"PawsForThought" wrote in message
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Mary wrote:
"Philip" wrote in message
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CatNipped wrote:

Philip, *PLEASE* buy a stuffed animal and *don't* get a cat!
There
are *NO* guarantees that *ANY* cat you adopt will not do any of
the
above (and *NO* I *DON'T* want to know how you taught him where
it was
OK
to yak). To
me (and to a lot of us here) adopting a cat is like adopting, or
birthing, a baby - you take what you get and love him/her no
matter
what problems come along with him/her.

Dear lady ... calm down. Contain your hostility.

From the beginning, I had no doubt that I would meet up with a
person or
two
operating with an unhealthy dedication to their pets.

Phillip, I'm sorry, but she is right. It could be that you might just
be
overly anal and controlling in the planning phase, but just on the
off
chance you will actually be like this with the cat you adopt, I think
you should reconsider. And you do NOT want a kitten. You will
wind up being cruel because you cannot control it to your
satisfaction. Maybe a very well mannered adult shelter cat that
has been there a long time, even one that someone else has
declawed.

The phrase "unhealthy dedication" is very telling. I think you have
an unhealthy dedication to your own convenience, your furniture,
your rugs. The rule is (and it is a good one) anything with a
pulse outranks anything without a pulse.

And please, don't act like you did not expect your comments

This guy's a jerk. He should get a pet rock. Idiot!

Paws ... the idiot is you for slurping up Mary's pabulum and swallowing it.
Here's a napkin.