Cats are not loyal to us in the way that dogs are they don't have the human virtue quite rare I think of loyalty. They assert their natures as the cats they are they affirm their natures and enjoy life but part of that can be with be with involve being with a human being. Mary Gateskill is an American brilliant original highly original writer who wrote a memoir which is now appeared separately as a little book called Lost Cat about her adopting a cat. She felt she came to believe a loving cat who she lost and the experience lost her retrievably. The experience unlocked many of her relationships with other humans with a father who died of cancer partly because he wouldn't take treatment
It’s the issue that’s more polarising than politics. The world is full of animal lovers but we can’t agree on which pet is more worthy of our love – the loyal, obedient dog, or the inscrutable, capricious cat. In this episode philosopher John Gray goes up against writer Will Self to debate the age old question of which animal is superior. The debate was chaired by writer, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari.
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