I should clarify. People who get all bent out of shape about how cat lovers are denigrating their children seem to be clueless to the fact that most people are not, in fact, clueless about the differences between pets and children.
Somehow that doesn’t seem any clearer.
If someone came into my house and started beating my pets, I think I’d try to subdue them until the men in white coats came.
However, if I actually had a plan as to what to do in case of a breaking-entering-petbeating, I would likely be the crazy one.
What is the issue with disliking children who steal (one child tried to run off with the stuffed animal I bought and his mother was offended that I asked for it back) or children that scream non-stop during a show I have paid to see? Sure hope you aren’t really a nurse, since you show an extreme lack of compassion and empathy.
Flesh babies, if they’re prepared. 
Well I would. Do you honestly thnk I’d just sit there and let someone commit murder to a family pet and not try to kill the fucker myself? They have lives, feelings, and mean the world to me and my family. There’s NO WAY IN HELL I would let someone come on MY PORPERTY and try to kill my pets.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass.
Now that’s not very cool. Where was the show?
HOLY CRAP!
Children!
Screaming!!
At (gasp) SEA WORLD!!!
Have they no decency? Have they no SHAME? The nerve of those ill-bred little bastards, expressing wonder, amazement, and juvenile ecitement at a show that is SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ELICIT… wonder, amazement, and juvenile excitement.
Lighten up, lady. It’s frickin’ Sea World, not the symphony.
And at Sea World, cats would be treats for half the exhibition animals.
Damn funny. God Damn Funny!
Holy shit, ‘furbabies’ and ‘fleshbabies’ - neurosis indeed. This thread is almost too good to be true.
And Excalibre’s nailed it on every point.
Ah, but who would win in a fight between an enraged flesh baby and ten furbabies with swords?
No, calling someone metally unstable because they love their pets is intolerant. Having a differing set of opinions is not.
Whoops.
Almost forgot this:
Rolleyes rolleyes rolleyes.
I complain! FOUL!! Under all that fur, furbabies have flesh too! They should be called… err… Fur fleshbabies!!! 
Yeah, Happy, I was thinking the same thing. Imagine how bent she must get when she goes to Disneyland.
“I wanted a balloon from Mickey but these little brats got them all first!”
It depends on which one has the Ripped Shirt.
Ok, I know I said I’d leave, but here is one last-ditch effort at instilling a little reason into this argument. For what it’s worth…
Scenario:
Your neighbor, who is an ill-tempered asshole, decides that he can’t take your dog shitting on his lawn anymore, and deliberately runs your dog over with his SUV at the next available opportunity. Your beloved dog dies, bleeding and whimpering in your arms.
Which of the following actions will not get you arrested for homicide?
A) Grab your sawed-off, 12-gauge shotgun and blow the sick fucker’s head off before he has a chance to escape.
B) Call the police, report the crime, and allow the courts to pursue justice and mete out the appropriate punishment.
So when I eat lamb or veal…I’m eating the flesh of furbabies?
Oh, the humanity!!!
No one has claimed that loving your pet is denigrating to human children. Most of the people who disagree with you and your crazy girlfriend have stated that we are catlovers as well. Again, you need to work on your reading comprehension problems.
Aww, shucks.
:: blushes ::
No, firing someone because they’re gay is intolerant. Trying to force someone out of your neighborhood because they’re black is intolerant. Trying to get a mosque shut down is intolerant. If you think being called crazy is intolerance, then you, sweetheart, have led a charmed life. Enjoy it. Because most people have experienced actual intolerance at some point, and you obviously haven’t.
And I gotta say, it’s in really poor taste to try to hijack what some people have gone through because of their religion, or their race, or their sexuality in order to puff yourself up like a victim because someone called you “crazy”.
That’s more of a wool baby. The topic of a different thread entirely. Don’t get me started on wool babies.
If it was on my property that he ran over my dog, yes, I would kill the fucker. But my dogs do not leave my yard. So the reason for someone to kill my pet would be malicious only, so the bastard would get what he deserved. Period.
Knorf, do NOT change the wording when you quote someone. Ever.
Lynn
For the Straight Dope