You say this kind of nose rubbing is cruel. I'm sure it's also cruel to have our leaders and the American people look at the torture, death, dismemberment, and tearing apart of families that they do so nonchalantly, even disdainfully, to their victims, the over one million dead innocent civilians of these wars. How cruel would you say is this racist preemptive genocide and occupation of countries that have done nothing to us, whatsoever. Al Qaeda is in Pakistan not Iraq, not Afghanistan. Duh. What morons are running this country?

By the way, I hate cat litter boxes around the house. They stink. My cats lived outside, in their natural habitat.

Analogies are always inadequate and always allow someone to find holes in their logic. Of course, it's not exactly the same thing. It's an analogy. I actually hate analogies for this very reason and like you, I take the opportunity of their inherent weakness to turn them around on the person citing them, when I disagree.

But in this case, the real world situation is more accurate to the analogy than the analogy itself, if you know what I mean, and I think you do because you stated the point was important and valid. Warmongering Presidents, unlike cats, are not instinctively trained to respect human life above political aspirations. In this case the rubbing of noses is quite warranted. That's the point I'm making. My intent was to rouse a response, not to accurately explain cat training. So I am satisfied I have succeeded. But thanks for the correction. Stay tuned for the film.