), and stuff... the cat could also be a nice scarf or cat sandwich you know?well next time you go to walmart and buy some fur maybe you should think about this video first.smartass303 wrote:Sheesh,
i thought you are sociophobic.
But then again i think its just a cat! Maybe im cruel or an asshole, but i would never ever would pay THAT FRIGGIN MUCH for a two year old, sick cat or dog or any other animal.
They are cute and everything, but in the end i`m eating meat, wearing Leather (and fur
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I can understand the feeling - I grew up with cats and they have alot of personality, but I wouldnt fork out the dough - well, that's mainly because there is no way in hell I could - that kind of money is a fantasy for us - the car would have to be serviced first to even earn the money for US to eatJohnisfaster wrote:I don't know how much you've studied cancer but I'm pretty damn sure not everyone has cancerous cells just running around their body at all times. I could be wrong about that but I've had lengthy discussions about cancer with my fiance who is in her 3rd year of nursing school ( I know shes not an expert or anything ) but I have a mild understanding of how it works. Though like I said I could be wrong about that.Machinesworking wrote:You have cancer right now, every living organism has a few errant cells, it's irritants and contaminants that cause a creature that otherwise would not generate more than a few to generate tens of thousands and get cancer. That, my friend is a by product of our technological society.Johnisfaster wrote:I'm pretty sure there was cancer on the planet long before people ever did anything to the environment. though I can't back that up and no one else could either of course but I think your cat was likely to catch cancer in the woods just as much as in your house.
things like being encased in an electrical field, eating pesticide laden food, and breathing air that has a higher concentration of pollution etc. all this adds up to the higher cancer rates we see in the post industrial age. of course just like the cigarette companies, there are powerful people with a vested interest in keeping environmental regulations loose.
Point is I adopt a cat, I choose to keep us in the industrial part of town, and even smoked around her for her first few years, then I need to take responsibility for her care when she suffers the consequences of my behavior. It's the right thing to do I think.
though I won't really argue about what you feel is right to do. I'm just one of those jerks who thinks "it's just a cat" even though I care about my cat and would be upset about it the thought of spending thousands on surgery for it is like "are you kidding? he's just a cat"
Tone Deft wrote:Were you the dude who got freaked when his cat split after you moved houses?Johnisfaster wrote:it's awesome that you're selling your gear to save your cat. but if my cat said "dude I'm sick" I'd say to him "it's been really nice knowing you"
This thread is worthless without Confuse-A-Cat
OMG brilliant - I cant believe I havent seen that one!Sibanger wrote:
In Australia cats destroy our native wildlife like nothing else. They are just too good at what they do. Sorta like sharks on land.
Hey, gotta respect their will and ability to survive. Pitty our native wildlife can't fight back too well.
OK neither of you have much of a clue about cancer, environmental impact, and what sort of studies have been done.forge wrote:I can understand the feeling - I grew up with cats and they have alot of personality, but I wouldnt fork out the dough - well, that's mainly because there is no way in hell I could - that kind of money is a fantasy for us - the car would have to be serviced first to even earn the money for US to eatJohnisfaster wrote:I don't know how much you've studied cancer but I'm pretty damn sure not everyone has cancerous cells just running around their body at all times. I could be wrong about that but I've had lengthy discussions about cancer with my fiance who is in her 3rd year of nursing school ( I know shes not an expert or anything ) but I have a mild understanding of how it works. Though like I said I could be wrong about that.Machinesworking wrote: You have cancer right now, every living organism has a few errant cells, it's irritants and contaminants that cause a creature that otherwise would not generate more than a few to generate tens of thousands and get cancer. That, my friend is a by product of our technological society.
things like being encased in an electrical field, eating pesticide laden food, and breathing air that has a higher concentration of pollution etc. all this adds up to the higher cancer rates we see in the post industrial age. of course just like the cigarette companies, there are powerful people with a vested interest in keeping environmental regulations loose.
Point is I adopt a cat, I choose to keep us in the industrial part of town, and even smoked around her for her first few years, then I need to take responsibility for her care when she suffers the consequences of my behavior. It's the right thing to do I think.
though I won't really argue about what you feel is right to do. I'm just one of those jerks who thinks "it's just a cat" even though I care about my cat and would be upset about it the thought of spending thousands on surgery for it is like "are you kidding? he's just a cat"
as for the cancer thing - while I have *suspicions* that modern lifestyle probably does contribute, I actually think life is pretty damn resilient and it's incredibly difficult to say "the incidences of cancer has shot up dramatically in the last 50 years" without also acknowledging that the population of the world has grown more than it has in the history of humans, so it's hard to tell
plus the added dimension that medicine and the use of it was nowhere near what it is now and there was probably still a huge chunk of the population in 1957 that would never have even known they had cancer - just died of "natural causes" - you didnt go for scans willy nilly like we do now in 1957
so these things are very hard to test
I personally believe the will of living things is a much bigger factor in the preservation of life anyway
Ironically the Aborigines brought Dogs to Australia and it had a similar effectb0unce wrote:which people ?
it wasnt the aboriginees
yet another fart that can be attributed to imperialist britain, to be a wee bit more exact...
Oh godjohn gordon wrote:i just got some good news.my vet called and said that the antibiotics he is on should take care of the little guy in a few weeks.i guess he has ecoli.the other day he was crying and almost passing out.i guess his bladder filled up and he couldnt piss.if i would have waited another few hours to take him to the vet he would be dead.they had to do surgery on him in the emergency room thus making it so expensive.Kodama wrote:Aww man, you're doing a good thing.
I wish I could buy some of that, but I'm moving across state.
Maybe if you post a paypal account link, some of us could shoot you a little $ ?
he is home now,but cant pee in his litter box at the moment.i have no idea why.... he just pisses all over the floor now.lol gotta love him....
well you'd be proud, I got "the hostage" by Brendan Behan out of the library today, it's one I used to have but never read - my dad gave it to me but i cant find that one - he even painted a picture of him and gave it to me (he was a painter) so I had to at least read it, so I finally got itb0unce wrote:ya you're right forge,
however I'm obliged to take a dig at the british empire any chance I get
