"Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
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> Rubystars wrote:
>
> > "Rat & Swan" > wrote in message
> > <snip>
> >
> >> And will your grandson be neutered and kept indoors?
> >
> >
> > Rat I wasn't going to say anything up until you said this. Are you
opposed
> > to neutering cats and keeping them indoors? Those are two things which
are
> > strongly in the interest of cats!
>
> You have to understand something, something that's
> crucial to figuring out "aras". They have a rigid,
> all-encompassing view of the human-animal relationship
> continuum. They will strive at all times to remain
> consistent with their fundamental view: that human use
> of animals is evil. What they don't get, and never
> will, is that they continually prove the truth of
> Emerson's observation: "A foolish consistency is the
> hobgoblin of little minds."
>
> If it weren't already obvious that believers in "ar"
> have small minds, this kind of foolish consistency
> should make it clear.
>

I'm more under the impression that they are anthropomorphizing. Rat seems
to think animals are a lot more intelligent and capable than they are.
Perhaps they mistake cunning for intelligence, I don't know. I do know I am
an unashamed omnivore, just like a good many animals are.