Specious Laws and Politics

[Bruce the Wonder Cat]

In Virginia, it is a felony to steal a dog, but only a misdemeanor to steal a cat. WTF???

Speciest laws like this-- probably based on that 'man's best friend' crap-- are just plain uncatstitutional. Maybe it is sort of like those laws that punish child abuse and elder abuse more seriously than other kinds of abuse-- you want to protect those who can't take care of themselves, and Ceiling Cat knows, those stupid dogs need all the help they can get (present company on the Bored excepted, of course; my friend Annie Camaro and the others are all smart enough to be cats).

When I heard about this I had to take a few quick totes of 'nip, lemme tell you. And they won't even let me vote against the jackasses who put this kind of stuff on the law books. What kind of twisted world is this?

[AnnieCamaro]

In Virginia, it is a felony to steal a dog, but only a misdemeanor to steal a cat. WTF???

Bruce, I think this kind of discrimination is more than wrong. I mean, all this "felony" and "misdemeanor" stuff seems to be based on the idea that we're nothing but property! Hah. If somebody takes us from our homes, where we choose to live and where people love us, that criminal should face kidnapping charges, with punishment of up to 100 lifetimes in prison. That's what I think. A family is a family is a family, no matter how many legs each family member might have.

There are some areas where the cats buy the breaks, though. For example, I just read a news story where a woman paid $10,000 to get a kidney transplant for her cat, and the reporter implied this was a lot of money for a cat, even through there was a reasonable chance that the surgery would be successful. Well, when my sister Tigger's kidneys went bad, my mom found out that a transplant for a dog kidney would be somewhere in the range of $40-$50 K, and there were only a couple of places in the country where it was being tried, and even then the odds weren't very good. (I've also gotten the impression that my mom has spent a lot of money on my health care over the years, although maybe not that much, and for me it's all turned out to be an excellent investment because I'm a very good healer-upper.) Anyway, I'm just trying to say that sometimes dogs get the breaks, sometimes cats get the good deals, and sometimes all the advantages go to the two-footers, four-wheelers, and/or Evil Squirrels.

(.... [M]y friend Annie Camaro and the others are all smart enough to be cats).

I just wanted to say thanks for that. Considering your feline outlook, I know it might have been very hard for you to say that. Having had a great many cat sisters, I have great respect for all cats, and my cat brother Oreo thought he was a dog, so none of us ever told him anything different.

So, if you ever get stolen, you let me know, and I personally will come and show my big teeth to the kidnapper until he takes you home on a new, satin pillow. If we all stick together, we can work these things out.

/:P\

[JasperSuchard]

It should be a felony for them to cut off our balls.

[LucySuchard]

It should be a felony for them to cut off our balls.

Your life would be no different if you had them.

[AnnieCamaro]

It should be a felony for them to cut off our balls.

The only balls I've ever had are tennis balls. I like them and everything, but it's not like I'm so attached that I get upset if they get lost in the yard for a few days.

[10 Pound Balls]

It should be a felony for them to cut off our balls.

That's why you should always carry a spare set....