What's with politics in a cat newsgroup?

I don't understand why some people post their political views to
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Cats are as apolitical as any creature can be, and
that's one of the reasons we love them!

On 3/10/2014 2:18 PM, Robert Catt wrote:
I don't understand why some people post their political views to
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Cats are as apolitical as any creature can be,
and that's one of the reasons we love them!

I don't see those type of posts here on rpca. Killfiles are wonderful
things.

Jill

On 3/10/2014 2:29 PM, The Other Guy wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:18:34 -0400, "Robert Catt"
wrote:

I don't understand why some people post their political views to
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes.

They're known as trolls.

But you SHOULD also notice that no one replies to them/him/it.

On the rare occasions we do get an influx of trolls (usually crossposted
from irrelevant groups, snip those, please!) we post recipes. They lose
interest when we simply stroll away from their inflammatory agenda.

And for the persistent trolls, killfiles are wonderful things.

Jill

Robert Catt wrote:
I don't understand why some people post their political views to
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Cats are as apolitical as any creature can be,
and that's one of the reasons we love them!

Ignore them - we have a couple of illiterate trolls who insist upon
posting politics here. (A bit difficult to kill-file, especially the
one who uses the Cyrillic alphabet.)

Robert Catt wrote:

I don't understand why some people post their political views to
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Cats are as apolitical as any creature can be, and
that's one of the reasons we love them!

Oh, I wouldn't say cats are apolitical. About *human* politics, sure.
But if you've ever had more than one cat, you can see cat politics in
action.

You'll have to excuse the .sig below - comes with the territory.

--
Joyce

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see
themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily
embarassed millionaires.
--John Steinbeck

Oh, I wouldn't say cats are apolitical. About *human* politics, sure.

My Chloe is old enough to vote in the Scottish independence referendum
this autumn, and I'm sure I could get campaign literature sent to her.

Tricky one. Domestic control of the Scottish salmon fisheries versus
the problem that most catfood factories supplying us are located in
England. I think a reliable supply of smoked salmon would win out.

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Jack Campin wrote:
Oh, I wouldn't say cats are apolitical. About *human* politics, sure.

My Chloe is old enough to vote in the Scottish independence referendum
this autumn, and I'm sure I could get campaign literature sent to her.

Tricky one. Domestic control of the Scottish salmon fisheries versus
the problem that most catfood factories supplying us are located in
England. I think a reliable supply of smoked salmon would win out.

Your cats eat SMOKED salmon? (I can't even afford it for myself, much
less my felines!)

On 3/11/2014 3:16 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Jack Campin wrote:
Oh, I wouldn't say cats are apolitical. About *human* politics, sure.

My Chloe is old enough to vote in the Scottish independence referendum
this autumn, and I'm sure I could get campaign literature sent to her.

Tricky one. Domestic control of the Scottish salmon fisheries versus
the problem that most catfood factories supplying us are located in
England. I think a reliable supply of smoked salmon would win out.

Your cats eat SMOKED salmon? (I can't even afford it for myself, much
less my felines!)

LOL! I look at the price per pound from time to time and think, yikes!
Of course Scottish smoked salmon is imported. But I haven't eaten it in
at *least* 20 years. Even then, I'm pretty sure I had it at a fancy
brunch I went to with some friends.

The last time I priced it at the store was about five years ago. It was
well over USD$25/lb. Love it, won't spend the money on it. I don't
know if Persia would eat it. She doesn't seem to care much for "people
food".

Jill

Jack Campin wrote:

Oh, I wouldn't say cats are apolitical. About *human* politics, sure.

My Chloe is old enough to vote in the Scottish independence referendum
this autumn, and I'm sure I could get campaign literature sent to her.

Tricky one. Domestic control of the Scottish salmon fisheries versus
the problem that most catfood factories supplying us are located in
England. I think a reliable supply of smoked salmon would win out.

Lucky cats, in that case!

--
Joyce

audiophile, n:
Someone who listens to the equipment instead of the music.

Oh, I wouldn't say cats are apolitical. About *human* politics, sure.
My Chloe is old enough to vote in the Scottish independence referendum
this autumn, and I'm sure I could get campaign literature sent to her.
Tricky one. Domestic control of the Scottish salmon fisheries versus
the problem that most catfood factories supplying us are located in
England. I think a reliable supply of smoked salmon would win out.
Your cats eat SMOKED salmon? (I can't even afford it for myself, much
less my felines!)

The farmed stuff isn't very expensive, and it's often at sale price
if you look in the right places. She only gets little bits of it.

She goes for any kind of *very upmarket* people food; Parma ham is fine.
Her absolute favourite food is prawns on the shell, if Marion will peel
them in front of her. The frozen pre-shelled ones just don't do it for
her.

I'm going to Italy in a few weeks. If she knew, she'd want to pick out
her preferences over a Skype link while I'm in a deli in Venice or
Bologna.

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Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin