My cats are trying to kill me....preemptive strike time?

I know it seems odd, but let me tell you about the latest incident....


The other, extremely hot, night, I had a little fan running in my bedroom.


It was standing upon my dresser.


Around 3 am, the cats, after, no doubt, much plotting, began to gallop around the house, ostensibly "playing".


After a while I heard a small crash....deciding, as is my wont, to ignore it, and deal with it in the morning, I went back to sleep.



Imagine my horror in the morning when a truly sinister sight met my eyes.


There, on the carpet, was the little fan, separated into several pieces........ but still bravely turning was the metal rod which turns the fan assembly. Most chilling of all..........amidst the wreckage, placed so as to terrify and appal me, was a TOY MOUSE!


Had the fan landed, as was doubtlessly intended, face down....well, one can only imagine the terrible flames which would have engulfed me when the thing overheated and shorted on the carpet....


This is not, I regret to say, the first attempt.



I say that these terrible actions breach Section I, subsection 2a, of the code governing, lo these many millenia, the relationship between human and domestic cat, solemnly agreed to and ratified by all human and feline creatures, automatically, when they take up residence together.




Now.....previous breaches have been discussed and warnings made, though I imposed no sanctions.



Do the good folk of A2k believe, with me, that I am now entitled to strike, before a further plot against me is hatched?



I believe in humane killing, so a little guillotine is on its way towards us....(the net is a great place!)



Please comment, giving reasons, citing the relevant laws, and arguing precedents.