Which is better Cats or Dogs?

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So Im taking Philosophy at college and this is what our class has been set as an assignment.
I have to write an essay about what I think, back it up with evidence and a persuasive arguement. Help!?

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[+3] - roger - 09/26/2011Your dog thinks you are a god - because you feed it. Your cat thinks it is a god - because you feed it.
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@loopylu15,

...and how much is that course costing you ?

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@loopylu15,

Your best bet would be to pm J Goldman 10, he has done some rather exhausive research on the subject, and is viewed by a lot of us here on A2K as something of an expert.

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@fresco,

Nothing what s0 ever! Its college, I paid about £30 just to get in and thats all that's needed. Smile

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@loopylu15,

This assignment is to see whether you can write in English ( you might note that your title sentence is ungrammatical) and whether you understand that "better" depends on the subjective dimensions of the comparison, which can range across anything from beauty through utility to humans to ease of cooking ! In my opinion the instructor deserves to suffer from whatever nonsense he gets !

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@fresco,

...are you talking about concordance ? "are" instead of "is" ?

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@Fil Albuquerque,

Indeed.

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@izzythepush,

You are a truly bad man, and will burn in Hell for eternity . . .

hehehehehehehehe . . .

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@Setanta,

I think it would be a brilliant essay.

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@fresco,

fresco wrote:

This assignment is to see whether you can write in English ( you might note that your title sentence is ungrammatical) and whether you understand that "better" depends on the subjective dimensions of the comparison, which can range across anything from beauty through utility to humans to ease of cooking ! In my opinion the instructor deserves to suffer from whatever nonsense he gets !

On the basis of these three considerations alone, dog win hands down.

Either the instructor is, as hingehead is fond of saying, a knob, or he is looking forward to one or two enjoyable surprises.

I'd like to read these papers. I have a feeling all of them will be humerous although for different reasons.

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@loopylu15,

Here are two sites to help you construct your essay:

http://www.essaywritinghelp.com/persuasive.htm

http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-argumentative-essay

Here are some sites to get your research started on the subject of cats or dogs:

http://www.helpguide.org/life/pets.htm

http://alexadry.hubpages.com/hub/Pros-and-Cons-of-Cats-and-Dogs

http://www.neatorama.com/spotlight/2010/05/14/cats-vs-dogs/

http://www.moderndogmagazine.com/articles/dog-people-vs-cat-people/10716

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The suggestion that one is better than the other bothers me.

Different isn't better. I think that determining which is "better" would depend on your preferences in pets.

I could go on and on. But I'll let it rest.

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@Roberta,

Which is why it was a Philosophy assignment.

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@loopylu15,

I think of it in terms of symbiosis, not in terms of better or worse. There need to be dogs because the universe needs masters. There need to be cats because all those dogs need food. It's a yin-and-yang thing.

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@Thomas,

Your dog thinks you are a god - because you feed it.

Your cat thinks it is a god - because you feed it.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

I remember philosophy class in college. Nobody asked me about cats and dogs.

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@roger,

...one way to see it is that dogs are realists and cats "idiotits"...pretty philosophical is n´t it ?
I suppose if you like to be a slave you go with the (delusional) cats...

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@Fil Albuquerque,

Their grandure is no delusion - at least to them.

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As ever'body who is honest about the subject knows, cats is the spawn of SATAN ! ! !

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@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

As ever'body who is honest about the subject knows, cats is the spawn of SATAN ! ! !

Dog breath.

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