Friday, May 13, 2011

Campaign for cats on Facebook


Dear George,
For the past few weeks, our human has been chattering away about how much fun she's been having on The Cat's Whiskas Facebook page. She shows us all the lovely photos and stories shared by other humans about their clever cats. And recently we've caught her meowing at her computer on more than one occasion!
We were originally concerned because she usually saves her meows for communicating with us, bless. But she explained that she's actually recording her meows for our benefit! The Cat's Whiskas are campaigning to have cats officially listed on Facebook profiles. Did you know that even though our human shares every other part of her life with us, she still can't list us as part of her family on her profile? Indeed, that is just not good enough.
And so we write to tell you about the campaign, and to invite you and all of your readers to encourage their humans to join The Cat's Whiskas page and record meows for cat equality!
Strength in numbers,

Bonnie & Buttons
The Cat's Whiskas
http://www.facebook.com/WhiskasUK


Dear Bonnie and Buttons,

I know you work for Whiskas, so I need to say that your letter has gone on this blog because I think it is fun to make Facebook into a more catty zone. Why not? My secretary, Celia, already runs a Cats Behaving Badly page (http://www.facebook.com/CatsBehavingBadly ) of which I disapprove heartily as it is a space for humans to post funny photos of cats. I would like a page where I could post funny photos of humans. Here's what I find funny about humans - their odd way of washing with water not saliva, their inability to move their whiskers (if they have any at all), the way the males lose their hair on their head, their nakedness - skin without fur, etc etc.

Of course, there are areas like the cat blogosphere which is devoted to cats who blog. But a feline Facebook membership would be another area where we could express our feelings about the idiotic species, Homo sapiens (I don’t think), which we keep as pets. There’s too much on the web from a human point of view. Lets get our felinity out there as a corrective to anthrocentric thinking (ie: human-centred thinking).

Think Cat, say I. So, Bonnie and Buttons, get typing. Make your secretary work for you. We could also use your page as a place to post photos of cats that need homes – there are plenty of those in my area (http://www.westoxfordshirecats.org.uk).

Purrs and rubs

George



7 comments:

  1. George, I don't think humans need any additional help in posting funny/stupid photos of themselves on Face Book, so let's concentrate on posting more photos of cats.

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  2. Fluffy and CayenneMay 18, 2011

    You are both so cute! You should be on the BIG screen (one of Fluffy's secret aspiration as well):-)
    But....Facebook will do it as long as we don't see any human face!
    Fluffy & Cayenne

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  3. SebastianMay 18, 2011

    Chatting on facebook or twitter about their "clever cats" it's the only time humans "voluntarily" admit that we are smarter then them; that's how desperate they are to talk!
    But, you two look very cute! Hope you have cute humans too (don't post their picture thou)!
    Sebastian

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  4. CAT VictoriaMay 18, 2011

    Hm! I'd like very much to know how to post photos on facebook! Recently I got a new friend and it would be nice to introduce him to the cat community!
    CAT Victoria

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  5. Richard, The LionheartMay 18, 2011

    That's an excellent idea! I want to be on facebook!
    Richard

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  6. Equality! Fraternity! Love! Yes, let's all be on Facebook! I wouldn't mind humans; we can have a good laugh by just looking at their funny faces!
    A bientot
    Porthos

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  7. This is an opportunity for cats to over rule apes! Felines of the world, create Facebook profiles for yourselves! Blow large raspberries to the daft ape rulemakers of Facebook. Apes know nothing and take up far too much space on the internet and they offend my aesthetic sense too posting their ugly mugs all over the place. Cats do a lot of good on FB by crossposting for other less fortunate cats in need. Apes should be grateful!

    Wuudler Has Spoken >^..^<

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Help for cats whose humans show behaviour problems.

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