I kinda see both sides of the "argument".

If it is not about cats, should it be in cat general?

On the other hand, I know of a few people that ONLY read cat general due to time restrictions and THOSE are the people that would miss items put anywhere else. If I have (what I would concider) a "MAJOR" announcement that I did not want my cat friends to miss, I would be tempeted to do the same thing.

I don't know which is right and which is wrong, so I just post to the threads no matter where they are.