I don't get it, either. If nothing else, I think it's - sm

Posted By: San Francisco on 2007-10-02
In Reply to: I am so tired of hearing so many people I meet say they SM - Can't figure it out

so RUDE to give a hateful, unsolicited opinion like that. You never hear of people approaching dog-owners and saying 'I HATE DOGS',(even the ones in my neighborhood that blatantly let the dogs to their business on other people's lawns, and don't even pick it up afterward). Or how about going up to someone with a baby buggy and saying, 'I HATE INFANTS'. That would go over real big. But there does seem to be a double standard when it comes to cats. I guess they're supposedly 'expendable', too. Give your kitty away free on Craigslist, and it could end up as snake food for a boa or pit-bull-bait. Hit one with your car, and you're not legally required to stop like you are with a dog. (Or a kid.) And then there's that whole men-hate-cats thing. I guess lots of them think it's 'not manly' to like cats, or something.

But how insensitive of someone to tell their friend (you - who has a cat) that they 'hate cats'. Now that's one friend I think I'd be deleting from my e-mail address list REAL quick. I think she's saying more to you than just the fact that she hates cats....

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I am so tired of hearing so many people I meet say they SM - Can't figure it out
- Cat haters - MTness
  - My mom believes that old wives' tale, too! - nm - San Francisco
- I wonder what that guy in the store would have said - hannakat
  - I told her she should have said - Can't figure it out
- I think cats look beautiful - love pics of cats - They can be hilarious too
- Closet psychos - they need to get the message
- This is what I have noticed. - sm
  - Well you just described my Step-mom, even though I love her. nm - trose
- The man in grocery line who said anything to me - Cat lover here
  - That's what I told Lisa, my niece. She was in - Can't figure it out
- Hate is a very strong word. I don't particularly care - what it is, but the word hate is not very nice.
- My mom doesn't like when mine rub against her, either - PAMT~MDM
- I don't care for cats either... - sm
  - Thank you for that. SM - Can't figure it out
- I don't get it, either. If nothing else, I think it's - sm - San Francisco
  - Men hate cats? - Cat lover here
  - You definitey got my point. SM - Can't figure it out
- It's the shock value - like saying you're an atheist - in a Christian church
- A lot of it could do with all the - Maybe
  - Animals not allowed to roam where we live - Animal house
    - coyotes and Great Pyrenees - cat
      - I never put pet food out just to put out but - Animal house
- Not once in your post did you state that YOU even owned a cat, it's always sm - What???
  - I do not live in a home of my own and am not permitted to SM - Can't figure it out
    - I'm not permitted, either, and I've got TWO! :D - San Francisco - nm
      - WOW! Good for you!!! SM - Can't figure it out
        Actually the first one was "legal"... in a way...(sm) - San Francisco

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