I said cats couldn't be trained to do anything USEFUL. If anyone has proof otherwise I'd be happy to be proved wrong. Say, a sled cat or cat retriever. Maybe a picture of a cat with one of those brandy barrels under his chin. Or a cadaver cat or a drug sniffer cat etc., etc. Doing flips and flushing a toilet is amusing but not exactly useful.
dj On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:20 AM, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the untrainable cat rumor is so cat owners will not have to pay for > owning cats like dog owners have to.. and take their cats out on leashes for > walks.. > I think I will end stating my opinion there even though it is not the end of > my opinion I will let your imagination take it to the extreme,, > Allan > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:46 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I witnessed a strange thing last week. Some bloke on some TV news >> program or other declareing that cats can not be trained. >> >> Right after an ad brake. One of the ads was for a cat food, and >> featured a cat. Ohh that's strange, thought I, that looked just like >> a trained cat to me! >> >> On 9 Sep, 22:23, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > "Tell him about the twinky." >> > >> > Dogs at least can be trained to be useful. I have as yet seen nothing >> > in cats that is remotely useful in anyway. Indeed, there is ample >> > evidence that they are, in fact, evil. Exhibit one: >> > >> > http://www.funnyjunk.com/youtube/9720/Evil+Kitty+song/ >> > >> > dj >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0 >> > >> > > On Sep 9, 10:26 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> This question has been asked by all sides. Cats or dog? >> > >> > >> Cat lovers would tell you that dogs are slaves to their masters >> > >> whilst >> > >> dog lovers will tell you, no they are lovingly loyal whilst cats are >> > >> aloof and selfish. >> > >> > >> Which do you prefer cats or dogs? Or perhaps like me you like both? >> > >> > >> Chris, in another thread mentioned the old Science vs Faith thing >> > >> agian. >> > >> > >> Like cats and dogs I see merit and value in both of them. >> > >> > >> Science is good, it lets us understand the world around us, the >> > >> universe, our place in it, how it all works. However I belive there >> > >> are questions that science simply cannot answer, and so I turn to >> > >> religious faith. >> > >> > >> Religion is also good, it lets us understand our place in the world, >> > >> it answers the all important why question. >> > >> > >> Now I'm sure that perhaps one or two of you may be thinking, no Lee >> > >> you are wrong there are no questions that science cannot one day >> > >> answer, well isn't that an article of faith in itself I wonder? >> > >> > >> Here's my mantra again 'We are all differant, the whole world over'. >> > >> These differances are becoming increaseingly important to me, along >> > >> with what I have termed 'The right to be', now they seem to be at the >> > >> core of a slowley(ahhh ever-so-slowly) emerging philosophy of mine. >> > >> > >> Based on the golden rule which I shall render here as 'treat others >> > >> as >> > >> you would wish to be treated', I think that many people would agree >> > >> with such a tenant conciously or not? >> > >> > >> Taking that further then we can see that a logical extention of the >> > >> golden rule is 'I will live my life as I see fit, within the confines >> > >> of the law of the land'. Again I don't think many would like to >> > >> disagree with such a thought? >> > >> > >> Taking that further still we can get 'I will suffer no attempt by >> > >> others to enforce me to lead a life not in keeping with the life I >> > >> wish to lead'. This then must lead us to the conclusion that if I >> > >> wish to live by these tenants then I must extend the same to >> > >> everybody >> > >> else, the golden rule ensures this. >> > >> > >> This in a nutshell is 'the right to be'. >> > >> > >> Now bearing that in mind we can get a glimpse into why differances >> > >> are >> > >> so important to me. Yes I can point at somebody and say well I don't >> > >> agree with your morality, but as long as it does not lead you into >> > >> brakeing the law of the land, then I can do nothing to stop you >> > >> leading the kind of life you wish to, nor should I attempt to do so. >> > >> > >> These differances then become important because we need to be able to >> > >> live next to each other, I need to understand how you are differant >> > >> to >> > >> me, so that I do not mistakingly put upon you 'intent' or 'motive' >> > >> that is just not there, thus causeing misunderstanding and illwill. >> > >> Our differances matter so that we can learn to live side by side with >> > >> the minimun amount of conflict. >> > >> > >> So cats or dogs, shit man why not both?- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> > > > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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