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sueinaz
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Your average inconsistent X'er I used to care very much about being a good Republican, but I don't know what that means anymore. I now focus my energies on writing about growing up, the politics of Animal Welfare. I volunteer. I organize fund raisers. I do my best to raise awareness about cruelty, gay penguins, stupid people who keep wild animals as pets and showing funny cat videos. I also write extensively about my family who would probably laugh about this blog, then choke me (but not hard enough for it to be a felony). You can also find me at: http://catsandpolitics.blogspot.com/

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Salon.com
JUNE 22, 2010 10:21AM

Cats aren't People, Morons!

Rate: 11 Flag

Enough already. How many times do people need to send me this video?
 
 
It's a kitten wearing a tiny hat, whose mother cat smacks him.
 
Based on the emails, facebook messages etc., this is either the most hysterical or it's the most cruel video ever. Let's be clear. You're all wrong. Cats aren't people. This isn't child abuse. Even this video of Speedo, the evil mom cat did little to convince me otherwise.
 
 
 
This is just a mother cat protecting her kitten from a "foreign" object. She doesn't know what it is, so she bitch-slaps him. Makes perfect sense to me. She's doing her job.
 
Then I discovered the awful truth. 
 
 
This is a viral ad campaign. A very successful one. Damn it. He is awfully cute though.
 
 
 
 

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I know....I don't get it. But for some reason we all watch! I feel ridiculous afterwards!:) And you're right...it is a cute kitten....:))
Rated for the title alone!
Aw, but they're so cuddly, fuzzy and cute!

-R-
Cut kitten. Cute little cone. :)
OK. I jumped when Mama knocked his hat off. But I persevered, and glad I did. Great videos - I hadn't seen these. Advertising GENIUS!!! Thanks for showing these to us!
We animals have our own inscrutable ways.

Buffy
I'm so glad I posted this, I was a little concerned that this would engender another debate about Speedo's mothering skills. BTW he looks like a little baby version of my kitty featured in my profile photo.
Reminds me of an ad campaign used by the "Tobacco Road" chain of gas stations/cigarette stores in Indiana in the mid-late 1990s.

"We can't talk about some of the things we sell at Tobacco Road. So now...kittens."

(twenty-five seconds of kittens frolicking).

"Gas...and cheap prices on stuff. Tobacco Road. Where to save."

The ads were brilliant and within the letter of the law against advertising for cigarettes.
My cat is a person. Her name is Jinx Cavanaugh.
Sarah - My one cat is named Andrew Edgar XXXXX :)