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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Also, I also think your stance - your willingness to spend thousands on a pet - is equally insane. [/quote]

Why get a pet if you're unwilling but financially able to cure a completely curable medical condition? Just don't have pets. [/quote]

Most people have to draw the line and make decisions about what vet care they're willing to pay for and what they're not willing to pay for. Just because I draw the line in a different place than you do doesn't mean I shouldn't have a pet. [/quote]

Your line has nothing to do with money or quality of life, which is what I think is unreasonable. "No surgery no matter what" means that you're happy to kill your pet with a totally curable condition or let it suffer indefinitely until it dies of other causes.

And your position that pets are entirely fungible borders on sociopathic. Most people who take that view on animals simply don't have pets because they don't value the emotional relationship with the animal. It's perplexing how you could be a pet person yet believe "total cat replacement" is a better option than treating a curable condition. [/quote]

I am a pet person who accepts that death is part of life. Sometimes pets (and people) die from accidents, or because they can't access care for a treatable condition. Just because I have money doesn't mean I'm willing to spend an unlimited amount of money on pet care. Vet care has to be rationed because it comes with a cost. I'm not willing to spend an unlimited amount of money on vet care just because I have money. In a world where I got my last cat from the shelter for $31, I'm not willing to spend money on a pet in a way that undermines my financial life. If that makes me a sociopath, so be it. [/quote]

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