“You don't [BLEEP] with another man’s vehicle.”
Posted on 06/09/2009 9:46:22 PM PDT by Chet 99
Why kill a cat over scratches on car?
ONE of the common conflicts between humans and cats in an increasingly dense urban setting arises from our increasing attachment to material things.
The more expensive the item, the stronger the attachment. The stronger the attachment, the more intense is emotional suffering from losing them.
A highly educated woman, who recently acquired a brand new car that cost "40 grand" was so worried about possible scratches from the few cats in the carpark that she complained to the Cat Welfare Society and the town council for the removal of the cats.
As far as the town council is concerned, that means activating the pest controllers for the cats to be killed at the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA).
Rejecting an offer of a free car cover from the Cat Welfare Society, the woman threatened to claim damages against the town council if she could capture the video footage of feline "culprits" with a camera installed in the car.
She said that even cats should not escape being punished.
Paint on a car is manufactured to withstand the tremendous force of the gravel missiles as it speeds along the road, otherwise every car will be pitted all over as it speeds along the highway!
A paint technologist on this website (www.flippyscatpage.com/carpaint.html) wrote: "The worst a cat can do to in normal circumstances is leave cute little muddy cat prints - annoying but not inherently damaging."
High ground
Cats, by nature, like to rest on "safe" high ground or seek the warmth radiating through the car bonnet.
Being animals, cats don't know that it is "wrong" to do so.
A friend of mine, who grew up in the US, told me that when her brother drove home a brand new car, her father "christened" it with some scratches.
The father had the wisdom to save his son from "future sufferings" from inevitable scratches and dents.
The car has no feelings, no matter how badly scratched it is, but it is we human beings who feel the pain because we define our happiness in terms of material possessions.
Attachment, and not the cats, is the cause of our anger and therefore our wish to take revenge on the cats by wanting them killed.
The solution is obvious but has eluded many of us.
That said, I’ve informed my cat that when the N. Koreans drop the bomb and food gets scarce in the post-apacalyptic wasteland, I’m eating her.
A.) It was a feral cat, not a house cat.
B.) it was getting into my garage, and it did a hell of a lot of damage to my brand new $60,000 car. It therefore had to die and a gun was not appropriate.
C.) I Challenge you to find a law that says I can’t leave an open container of antifreeze in MY garage.
D.) the only Difference between me killing this cat and someone killing 57 rattlesnakes is that killing the cat was justified and served a useful purpose while killing the snakes did not. I broke no law and morally, I am standing on the higher ground.
E. Epic fail on your part.
“You don't [BLEEP] with another man’s vehicle.”
Good comeback. However, poisoning strikes me as immoral. I’d let you borrow my gun rather than see an animal suffer like that.
I waiting for all the cat loving morons to show up and bitch about us not liking their cats crapping in our yards and spraying on the porch.
All you cat lovers, keep your pets in your house. Problem solved.
You are right. The rattlesnakes have a purpose.
I hate cat irresponsible cat owners that let their animals roam free all over other peoples’ property. These are the people that have no regard for what their animals do to other peoples’ animals, property, landscapes - despite ordinances and laws clearly stating animals need to be under the owner’s control - either by a leash or a run line, or contained by a fence/invisible fence.
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Agreed. It's the owners that are the problem.
well I feel sufficiently shitty about it now if it makes you feel better.
Poisoning offends the sensibilities of the community, and is not aligned with our values.
Certainly there is a more humane method of killing a cat. Explosives?
The counts up to 63 now and no law’s were violated and nobodies pet’s were poisoned. What an ignorant Twit you are!
Yeah, it really doesn’t matter what kind of animal you’re talking about. Dogs, cats, whatever. It goes back to the owner not being responsible for their own animals.
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