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Yes I watched it today.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
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The second story about the predator/prey issue is a theme that is covered several times over the series. The basic philosophy is that anything that behaves like prey will be treated like prey. Sometimes it's other cats that are now viewed as prey because of some incident like yesterday's. Other times it's owners trying to pet/play and sweeping their hands around in random fashion, then wondering why they're getting attacked.
Our guy was about 2 years old when he moved himself in so we don't know anything of his early life. He's very smoochy and purry but will always swipe at a hand that goes over his head, or one that moves too fast in front of him - ie emulating prey. Play must always be via a toy, not an unprotected hand.
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28-08-2023, 03:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-08-2023, 03:35 PM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
I still grieve for the rex we brought back from Melbourne in 79. We were renting a farmlet and a contractor came to mow the lucerne in the paddock next to the house. He came and had a cuppa with us and was fascinated by the cat, he'd never seen a curly coated cat before. The next day while we were at work he came back and cut and baled the lucerne, and the cat was gone. Just that cat, the other two were fine. We checked every bale on that field but we never found him. My husband was convinced that guy had stolen him.
Not knowing is an awful scar on our hearts. That is why I am grateful for the privilege of giving my companions a good kind ending. It hurts, but at least we know. I wish we could do it for all human beings too, when we need that mercy.