> Attempt to have a modicum respect for things that exist outside yourself
Personal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of how strongly you feel about cats. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use HN as intended when posting to it?
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It’s not a binary choice between owning a cat and letting it wipe out as much of the native animal population as it can. Again, encouraging people to let their animals wipe out populations of wild animals is wrong, and doing it because it allows your domesticated animal the freedom of feeling ‘natural’ is a supremely selfish behavior.
If you want to own a pet cat, don’t promote irresponsible behavior that intentionally harms the environment. Attempt to have a modicum respect for things that exist outside yourself.