see it in that brief window of time. So ... I dunno. I often find myself typing a sentence and then realising that I completely missed a word that I thought I already typed, and sometimes we get the gist of what someone�s saying and see a similar word and our brain fills in the gaps, so this kind of thing is pretty common. �\_(�/)_/�

Anyway, seems like there might be some basis to the pet choice�politics link:

http://time.com/8293/its-true-liberals-like-cats-more-than-conservatives-do/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/canine-corner/201306/do-politics-matter-when-it-comes-loving-cats-or-dogs
http://demographicpartitions.org/dog-people-vs-cat-people-statistics/

[Mugwump]

^ nope. I read it two or three times, probably more or less as soon as it was posted. I read it a few times as it seemed so bizarre : mildly humorous conversation happening and then someone stabs you with a knitting needle. You shake your head and think �did I read that right ?� So you read it again. Then you think �wtf caused that ?� So you re-read it a third time. Dunno re the mechanics, but I don�t do drugs. It was there. No bones broken, but bullshit deserves to be named. His �hurt locker� justification above is as silly as the initial post. Anyway, now that a punch thrown has had service relatively politely returned, I�m good for a truce.

Always best to avoid attacking the character of another poster as an individual. Attack the ideology by all means, and the outlook of an ideology�s notional supporter base. That�s fine. Attack the post and the quality of an argument. But if you attack personal character, it�s really looking for trouble anywhere in life.