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Bill's Cat vs. Dog Diatribe I was thinking about famous dogs and their breeds. Take Lassie, for example. Collie. Snoopy, a beagle. That little beastie from the Taco Bell commercials (Gidget, I hear). She's a Chihuahua. Notice that they're all pretty easily identifiable. Just about anybody could tell you what each of them are. So they're fairly well purebred, right? Now think about famous cats. First, Garfield. What is he? Nothing really recognizable. That means DSH - domestic shorthair. Generic cat. How about Morris, the cat food magnate? Again, DSH. No particular breed. Sure, you could classify them by their color, but that's hardly the same thing. The differences in the physical characteristics of famous dogs go way beyond color. I can't think of a single famous cat that isn't DSH. No Himalayans, no Manxes, no Persians. There's that specific kind of cat the Egyptians seemed to love but I'm going to ignore that for the purposes of my argument. So far we see this trend: famous dogs - specific breeds; famous cats - general catness. What does this tell us about cats and dogs? Ah... there is a fundamental personality difference between them. Dogs have this need to belong to a specific group. They're just not happy just being a dog. They want to belong to a group, a gang. The Dachshunds don't want to be like the Terriers. They have to be different. But aren't they really all the same? They're still all dogs, never mind all their attempts at setting themselves apart from the other dogs by belonging to their little exclusive club. Dogs are the alternative music listeners out there. Just think about that term, alternative, and then about what's most popular these days. You'll see, 'alternative' is a fallacy just like these so-called dog 'breeds'. Dogs are the ones that wear black just so they can say they're goths and hang out in their little cliques. But what about cats? We see that the famous cats don't do much to make themselves look different from the other famous cats. They just don't care. They know they're different, and they don't need to concentrate on their images just so they can feel unique. Today's cat is independent, confident, self-assured. They don't need the approval of others to make them feel good. They can feel good on their own and to heck with anybody who doesn't like it. Below all their personal individuslities, cats have a community consciousness that says, "Yes! I'm a cat! In my own way, I'm just like all the other cats!" But they all assert their individuality, too. It's a personality thing. Those that don't know cats will tell you that they're all the same. Those in the know will tell you how wrong that viewpoint is. Get to know a cat today. So you see, there is a big difference between the way cats and dogs identify themselves. Dogs need to identify themselves with a group to assert their individuality, but cats, on the other hand, fully admit to being just cats. They let their individuality shine through in the way they act, the way they communicate. Cats really are individuals. Yet another way cats are better than dogs. -Bill |
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