| >The implication is that just because birds are dying, it's okay to snatch a cat. the implication is that if you want a cat, you should be responsible and keep it indoors. >But again, the cost here is "removing, by force, someone's beloved pet." no, the cost is keeping your cat indoors. |
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| ▲ | john_strinlai 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | >If you're not going to bother putting in any effort into the debate, please don't participate at all. you are "debating" against a fictional argument. no one is saying that it is okay to steal or "remove by force" someones pet. they presented you with several citations about how damaging house cats are (and there are several more, you can start at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_predation_on_wildlife) and you said... "nu uh". >I'm looking after for my cat's wellbeing, not some bird's wildly selfish statement. | | |
| ▲ | sillysaurusx 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Once again: You kill flies. Sometimes dozens of them. Your conscience is clear. That's wildly selfish of you, yet you don't seem to care about the flies. Why not? They're just as much a part of the ecosystem as the birds. Also, this entire discussion is off-topic. The point was for vets to verify microchips, something directly related to the article. |
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| ▲ | kelnos 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > I'm looking after for my cat's wellbeing, not some bird's What a selfish way to look at things. So you think it's fine to bring invasive species into a new environment and let them damage the local ecosystem? Cool cool cool. If you were truly looking after your cat's well-being, you'd keep them inside in the first place. Their attachment to roaming about is not as strong or essential as you seem to think it is. | | |
| ▲ | sillysaurusx 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Suppose someone were arguing that you should imprison your own child for their entire life, because every time they go outside, they kill ants. Would you still consider it selfish to disagree? | | |
| ▲ | akerl_ an hour ago | parent [-] | | If your child routinely wandered into my yard and messed with the animals there, I would also have a problem with that, yes. | | |
| ▲ | sillysaurusx 7 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Except "the birds" aren't your animals. I don't know why there are so many low-quality comments tonight. It's as if people will address everything except my central point, which is: you routinely kill a bunch of stuff without batting an eye. Yet in this case, we're supposed to feel sorry for the birds, even though you don't feel sorry for flies or ants. It's my legal right to let my animal roam. You can have a problem with it as much as you'd like. Just don't put your hands on my cat, and we're fine. As far as I can tell, we seem to be living in an age where the entire world is a bit crazy on a certain topic. Slavery used to be legal, and normal. This to me is no different. You justify keeping them indoors for their entire lives on the basis that birds might die. That's asinine, especially from hypocrites that are happy to kill flies when it suits them. Cats don't harm you, and they don't harm your animals. |
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