Cats are incapable of feeling guilt.

@roger,

roger wrote:

Miranda? That's Deb's cat, and she hasn't even joined in
to tell us how empathetic her little darling is.

I thawt it addressed all cats: "Cats are incapable of feeling guilt."

My mind goes back to a kitten named Smokey who I adopted around 1953.
We had him for a few days when we noticed some minor health problems,
concerning which we made an appointment with a veterinarian
the following Saturday, about 5 days later.

On the Saturday morning in question, FOR THE 1st time,
Smokey entered a closet dug down under some cloths that
were stacked on the floor. We had to search very thoroughly
before finding him, under deep cover.

His vet made a follow up appointment for the next Saturday,
whereupon Smokey repeated his clandestine evasion.

He NEVER did that under any other circumstances,
nor at any other time.

However, when I cawt him, he did not appear to feel guilty.

David

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I think Deb's been in the bush this past week.

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@margo,

No. On Duty.

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@roger,

Ummm. Maybe "in the Bush" means the same as being "on Duty". I never quite know what you people really mean.

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@margo,

margo wrote:

I think Deb's been in the bush this past week.

Nah...week before.

Now I am on Duty.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Miranda? That's Deb's cat, and she hasn't even joined in to tell us how empathetic her little darling is.

She's almost impeccably behaved...doesn't NEED to feel

Except for peeing on the bed twice...and that's ill health.

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@dlowan,

Of course. If she's perfect, there isn't a thing in the world to feel guilty about.

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@roger,

mebbe this will help, roger...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lOGnKUHlGA&feature=related

in the nature of participating in the thread...

bubba has emotions. (she is a girl...)

Stinky does not.

he allows me to feed and shelter him. period.

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@roger,

What evidence have u that:
"Cats are incapable of feeling guilt." ???

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@OmSigDAVID,

Doesn't a lifetime of observation count? Remember, what you are getting ready to call anecdotal evidence is also referring to a primary source.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Doesn't a lifetime of observation count?

Did u observe them NOT feeling guilty?

(My follow-up question will be: how did u know
what thay were not thinking or feeling?)

roger wrote:

Remember, what you are getting ready to call anecdotal evidence is also referring to a primary source.

Source of what ?

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@OmSigDAVID,

No David, I observed them neither looking nor acting guilty in any way. You want guilt, get a dog.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

No David, I observed them neither looking nor acting guilty in any way. You want guilt, get a dog.

and they really seem to care... i have never ever been truly bummed about anything where the dog wasn't there trying to pet me, for lack of a better word...

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@roger,

roger wrote:

No David, I observed them neither looking nor acting guilty in any way.

Well, thay spend a lot of time being innocent.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

roger wrote:
No David, I observed them neither looking nor acting guilty in any way.
Well, thay spend a lot of time being innocent.

David

Acting innocent of playing other of God's innocent little creatures right to death; you mean.. What me??? I remember the deceased as being loads of fun no more than an hour or so ago... What cruelty is fate??? Is anyone sending flowers??? Any chance I can meet the relatives???

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@OmSigDAVID,

No David. They spend a lot of time looking innocent.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

No David. They spend a lot of time looking innocent.

Thay sound innocent, too.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

OmSigDAVID wrote:

roger wrote:
No David. They spend a lot of time looking innocent.
Thay sound innocent, too.

David

I immitate the sound of the cat that lives here as well as I can to tell her I'm at the door to let her in or out... I sound a note and sort of flutter my tongue behind my teeth, sort of a songy B-d-d-d-d-d-d sound... If she wants in or out she comes running...

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@OmSigDAVID,

How many cats share your home with you, David?

Do they withhold food if you don't say stuff like that.

Of course they look and sound innocent. Read the title. Cats are incapable of feeling guilt.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

How many cats share your home with you, David?

O. I travel a lot.

roger wrote:

(Do they withhold food if you don't say stuff like that.

Of course they look and sound innocent.
Read the title. Cats are incapable of feeling guilt.

It says FEELING, not looking nor sounding.

David

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