Famous cat lovers and haters in history - and an interesting theory...

[Kirsten]

Read an interesting article in the Geman magazine "Our Cats" yesterday, it compared cat friends and cat haters and one aspect was that cat haters are often power-hungry people who wanted to rule the world, and the theory goes that an independend creature like the cat was something they had to fight.

So in the following list of known cat haters you will find some real bad guys:

Alexander the Great, Nero, Stalin, Gaius Iulius Caesar, Djingis Khan, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler


They also listed names of people who were cat friends, and there were many creative minds amongst them, and people who always tried to do good:

Plato, A. Huxley, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Schweitzer, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Heinrich Heine, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Winston Churchill... (just to name a few]

So, does that mean cat lovers are the better persons?

Kirsten

[DJFyrewolf36]

Maybe I notice there are a lot of writers on that cat lover list...maybe cats are insperational? I know my kitty is!!

[NoahsMommy]

It would seem to me that those that hate cats, must be intimidated by their individuality.

Neat thread!

[Kirsten]

must be intimidated by their individuality.

Yes, I think it must be something like that!

Kirsten

[Killearn Kitties]

It doesn't surprise me a bit that cat-haters are psychopaths. What's not to love after all?

[Catsnclay]

Originally posted by Kirsten


So, does that mean cat lovers are the better persons?

Kirsten

Why of course we are............

[catlady1945]

Does that mean cat lovers are better persons? ......yes, it does!

[Randi]

I have edited my post. What I wrote yesterday, was put rather clumsily.

Originally posted by NoahsMommy
It would seem to me that those that hate cats, must be intimidated by their individuality.

I agree with this!

[Kirsten]

and some of the dog lovers unfortunately just want obedience.

Exactly! After all, Hitler had a German Shepherd dog, right?

Kirsten

[kathy]

I just think cat haters tend to be control freaks. and cats, obviously, can't be controlled.

and don't we just love that about them!

[sirrahbed]

Originally posted by Catsnclay
Why of course we are............

why..that is a given!!!

[Kfamr]

I think animal lovers period, are "good people"
People like Hitler want attack dogs, they want dogs who will kill.

Dog LOVERS want companions, best friends, and wonderful family members.

Most of the cat people I know are Creative. Most of the dog people I know are creative. Most of the cat people I know love their cats. Most of the dog people I know love their dogs.

There's no difference in people's intellectual or artistic abilities if they own a dog, cat, bird, possum, rat, snake -- whatever. Unless your cat can teach you how to do different shading techniques in a drawing.

[Amber]

Doesn't matter what pet you have..

Any pet makes you a good animal lover.

I have dogs, and I don't use them for obiedience. They are family.

I'm a good person, and animal lover even if I don't have cats.

[Kirsten]

Well, please keep in mind that the original post wasn't made to difame people that like dogs! It was about cat haters, and that's not necessarily the same!

The majority of dog persons are wonderful people who respect all live in general, the discussion was only about the control freaks who would probably rather have a dog that follows their rules than a cat which is too independent for this kind of people.

Kirsten

[Kfamr]

I'd rather have a dog who follows my rules, because I'd rather NOT have an uncontrollable animal in my home. Having a dog for obedience doesn't mean you can't love it as well. Right now both of my dogs are lying by my side, because my parents are eating and Nala would not leave them alone. So I called them over and told them to lay down. If they were cats, there's no way I could get them out of my mother's dinnerplate and I don't think that would have a good outcome. That does not make me a controll freak.

I'd chose an obediante dog over a cat, any day. Although I do love cats, and I do want a cat... If my father allowed me to get another dog rather than a cat, i'd go for it.