Need links!

"Annie Wxill" wrote in message
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Seanette:

"I just don't have the energy to fight hopeless battles. Megan, shut up."

Lyn (~L~):
"*WHAT* is THAT all about?"

Thanks Annie, I'm out of it now, but as I told Sherry, I would really
appreciate equal treatment for *anyone* who is out of line, not just me. It
may sound childish, but it is hurtful for be singled out for something when
I am responding in a milder manner than what I was responding to.

Hugs,

CatNipped

Jill Wrote:
Seanette's examples to the woman are falling on deaf ears. The woman

doesn't want to hear about the reasons not to declaw, period.
Sometimes you
simply cannot change people's minds. That's all Seanette was saying.

Jill

That one website with the photos is pretty compelling. It's hard to
believe someone who really loved cats could go through with the surgery
after seeing that one. I ought to knock on wood, because I hate to jinx
a good run, but to date, I have never have anyone I couldn't talk out
of declaw. Not that I was that convincing, all I did was explain and
hand them stuff I'd printed off the internet. It's just that the vast
majority of people who I crossed paths with who wanted to declaw just
didn't know anything about the surgery. They thought it was like
apermanent manicure or something. Once they understand it, there was no
question for them anymore. Good for Seanette for trying. I hope she's
able to convince them.

Sherry

wrote:
Jill Wrote:
Seanette's examples to the woman are falling on deaf ears. The
woman

doesn't want to hear about the reasons not to declaw, period.
Sometimes you
simply cannot change people's minds. That's all Seanette was saying.

Jill

That one website with the photos is pretty compelling. It's hard to
believe someone who really loved cats could go through with the
surgery after seeing that one. I ought to knock on wood, because I
hate to jinx a good run, but to date, I have never have anyone I
couldn't talk out of declaw. Not that I was that convincing, all I
did was explain and hand them stuff I'd printed off the internet.
It's just that the vast majority of people who I crossed paths with
who wanted to declaw just didn't know anything about the surgery.
They thought it was like apermanent manicure or something. Once they
understand it, there was no question for them anymore. Good for
Seanette for trying. I hope she's able to convince them.

Sherry

I hope so. Persia came to me front declawed and it sort of breaks my heart
when she curls her little front "fingers" on me. She's such a lady I'm sure
she wouldn't use claws unless she was annoyed. But when she kneads my side
at night, or reclines on me when I'm reading and is feeling lovey, she purrs
up a storm and I feel her front paws curling. Fortunately, she has shown
*no* negative symptoms from the surgery but I can't stand to think about
what she went through as a kitten when they did that to her.

Jill

had some very interesting things to say about
Need links!:

That one website with the photos is pretty compelling. It's hard to
believe someone who really loved cats could go through with the surgery
after seeing that one. I ought to knock on wood, because I hate to jinx
a good run, but to date, I have never have anyone I couldn't talk out
of declaw. Not that I was that convincing, all I did was explain and
hand them stuff I'd printed off the internet. It's just that the vast
majority of people who I crossed paths with who wanted to declaw just
didn't know anything about the surgery. They thought it was like
apermanent manicure or something. Once they understand it, there was no
question for them anymore. Good for Seanette for trying. I hope she's
able to convince them.

No website will do anything to persuade someone who refuses to read
it.

--
"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be
doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

Jill Wrote:
"I hope so. Persia came to me front declawed and it sort of breaks my
heart
when she curls her little front "fingers" on me. She's such a lady I'm
sure
she wouldn't use claws unless she was annoyed. But when she kneads my
side
at night, or reclines on me when I'm reading and is feeling lovey, she
purrs
up a storm and I feel her front paws curling. Fortunately, she has
shown
*no* negative symptoms from the surgery but I can't stand to think
about
what she went through as a kitten when they did that to her.

Jill

I didn't know Persia was declawed. I can't believe I missed that, as
long as I've been reading about her. It sounds like she is one of the
lucky ones in more ways than one. She probably doesn't have any
adverse affects or she wouldn't be so well-adjusted and sweet-natured
now.
Sherry

jmcquown wrote:

Seanette's examples to the woman are falling on deaf ears. The woman
doesn't want to hear about the reasons not to declaw, period.
Sometimes you
simply cannot change people's minds. That's all Seanette was saying.

Jill

I get that now. I couldn't figure out what that had to do with Megan...

-L.

wrote:
That one website with the photos is pretty compelling. It's hard to
believe someone who really loved cats could go through with the
surgery
after seeing that one. I ought to knock on wood, because I hate to
jinx
a good run, but to date, I have never have anyone I couldn't talk out
of declaw. Not that I was that convincing, all I did was explain and
hand them stuff I'd printed off the internet. It's just that the vast
majority of people who I crossed paths with who wanted to declaw just
didn't know anything about the surgery. They thought it was like
apermanent manicure or something. Once they understand it, there was
no
question for them anymore. Good for Seanette for trying. I hope she's
able to convince them.

Sherry


I do too. I recently taslked my sister out of doing it. She was even
doing to declaw her cat that has only *one* front leg. She just didn't
know what it entailed.

-L.

On 19 Apr 2005 12:58:53 -0700, wrote:



Please, don't. Please, just stop it right now. Dredging all that up
again is just inflammatory, and serves no purpose but to incite
ugliness. No matter what you think about Megan, all that is suggested
is using her website for a reference tool, and it IS a good reference
tool. If Seanette doesn't want to, I am sure we can find her another
website. Why don't we spend our energy looking for one for her, instead
of picking another argument over something that happened months ago?

Sherry

If I may butt in here briefly . . . .

Seannette, you done good. You did the best you could, and that is all
any of us can do.

As for the rest, I do not care for Megan, as you might guess.
However, *I* sent copies from her site to the woman who adopted
Morganna/Tallulah. Good information is good information, no matter
how I feel about the person generating it.

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)