Ahhhh or is it? I read somewhere just last week, that cats do not really purr, they have evolved such a thing to gain attention from us humans.
As to making up their own minds well, have you never heard of toxoplasma gondii? On 11 Sep, 01:36, RichardM <[email protected]> wrote: > What I like about cats is that, unlike dogs, they have not yet been > fully domesticated. Cats make up their own minds on how they will run > your household. We have three, and when they show affection--which > they frequently do--we know that it's real, and not just adulation for > the alpha male and female in the pack. > > On Sep 10, 7:16 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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