Cat haters suck

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

ihttp://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5279000.html

― latebloomer: correspondingly more exaggerated mixing is a scarifying error. (lat, Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

This seems to say more about Wisconsin than anything else. Oh and go Packers.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Poor kitties. This is appalling.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

"This really crosses the line in human and cat relations"

Sounds like something from The Matrix or Planet of the Apes - it's the beginning of the REVOLUTION.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

"I look at them as an invasive species, plain and simple."

Hm... not sure, but I think that may be because you're a fucking moron. You still thinking about getting that GED?

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:13 (twenty years ago)

Whoah there Ned, don't go tarring the whole state of Wisconsin because of one crazy hick firefighter in LaCrosse. This'll never happen.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

If this really is a problem, surely there has to be a better solution than allowing people to shoot them. I know of a crazy cat lady in Burlingame that goes out to feed the feral cats, then traps them so they can be spayed/fixed and innoculated then re-releases them and I think that's a good start but who thinks that a firearm fuelled cat massacre is a good thing?

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

When can I start shoot free roaming idiots? I'd like to take a blunt object to the skulls of these cat-hating sadists. Fuck them.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)

er, shooting

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

xxpost People who think a cat is no different from a possum or a raccoon. People who are just a little too attached to their bird feeder. People who like to shoot things.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

I'm still thinking about getting a GED, and I love cats.

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

Whoah there Ned, don't go tarring the whole state of Wisconsin because of one crazy hick firefighter in LaCrosse. This'll never happen.

Ah, you really need to see the MST3K treatment of The Giant Spider Invasion one of these days if you've not. It's colored my viewpoint of the place. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

Hahahahahaha! This says way more about LACROSSE than it does anything else! In high school, we had to go down there for show choir competitions and it was like visiting the set of Northern Deliverance.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

The "invasive species" thing cracks me up. AN INVASIVE SPECIES IS NOT AN ANIMAL ON YOUR LAWN THAT YOU DON'T WANT THERE, GENIUS.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

(HAHAHAHA Ned you have to remember that any MST3K refernece to Wisconsin is going to be filtered through the show's inherent Minnesotaness and therefore not particularly fair or balanced.)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

I'm guessing that the inspiration/"precedent" for this is deer hunting in Wisconsin, which is justified because of the rate deer breed etc. etc.

xpost Dan OTM!

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)

I so want Chrissie Hynde to take her Peta army and regulate on their asses.

http://www.mayhewanimalhome.org/about/images/hynde.jpg

(Yeah, okay, so that's too cute of a picture, but still.)

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

An army of Peta Wilsons??????

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

I am a lifetime cat lover (a litter of kittens was born in my bed when I was seven though I didn't bother to wake up and notice) but I am also concerned for local and migratory bird populations, especially as they lose territory and escaped and feral cats grow in numbers. I just don't think giving Mr. Not-very-well-thought-out-scheme-violent-gun-nut carte blanche to use lethal projectile weapons on what may be a neighborhood tom on the make is likely to seriously control the feral feline population or lead to good community relations.

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

Well put. If there's a real problem (and I'm not convinced there is), there is such a thing as "animal control" -- give 'em some more work to do.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

HAHAHAHA Ned you have to remember that any MST3K refernece to Wisconsin is going to be filtered through the show's inherent Minnesotaness and therefore not particularly fair or balanced

Well yes, precisely. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Clearly the only correct answer is to capture free-roaming cats and shoot them out of a cannon at Ol' Farmer Perkins' barn.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

Only if we can wrassle and sodomize some hogs in between rounds.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:52 (twenty years ago)

Dan, don't you want to use a catapult? *ducks*

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

We could launch them from a catamaran.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Fine. Fine. As long as I can opt out from the wrasslin' and sodomizin'.

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

A catapult on a catamaran launching cats at a cataclysmic pace.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

as catalogued by a catamite w.catalepsy

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

A catapult on a catamaran launching cats at a cataclysmic pace into the catacombs as catalogued by a catamite w.catalepsy and cattarh.

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

cat: aargh!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

x-post: from Catmandu

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

catmanDON'T!!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.geocities.com/emurphy23/cat.txt

― fcussen (Burger), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

scheisse

― fcussen (Burger), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)

If a firefighter from La Crosse gets his way, stray cats in Wisconsin could legally be blown from here to feline eternity.

Did anyone else imagine that the strays would be blasted with a firehose when reading this?

48 year old Mark Smith

Grumpy Fall-frontman in wanting to shoot cats non-shockah.

― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 10 March 2005 00:09 (twenty years ago)

Well, I was angry until I saw that Chrissie Hynde photo and stopped and went, "Awwwwww," and, well.... Anyway -- if this is an indication of the general attitude of the citizens of LaCrosse, WI, mark that place as one of the places I NEVER want to visit. And pretty much everyone here on the thread OTM. Esp. Michael White, Jeanne, and Kenan.

(The "Grumpy Fall-frontman in wanting to shoot cats non-shockah" statement -- hilarious.)

― Surreal Addiction (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

Hey assholes: What *is* the difference between shooting a cat and a raccoon? Other than the fact that cats are NON NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES and raccoons aren't, that is.

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

Mmmmmm... Free-Range Cat. {drool}

― Camtron (Cameron), Thursday, 10 March 2005 03:58 (twenty years ago)

Racoons get in yr garbage cans and strew it all over the yard, that's what.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 10 March 2005 04:04 (twenty years ago)

racoons have not been domesticated, jon.

― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:07 (twenty years ago)

racoons have not been domesticated, jon.
http://www.merriewood.com/raccoon.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:14 (twenty years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1373/friends.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.heloise.com/photo/pets/20030628.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:16 (twenty years ago)

http://parsifal.membrane.com/alex/petmouse2.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:17 (twenty years ago)

it's hard to argue with photos

― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:21 (twenty years ago)

http://www.unclesgames.com/images/products/079346003358.jpg

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:26 (twenty years ago)

http://www.petoftheday.com/archive/1999/December/23.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.petoftheday.com/archive/1999/December/23.jpg
http://www.zballoon.com/Resources/SmilingChica.jpg
http://www.mahablog.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/gracecoolidgecopy.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:41 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gilsinan.com/raccoons/images/dance_ss_3.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:43 (twenty years ago)

http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/raccoon-astronaut.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:44 (twenty years ago)

http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/moonsurface2-small.png
ihttp://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/moon_raccoon3.jpg

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:45 (twenty years ago)

so can racoons do tricks and stuff (apart from space travel)? or are they more like cats and just sit all day around looking cool?

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 10 March 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)

I would like a racoon now. Much cuteness.

― Rumpsy Pumpsy (Rumpie), Thursday, 10 March 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

I dunno. I've dealt with raccoons before. If I found one in my bed, the first thing I'd do is crap my pants.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Thursday, 10 March 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

Have you heard those suckers scream? They fight in the street in my neighborhood sometimes. I'm surprised there's not a noise band called Raccoon.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Thursday, 10 March 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

RABIES, JON. RABIES.

― latebloomer: correspondingly more exaggerated mixing is a scarifying error. (lat, Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

No one should be shooting raccoons either, goddamnit. If you're gonna shoot something, ANYTHING, you better plan on eating it. That's all.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:34 (twenty years ago)

And he's running to and from
The cats from tin pan alley
And he's running with and from
The cats from tin pan alley
And going down the alley
Take the cats from the alley
Up to them
The alley's full of cats from tin pan

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

No one should be shooting raccoons either, goddamnit.

No. Anyone who would shoot a racoon or a cat is an evil dick who should probably be forced to live in a garbage can filled with santorum.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

Amen.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

http://www.cronus.com/images/santorum.jpg

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 10 March 2005 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Aha!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050310/D88O47CG0.html

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

I think its ok to shoot deer to account for overpopulation

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

but only if you are a game warden or something. fuck hunters

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Well, let's not blur the line between what you feel is appropriate and what should be illegal.

RABIES, JON. RABIES.

And claws like you would not believe.

― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Thursday, 10 March 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

I have only just registered that this thread wasn't called "Car Haters Suck". I didn't click on the link so I thought it was somehting about people leaving dead cats on the bonnets of cars to teach car owners a lesson. Or something.

eh, sorry. Move along.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

Hah, the man holding a raccoon above is a friend of my family! Raccoons are not at all domesticated as a species. If you raise one from birth it might adapt, but all the common types of cats and dogs have been raised from birth for generations, had a lot of selective breeding, and are in general a lot more predictable. There are obviously border cases where people have undertrained an animal or left it in a dumb situation, but cats and dogs are a lot less likely to completely flip out. The raccoon pictured won't approach most people.

There was a news story a while back in my area about a "pet" raccoon eating some baby's face. Cats don't tend to do that sort of thing, usually. Except tigers, and they'd just eat the whole thing.

― mike h. (mike h.), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

"If you're gonna shoot something, ANYTHING, you better plan on eating it." -William S. Burroughs

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

Did Burroughs say that before or after he shot his wife to death?

If cats had bald tails, they'd be called rats.

― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

Won't someone think of the songbirds?

― green uno skip card (ex machina), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images7/Cat_Bird.jpg

if we can somehow convince this cat to spread his gospel of bird-tolerance to his catpeers, i think our problem will be solved

― mat, Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/1/1459/640/cat%20-%20kitten%20with%20bird.jpg

the younger generation gets it.

― mat, Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

Did Burroughs say that before or after he shot his wife to death

He says something like it in the early 80's Burroughs doc, so after. Jeanne made me think of it when she said that, and yes, that's exactly the joke I was trying to set up.

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

The NRO's Jonah Goldberg -- "Feral housecats are dangerous freeloaders who should be offed"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

The meow shall inherit the earth!

― cat-haters will regret come the ratpure (nickalicious), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

There was a news story a while back in my area about a "pet" raccoon eating some baby's face. Cats don't tend to do that sort of thing, usually.

Okay, I don't believe this at all (this is my justification for the horrified giggling reading it caused me to burst into).

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

cats eat baby face all the time

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

http://home1.gte.net/steven1/babyface.gif

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.