Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: Ilmater
You're a cat lover? I'm willing to bet that the force your tiny, "cat loving" body could put behind taht hit would be minimal. It's worth it.Originally posted by: torpid
Just an interesting observation. If someone was petting a cat and the cat scratched them because they are idiots who don't know how to pet a cat, then they hit the cat, I'm willing to bet that they would soon find themselves hit over the head with a blunt object, if not by the owner then by me.
GOD! I'm so sick of hearing "this is how you pet a cat and this is how you don't." If I'm trying to show affection and the cat can't tell the difference between that and being petted, THEN IT AIN'T AS FVCKING SMART AS YOU THINK IT IS, IS IT?
I'm so sick of hearing hormone induced ragers talking about how they'd commit a criminal act if they were petting an animal that doesn't belong to them which they already don't like and it lightly scratched them to get them to stop. I guess it evens out.
Most cats will give you plenty of signals that you are annoying them before they bite or scratch. If we are talking about such a cat then it is in fact you who would be the dumb one in this case, because you were given plenty of warning by the cat that it didn't like you petting its stomach or whatever. If we are talking about psycho cats at least you would have a legitimate gripe, although I'm uncertain how this justifies a criminal act.
Furthermore, if the scratch actually hurt, then you should be hitting the owner for not properly trimming the cat's nails, because it is extremely unlikely that a cat with properly trimmed nails is going to hurt you with its claws.
If this is something you would actually say in your life, I suspect that the problem goes beyond cats and might be hormonal in nature... "Oh my god, the cat lightly scratched me! I'm so pissed. I'm going to kick it across the room and spit on it."
Frankly, if I have to defend myself against a cat, dog, whatever, I could care less who it belongs to. And I'll worry about the criminal charges AFTER I've dealt with the situation. And if a cat sinks its claws into me unprovoked, it's going airborne. I don't give a rat's ass if it's not "his fault" but rather his owner's. The owner isn't the one who's claws are buried an inch deep into my arm.
"Excuse me. Sir? Could you please remove your cat from my neck. Kindly before I bleed out? Thanks."
That ain't how it's going down. With any luck, I'll get two birds with one stone and actually manage to clock the owner WITH the cat as it goes hurling across the room.
Flame away.