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Monday, July 16, 2007


Apolitical Observation Bound to Start a Fight   [John Hood]

According to a number of historians and classicists, domesticated cats have probably been of greater practical value to humanity than domesticated dogs, due to their critical role in reducing the population of grain-eating and disease-carrying rodents. Medieval European foolishness linking cats, witchcraft, and the Devil led to eradication programs that may well have paved the way for deadly plagues. Karma.

Dogs may be friendlier, but cats have been more useful.

Now back to your regularly scheduled program, more political but probably less controversial.




 





 

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