I almost died trying to save a cat's life - General

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[QUOTE=FreakyMe;22105543]You enter the home of a suspected drug kingpin, as far as intel has told you. You open the door to the loud barking of what sounds like a large breed dog. Your eyes adjust as your flashlight sweeps the room, and you see a pit bull bolting in any direction. You assess that there is a large dog in the room that is moving quickly before you even realize it is in a cage that is sealed on all sides. You disable it to protect the well being of your squad. Justified.[/QUOTE] not justified at all. the dog was in a CAGE. unless the cage was made out of bread or something then it WAS NOT a justified shooting. these were just trigger happy cops who were hyped up from the raid.

[QUOTE=FreakyMe;22105177]There is a value on life. Is a doctor worth more than a cat? Should I look at that with the naive "All life is beautiful so both are equally valuable in the eyes of God" outlook you seem to have? It's. A. Fucking. Cat! 9 are born for every time 2 screw. One human, in contrast, per normal childbirth. Cats do nothing. Humans have the potential to save lives.[/QUOTE] cuz emotional attachments are impossible amitrite and you're a fucking furry lol [editline]06:52PM[/editline] [QUOTE=FreakyMe;22105543]To be honest, I read it as a sarcastic sure as well. Anyways, if anyone can think up a reasonable argument for why saving the cat at the risk of his own was a good idea, and why not doing what he did is unreasonably selfish, please present it. [editline]11:28AM[/editline] You enter the home of a suspected drug kingpin, as far as intel has told you. You open the door to the loud barking of what sounds like a large breed dog. Your eyes adjust as your flashlight sweeps the room, and you see a pit bull bolting in any direction. You assess that there is a large dog in the room that is moving quickly before you even realize it is in a cage that is sealed on all sides. You disable it to protect the well being of your squad. Justified.[/QUOTE] lol, i see a pissed off corgi in a fucking cage, the first thing i think is "holy shit, he has laser eyes and is going to kill me D: "

[QUOTE=Leon Trotsky;22104826]now you're just grasping for straws stop blowing it out of proportion with your hypotheticals[/QUOTE] Because I'm sure most people won't take a friend/family member dying very seriously. "Well at least it was for a cat. Good tidings."

[QUOTE=Gummylamb;22104388]I'm sorry, but saving a cat at your own life is among one of the most idiotic things you could possibly do. [editline]10:36AM[/editline] Not to mention selfish, the driver will have to live with that guilt, and the family will have to live with the guilt that their cat got a boy killed. Oh and your family, and your friends... [editline]10:37AM[/editline] Unless you're retarded, you care more about a random human life than your god damn cat.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Gummylamb;22104486]I hope you're joking Valuing life in general is fine and all, but risking a human life which is without a doubt more worth than a cat's, is idiotic and stupid. Did you ever think that the car driver would have to live with that guilt his entire life, and that the family of the cat (if it had one) will have to live with the guilt of its cat killing a human, oh and not to mention the OP's family would be broken beyond repair, and his friends would be hurt. To think "Oh saving a cat is good, nice job OP!" is idiotic and selfish, it was a good thought by the OP, no doubt, but the repercussions of him dying are very big, and it's selfish to kill yourself over a feline.[/QUOTE] No one fucking died. Read the damn OP before spewing horseshit.

Should have taken the money.

I don't get why the OP could not use a less self-risking method of saving the cat. I tend to jump and wave my arms to get the driver's attention while yelling "Pet in the street" or something. I understand in his case it was a short moment and his thoughts were likely not very deliberate, but this is just my 2 cents on the topic. [editline]12:02PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Beetle179;22106157]No one fucking died. Read the damn OP before spewing horseshit.[/QUOTE] He got lucky. You are the one spewing something foul.

Was a stupid act yes.. But nobody died and all.. use a other method if there is a next time ^ as the guy above me said... Hm.. if the OP is telling the truth.

Give OP A title for saving a cat and not accepting 1000$ :buddy: [editline]09:05PM[/editline] Also make the title on this thread "I almost died saving a cat" not trying to save.. I thought it was dead until I read the OP :buddy:

I wouldn't risk my life over a cat. [editline]12:07PM[/editline] Your parent's probably were "that boy aint right."

[QUOTE=Ho Chi Minh;22106056]cuz emotional attachments are impossible amitrite and you're a fucking furry lol [editline]06:52PM[/editline] lol, i see a pissed off corgi in a fucking cage, the first thing i think is "holy shit, he has laser eyes and is going to kill me D: "[/QUOTE] Nice job generalizing, you lost the argument, good day.

Half the people in this thread are a bunch of faggots.

Shoulda taken 50$

a cat ran out in front of me, i was doing 50mph the look of terror in its eyes as it looked into the headlights as i slammed on the brakes kitty survived rate me heart, for I did not hit it!!!!!!!! There was a lot of smoke

[QUOTE=BrQ;22103382]It's a matter of opinion but I think we all can (except you) agree that people care more about a human than about a cat. Imagine your cat died, can you see your whole familiy crying, maybe your schoolmates also? Imagine you died, can you see your whole family crying and maybe your schoolmates also?[/QUOTE] Just because people tend to care less about animals doesn't mean they lack the capacity to care for animals. Can you imagine that if a cat dies who somebody cares about, that somebody will cry for it? -Even though right now, hundreds of people who are "obviously much more worth than that cat" are dying, and they don't care about those people in the slightest.

You saved a creature of god! Good job! :wink: You have a big heart. :love: [editline]04:46PM[/editline] [QUOTE=ChilColdCoolaid;22107042]Half the people in this thread are a bunch of faggots.[/QUOTE] Which half? The kind that cares, and the kind that are trolling?

[QUOTE='Poesidan [GAG];22108655']You saved a creature of god! Good job! :wink: You have a big heart. :love: [editline]04:46PM[/editline] Which half? The kind that cares, and the kind that are trolling?[/QUOTE] You mean the kind with the bleeding hearts, or the logical ones, right? Not my fault you have a completely naive outlook on life that has you believing someone with the potential to become something and help people has the same value as a fucking housecat. Kind of sick on your part.

[QUOTE='Poesidan [GAG];22108655']You saved a creature of god! Good job! :wink: You have a big heart. :love: [editline]04:46PM[/editline] Which half? The kind that cares, and the kind that are trolling?[/QUOTE] God you're so dumb [editline]01:51PM[/editline] [QUOTE=BmB;22108517]Just because people tend to care less about animals doesn't mean they lack the capacity to care for animals. Can you imagine that if a cat dies who somebody cares about, that somebody will cry for it? -Even though right now, hundreds of people who are "obviously much more worth than that cat" are dying, and they don't care about those people in the slightest.[/QUOTE] Because they don't know those people. It's the same for animals, or at least it should be. If a cat dies, you cry for a week, hell, maybe a day. If your brother, your son, your best friend, your boyfriend died, you cry for a LONG time. Tell me, would you cry the same over a shitty house-cat or a human-life? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Flaming" - Benji))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=Gummylamb;22108757]God you're so dumb [editline]01:51PM[/editline] Because they don't know those people. It's the same for animals, or at least it should be. If a cat dies, you cry for a week, hell, maybe a day. If your brother, your son, your best friend, your boyfriend died, you cry for a LONG time. Tell me, would you cry the same over a shitty house-cat or a human-life?[/QUOTE] Do you really think the OP was considering any of this? When it comes to quick decision making, noone considers the value of ones own life over an animals, the most thought they are doing during the event is "Oh hey, a cat, hey what's that? Oh, car. shit. CAR. FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUoooooh shit it stopped holy shit" or they simply turn off their inner monolouge. If people always thought during these situations like they do after the fact, then the cat would always die, because by the time they'd reach a decision the car would already have run the cat over. Saying the OP did something stupid is ignoring that human beings don't function in every situation the same way.

[QUOTE=wewt!;22108996]Do you really think the OP was considering any of this? When it comes to quick decision making, noone considers the value of ones own life over an animals, the most thought they are doing during the event is "Oh hey, a cat, hey what's that? Oh, car. shit. CAR. FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUoooooh shit it stopped holy shit" or they simply turn off their inner monolouge. If people always thought during these situations like they do after the fact, then the cat would always die, because by the time they'd reach a decision the car would already have run the cat over. Saying the OP did something stupid is ignoring that human beings don't function in every situation the same way.[/QUOTE] I already said that it wasn't the OP's fault, but upon reflection it was an incredibly selfish and idiotic thing to do, and I hope no one decides to risk their lives for a cat again.

Ahh man get over it already!!!

[QUOTE=Gummylamb;22108757]Because they don't know those people.[/QUOTE] That was kinda the point. The only reason the families and friends in the example don't cry for the cat as much as the person is that they don't know the cat intimately.

[QUOTE=BmB;22109080]That was kinda the point. The only reason the families and friends in the example don't cry for the cat as much as the person is that they don't know the cat intimately.[/QUOTE] But they wouldn't cry/be sad nearly as much if a person was killed. You realize that people in a community, a small town that doesn't see much death, they all care for someone who dies. Someone they didn't know... Someone who didn't deserve to die. If some cat dies, who gives a flying shit?

That's the thing, reflecting back on things like this and saying that it was selfish and idiotic is wrong. It can't be selfish; he completely disregarded his existence and focused entirely on stopping that car, very selfess if you ask me. And you can't say that he should have considered his family before risking his life, since then most risky jobs and actions would be selfish. And it can't be idiotic either, since it was all reflexes and impulse, no actual situational thought.

I like cats. It's a shame mine died

Anybody would cry the same for a living being they care about deeply. And yes, you can as a matter of fact care deeply for an animal, just because you never felt cross species love doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I made this for a thread awhile back, where everyone was talking about murdering someone who killed a cat, so it doesn't apply too well to this thread, but you'll understand the basics. It takes a lot more evil or mental distress to kill a person for no reason. I live in a town, a relatively rich town, pretty rich actually. Last murder before last year was in 1995, so it is also safe as hell. I didn't know the person who was murdered, but when someone in your community is murdered for no reason, by someone who didn't have any reason to even be there (the murderer was legit crazy, and didn't live in our town anyway) who was just there visiting for his birthday for his kids and grandkids for a few days, everyone cares, I am pretty close to the grandchild of the poor man (he was 70 or so) and I can honestly tell you that I get pretty fucking sad when I think that people have the capacity to just, for no reason, murder an innocent old man. So I want you to think about this, do you really think a human life and a cat's life are even comparable? A cat who lives 15 years, or a human who lives 70, a cat who helps a family emotionally, or a human who can bring life into the world. [editline]02:10PM[/editline] [QUOTE=wewt!;22109128]That's the thing, reflecting back on things like this and saying that it was selfish and idiotic is wrong. It can't be selfish; he completely disregarded his existence and focused entirely on stopping that car, very selfess if you ask me. And you can't say that he should have considered his family before risking his life, since then most risky jobs and actions would be selfish. And it can't be idiotic either, since it was all reflexes and impulse, no actual situational thought.[/QUOTE] It's selfish because if he died, he would have brought on insane amounts of sadness.

[QUOTE=Gummylamb;22109106]But they wouldn't cry/be sad nearly as much if a person was killed. You realize that people in a community, a small town that doesn't see much death, they all care for someone who dies. Someone they didn't know... Someone who didn't deserve to die. If some cat dies, who gives a flying shit?[/QUOTE] Small, tightly knit communities usually miss a pet just as much, they visit each other, have a drink in their backyards and play with each others pets. If a pet died, do you think it'd have no impact? It would and it does.

For some people, cat's can mean a lot to them.

[QUOTE=wewt!;22109196]Small, tightly knit communities usually miss a pet just as much, they visit each other, have a drink in their backyards and play with each others pets. If a pet died, do you think it'd have no impact? It would and it does.[/QUOTE] Would it have a comparable amount to a human death? Hellll no. [editline]02:11PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Simples;22109199]For some people, cat's can mean a lot to them.[/QUOTE] Not nearly as fucking much as a human Unless they're crazy