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Why Cat Owners Should All be Penalized
Medscape Internal Medicine News ^ | 6/22/2012 | Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

Posted on 06/26/2012 12:11:10 PM PDT by fteuph

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To: fteuph
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CAT "OWNER".
Cats cannot be owned - they co-habitate with us at their pleasure, and will leave if and when they damn-well please.
So keep them happy and enjoy the benefit of a rodent-free abode.
101 posted on 06/27/2012 4:42:23 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CAT "OWNER".

LOL! So true. The best a human can hope for is to be "tolerated". You have opposable thumbs and can open a can or change litter, so you are permitted to stay.

102 posted on 06/27/2012 4:47:44 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Goode over evil. Voting for mitt or obie is like throwing your country away.)
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To: All

My co-worker was off work last week because her son’s ‘sweet’ pit bull bit a hole through her nose. Just sayin....


103 posted on 06/27/2012 8:16:45 AM PDT by Fawn (DEAR JESUS....PLEASE LET OBAMA LOSE.....AMEN.)
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To: fteuph
All of which takes me back to the issue of cats. If we are going to put a penalty on lifestyle choices, then shouldn't we penalize all lifestyle choices?

Someone is overlooking the pink elephant and fairies in the middle of the room. STDs victimize and kill and cost. Then there is mental illness and drug abuse.

104 posted on 06/27/2012 8:26:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The media ignored the 40th anniversary of Bill Ayers' Pentagon bombing but not Watergate. Ask Why.)
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To: fteuph

This guy is a PhD, not an MD so who is he to talk about health risks associated with owning a kitteh. I tried to go to Medscape, the place this was published and since I refuse to join, I can’t see this loon’s CV to see what his PhD is in.


105 posted on 06/27/2012 8:45:16 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: fteuph

One more thing, everything he says about kittehs also applies to dogs.

He says, “Let me add that none of this applies to dogs. I own a dog.” Wrong, there’s dog’s dander, people are allergic to dogs and when the dogs leaves as he said (about cats) they (dogs) also leave behind dander or dog allergens in the rug.

Either this guy is a loon or this is satire.


106 posted on 06/27/2012 8:49:39 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: Sarajevo

Locally we are the only source for fresh eggs and what I charge is actually what the restaurants and a resort have offered to pay so they can count on the eggs. The way I use to do it was to sell them for like $4 a dozen and it was first come first served. This way is better.

Cheaper than Dirt is where we got our last order of .308


107 posted on 06/27/2012 8:55:28 AM PDT by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: Fawn

Let me guess; she put her face in the dog’s face.


108 posted on 06/27/2012 9:21:04 AM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Altariel

No, she hugged it..... it also gave her a black eye...puffy cheek.... She still loves the dog, but forbids her 8 month old grandchild from being around it.....


109 posted on 06/27/2012 9:34:16 AM PDT by Fawn (DEAR JESUS....PLEASE LET OBAMA LOSE.....AMEN.)
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To: fteuph

If you want to get the lefties screeching, suggest that women stop using the pill, as the hormones are getting into the water (they cannot be totally removed in waste treatment plants), & they are the likely cause of frog deformities we’ve seen recently.


110 posted on 06/27/2012 9:54:27 AM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: fteuph
Cats are evil!


111 posted on 06/27/2012 10:17:27 AM PDT by Bon mots ("When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...")
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To: fteuph
THIS POST IS---


112 posted on 06/27/2012 11:37:34 AM PDT by Young Werther
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To: DarthVader

Sarcasm. Look it up.


113 posted on 06/27/2012 1:49:37 PM PDT by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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To: Fawn

In other words, she signaled aggressive/dominant behavior to her dog. One can conclude that her dog doesn’t view her as alpha of the pack and viewed her aggressive/dominant behavior as unwanted and “in need of correction”.

A dog is not a human; your friend erred by supposing her dog would interpret the hug the same way she did.


114 posted on 06/27/2012 4:45:39 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: fteuph; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Eric Blair 2084; libertarian27; metesky; Madame Dufarge; Mears; ...

This is EXCELLENT because satire is supposed to have a certain amount of reality.

Unfortunately, if one substitutes “tobacco smokers and chewers” for “cat owners” you will have the EXACT sentiments expressed by anti-smokers in real life, including right here on Free Republic.


115 posted on 06/27/2012 5:39:49 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: Fawn

Then we should just kill ALL dogs and make you finally, truly happy.

[don’t you have a life?]


116 posted on 06/27/2012 6:00:51 PM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: Altariel; Eaker; LongElegantLegs

Nope.

Dog’s skull was too small and it squeezed his brain tumor until he went berserk and attacked for no apparent reason, as usual.

[this is the thing that says *you* have no life but stalks cat threads posting anti-dog crap 24/7. it is to laugh]

But seriously...do you think anybody’s going to admit they did something stupid when the only other witness can’t testify on its own behalf?


117 posted on 06/27/2012 6:05:42 PM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: Fawn
“Hugging” to dogs is -not- the same as hugging to humans.

To a dog, it's aggression/dominance mounting behavior.

Possibly the most difficult thing for any dog to ‘learn’ is the bizarre human behavior of “hugging”.

In their world, it's a prelude to an attack by another dog.

It's a great credit to a dog's great intellect that they can learn to tolerate our freakishly alien/inappropriate body language yet we have a hard time learning theirs.

118 posted on 06/27/2012 6:10:24 PM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: Altariel

Ooops.

Ignore my post.

You already said it.

LOL


119 posted on 06/27/2012 6:12:08 PM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: Borax Queen
Dang it.

Back to the dungeons. Kittehs mocking......

:-)

120 posted on 06/27/2012 6:49:55 PM PDT by Lakeshark (I don't care for Mitt, the alternative is unthinkable)
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