(Tourney #22) Cats are the greatest animal known to man.

First, I will attack my opponents arguments, then I will move onto line by line with reasons why cats are better. Very well, I will accept that humans are animals. ALTHOUGH, homo sapiens are possibly THE WORST animal known to man. HUMANS DESTROY OTHER HUMANS, THE EARTH, AND ARE CRUEL TO CATS THEMSELVES. Humans are responsible for war, the greatest plague faced in civilization. As put in Edward Starr's words, "War-what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. " Humanity has failed itself and will inevitable destroy itself through war. Not meaning for this debate to be about war philosophy, I contend that humanity is killing itself through killing one another, while cats have not. Secondly, humans have destroyed their habitat, and, if left unchecked, will destroy the earth. In the short term, global warming will cause the ice caps to melt, raise the ocean, flood Florida, etc. But in the long run, the problem will be the Earth's core exploding. The core of our earth is a ‘nuclear reactor,' and could likely explode, ending life as we know it. (. http://bioresonant.com...) "It seems that the currently adopted doctrine of a "crystalline inner core of Earth" is more dangerous for humanity than all weapons of mass destruction taken together, because it prevents us from imagining, predicting and preventing truly global disasters. " Third, humans, since the beginning of their existence, have been cruel to animals. From sacrifices to dog fighting, humans have always thought of themselves as the elite race, and have never cease to destroy thousands of species. With that out of the way, let's look at the clash on the six preliminary issues: 1)While humans can take care of themselves, cats can to. Humans are not MORE independent than cats; in fact, it's the other way around. If each human were to receive no assistance from any other human, most would die because they lack either food, shelter, strength, etc. On the contrary, cats have been living by themselves forever. Cats find their own food and could very well survive in nature, as most already do. Secondly, I'd like to say that domestic cats were brought into a home by a human. Although they are now dependent because they were always treated that way, if this assistance was never there they could survive. 2)While humans may be more intellectual now, cats are still evolving. There can be no clear proof that cats will not be one day right where humans are. Scientific studies have shown that brain size does not matter in smarts, so the feline brain could very well evolve to where humans are. Cats have all of skills I mentioned above, such as communicating, usage of toilet, etc. , so the argument still stands. Furthermore, my opponent can not argue that humans use the toilet better, communicate better, open things better, etc. , it is simply the way cats have adapted to their environment, so they are equal in these departments. 3)Although humans can use their technology, that is not the human. The greatness comes from the animal itself, not what it can use. Furthermore, a lion could use a megaphone and the roar would still be 10X louder than that of a human. As for the killing argument, I'll bet a human with no equipment could never survive pitted against a lion. Jaguars can still run faster than humans by themselves, cats can jump higher than humans themselves, and lions and tigers are louder than humans themselves. THAT'S why cats are superior to humans. 4)First let me say that the first and third pictures are of cute cats- they are just taken in bad positions and lighting. The second one (comments) obviously is not what a real cat looks like all of the time and the picture was probably taken for a certain purpose and doctored. Same reason here: (. http://sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com...) Secondly, one can not sleep or snuggle (did I just say that? ) with a human baby. Most of them cry seemingly non-stop, not to mention that you would probably suffocate them. Also, the fur of a cat trumps the human baby. The cuddliness of a cat comes with its warm fur, something you can not get from a human baby. Lastly, our sex drives tell us that we are attracted to females- it's no different with cats (cat to cat that is, lolz. ) 5)Yes, but lolcats would not be there if it weren't for cats. The human took images of the cat, where the true comedy is coming from. Also, watch this to appreciate these brave cats: (. http://youtube.com...) and this (. http://youtube.com...) 6)Yes, this argument is somewhat pointless seeing as how my opponent is defending humans, but it shows how well we relate to cats.