On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:24:15 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Lin wrote:
>
>>> You feared for your LIFE? You thought the cat was a GENOCIDAL threat?
>>>
>>> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Damn, what a WUSS!
>>
>> Sweetheart ... you are fortunate that our two cats don't turn into
>> Tasmanian Devils. I've seen cats do some pretty nasty damage to folks that
>> didn't ask for it -- not to mention the infections that come from a simple
>> cat scratch.
>
> But let's be real he Domestic cats are NOT a "threat to our species." It
> is hyperbolic hysteria even to *hint* at such a thing.
>
> Yes, cats can inflict some painful superficial damage. But I can KILL a cat
> in a matter of seconds. Our species' survival is not in any way threatened
> by domestic cats.
>
> Bob

a threat to sanity, maybe - *viz.* sheldon - but not survival.

your pal,
blake