I have to agree with Carmen (Beeniesmom) that House's character is just a pompass butthead that you're supposed to love to hate. No, the comment about the cat wasn't funny to us animal lovers, but there are worse offenders out there, in my opinion. Should Africans be offended that House didn't like the fact that the patient doctor was saving them from TB? Should breast cancer patients be offended by the fact that he used his handicap to apologize to the female patient? Should people who use canes be offended for that matter?

I personally would have been more offended by the episode of Arrested Development (had I seen it) as it seemed to have actually been showing them throwing the cats into the water.

It's just a fact of life that some people don't like cats. I, personally, will never understand why, but you know what they say about opinions, they're like (a word that rhymes with) grasspoles, everybody has one. We can't change the world to make them stop joking about being cruel to animals.

Either way, I'm sorry you were offended, Gary. Not everyone is akin to cats as you are, unfortunatley.

Just my 2 cents.