For decades they were not detained, until the country collectively lost its mind in 2001.

Yes, the reason dog breeds are so different is because we put a lot of effort into domesticating them and breeding them for certain things. We did not do that with cats, which is why it’s inaccurate to say we “domesticated the hell out of them”. It’s simply not true. For the most part, we left cats alone to do their…

There were no proper facilities at the airport. That’s just a fact.

People who have been denied entry should not be allowed to wander off. There was no other practical way to detain these people. That’s not nonsense.

But we didn’t “domesticate the hell out of them”. We did that to dogs, we did not do that to cats. The two situations are very different. The difference in dog breeds is extreme, not so with cats. There is very little difference between a modern house cat and the African wild cat, of which they are descended. If you…

Some kind of cat is native almost everywhere.

People say that but I don’t see any hard data and it doesn’t jive with my experience. I’m certain they are shorter but I would not say drastically so.

I don’t care if people let their cat out or always keep it inside. I think it’s stupid to insist that it needs to be either way. (Though I will say an island situation like in NZ or Hawaii are special exceptions) 

I was talking about people in general, and the vast majority who insist cats need to be inside all the time are worried about the safety of their cats. 

Do you let yourself outside despite the fact that danger exists in the world? What about your friends and family, do you spend all day terrified for them because they are out in the world?

Interestingly, I think it’s the people who insist that cats always be indoors that are anthropomorphizing cats, and treating them more like human children that the actual animals they are.  

And cats are really not as domesticated as other animals. 

They used to be impractical, now they are not. So no, it’s inst practically possible to have done it another way. Just because it was done foolishly in the past, doesn’t mean it’s a practical idea today.

Take it up with bat-dork. Unless you also worked at an airport of have some other noteworthy qualification, I’m giving his experience preference.

Because they might actually commit an “actual” crime! (Visa violations ARE actual crimes! BTW, but that’s not even what I’m talking about.)

I don’t get why you don’t understand that when people are denied entry, we don’t want them to just be able to flout that and wander off. Yes, they might do something bad, as hard…

You are right that they should have been provided a mat for sleeping. That’s the only legit complaint here.

I believe the article said they didn’t have the facilities at the airport. Should they have been held somewhere overnight without a place for them to sleep, or food or water available for them?

You seriously think one night in a jail is human rights abuse? Fuck off anarchist.

Those are not actually practical.

Because people who have been denied entry into the country wandering off is a safety concern. These particular people might not have been any kind of threat, but other people might and so we set rules and everyone has to follow them. It’s hardly unreasonable to detain people overnight in a local jail. People act like…

It’s not about being able to verify their identities, it’s about the fact that we should care about people who are denied entry just wandering off. Period.