If I volunteed my 2 murderous felines their figures would go thru' the roof!

[expat]

eh? BM is one of the most polite posters on here : possibly the most polite.

Really. I must have misinterpreted comments like:

Try some beta blockers. Your BP must be permanently through the roof.

What the fekk are you on about now?

Eh? Go and have a lie down.

Sound and fury signifying nothing &c...
(implied "tale told by an idiot...")

[bogeyman]

Really. I must have misinterpreted comments like:

Well I'm sorry if I offended.

I just really didn't get the point you were making.

[expat]

Well I'm sorry if I offended.

I just really didn't get the point you were making.

I've forgotten it myself. Let's both have a go at Dodgy.

[NotAllThere]

I've forgotten it myself. Let's both have a go at Dodgy.

awww. Feel the love.

[cojak]

Our local sparrow hawk insists on eating my blackbirds rather than those bluddy wood pidgeons...

[BrilloPad]

I've forgotten it myself. Let's both have a go at Dodgy.

Both have a go at me! I am far more attention seeking than him!

<runs off to tpd just in case>

[darmstadt]

cats just eat and sleep at home then wander around all day on their own. It's not like you can take them for a walk or anything.

I resemble that remark

[Cyberman]

I caught a cat with a bird in its mouth a couple of years back, gave the cat a kick, and it released the bird. Unfortunately, it did not survive. The bird was ok though.

[Board Game Geek]

Why anyone would want to keep an animal in slavery is beyond me.

If you impose dependency on a pet, you are enforcing a lack of freedom on the creature.

In essence, the animal depends on humans for its food.

If an animal was free and able to find its own food, then it's very unlikely that any single animal would show affection to humans.

Humans "condition" animals to behave how we want them to behave, so they comply in order to survive.

We "demand" affection for our own personal interests, not for the animal's.

I would like to think that humans don't treat their own offspring in such a way, so why do we do it with animals ?

The most love that a person can give another or a creature is its freedom.

Love gives freedom. Love that doesn't give freedom, is not love.

An animal does not give love. It gives whatever behaviour its master or mistress has conditioned it to give, in order to secure food and shelter.

It wouldn't call such an animal a pet.

I'd call it a slave.

[BrilloPad]

Why anyone would want to keep an animal in slavery is beyond me.

If you impose dependency on a pet, you are enforcing a lack of freedom on the creature.

In essence, the animal depends on humans for its food.

If an animal was free and able to find its own food, then it's very unlikely that any single animal would show affection to humans.

Humans "condition" animals to behave how we want them to behave, so they comply in order to survive.

We "demand" affection for our own personal interests, not for the animal's.

I would like to think that humans don't treat their own offspring in such a way, so why do we do it with animals ?

The most love that a person can give another or a creature is its freedom.

Love gives freedom. Love that doesn't give freedom, is not love.

An animal does not give love. It gives whatever behaviour its master or mistress has conditioned it to give, in order to secure food and shelter.

It wouldn't call such an animal a pet.

I'd call it a slave.

I am a slave to my cats. I would love to kick them out but I suspect Mrs BP would boot me out before them....