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I'm completely unsure about what the hell this article is supposed to be about!
The Monster Raving Loony Party did so, it is a joke political party. It does some crazy stuff.-- Welshsocialist ( talk) 14:39, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I enjoyed this article, but can you really call a cat a politician since he's unlikely to have any awareness at all of what his role entails? It raises some interesting (as well as potentially libelous, if comparisons with human politicians are made) questions. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meltingpot ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Meltingpot ( talk) 11:59, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
We should not discriminate. A cat can be just as much as a politician as any other being. It would not be libellous to compare a politician to another, and this cat is a politician. Jorgesca ( talk) 19:34, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Sorry but I disagree. A cat can't take an active part in the political process, which is what a being has to do in order to be a politician. The only thing he could do (and then not reliably) is walk through the doors to one or other of the "Yes" or "No" lobbies whan a vote is called. Even then he'd be uniquely susceptible to bribes (since all you'd have to do to get his vote is put a plate of fish in one of the lobbies). So no, I don't think a cat can realistically be called a politician.
BTW, there's no picture for him above the article. Has it been taken down now?
Meltingpot ( talk) 11:52, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
I also edit Cat Mandu's rival Chief mouser to the treasury, not because it has any hope of being a featured but because it might encourage young people to read more about politics. I don't take it too seriously and do wonder whether a joke warning might be useful.
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In the video cited as footnote one Howling Laud Hope makes it quite clear that Catmando is the original and official spelling, therefore should it not be the title of the article? 80.176.135.127 ( talk) 18:14, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Amazed this survived an AfD. The content should be merged into the Howling Laud Hope article. The cat hasn't done anything. It is only notable for being HLH's cat and through HLH's actions. Paulbrock ( talk) 17:22, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
As defined and sourced in the article, Nationality is a trait of an individual person that defines certain legal relationships between the national and the state. Seeing as a cat does not qualify as a person under any legal system, including those of the UK, the cat does not have a nationality in any meaningful sense. -- Cú Faoil ( talk) 18:56, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
On the article, it states Catmando was born 1995 and died in 2002, aged 17. For Catmando to die aged 17 in 2002 he'd have to be born in 1985. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xander11012 ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
R.I.P. He was only seven 😣 24.132.49.31 ( talk) 13:49, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
The article currently gives the impression that Catmando held some sort of official, legally recognized position in the party ("the only cat ever to have been leader of a political party"), when in fact "party leader" is obviously nothing more than an honorary title. The de facto "leader" of an officially registered political party is its chairman or -woman, and Catmando never served in any such position, as I'm pretty sure British law doesn't allow or recognize animals in official positions of trust. This article definitely does not belong in the category "Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom" alongside the likes of Arthur Scargill or Nick Griffin. To draw a crude analogy: if Boris Johnson - as a joke or whatever - declared his left shoe to be "co-leader of the Conservative Party", would we have an article about the shoe that calls it a "politician" and categorizes it as a "leader of a political party"? Jah77 ( talk) 18:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
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I'm completely unsure about what the hell this article is supposed to be about!
The Monster Raving Loony Party did so, it is a joke political party. It does some crazy stuff.-- Welshsocialist ( talk) 14:39, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I enjoyed this article, but can you really call a cat a politician since he's unlikely to have any awareness at all of what his role entails? It raises some interesting (as well as potentially libelous, if comparisons with human politicians are made) questions. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meltingpot ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Meltingpot ( talk) 11:59, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
We should not discriminate. A cat can be just as much as a politician as any other being. It would not be libellous to compare a politician to another, and this cat is a politician. Jorgesca ( talk) 19:34, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
Sorry but I disagree. A cat can't take an active part in the political process, which is what a being has to do in order to be a politician. The only thing he could do (and then not reliably) is walk through the doors to one or other of the "Yes" or "No" lobbies whan a vote is called. Even then he'd be uniquely susceptible to bribes (since all you'd have to do to get his vote is put a plate of fish in one of the lobbies). So no, I don't think a cat can realistically be called a politician.
BTW, there's no picture for him above the article. Has it been taken down now?
Meltingpot ( talk) 11:52, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
I also edit Cat Mandu's rival Chief mouser to the treasury, not because it has any hope of being a featured but because it might encourage young people to read more about politics. I don't take it too seriously and do wonder whether a joke warning might be useful.
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JRPG (
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16:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
In the video cited as footnote one Howling Laud Hope makes it quite clear that Catmando is the original and official spelling, therefore should it not be the title of the article? 80.176.135.127 ( talk) 18:14, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
Amazed this survived an AfD. The content should be merged into the Howling Laud Hope article. The cat hasn't done anything. It is only notable for being HLH's cat and through HLH's actions. Paulbrock ( talk) 17:22, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
As defined and sourced in the article, Nationality is a trait of an individual person that defines certain legal relationships between the national and the state. Seeing as a cat does not qualify as a person under any legal system, including those of the UK, the cat does not have a nationality in any meaningful sense. -- Cú Faoil ( talk) 18:56, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
On the article, it states Catmando was born 1995 and died in 2002, aged 17. For Catmando to die aged 17 in 2002 he'd have to be born in 1985. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xander11012 ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
R.I.P. He was only seven 😣 24.132.49.31 ( talk) 13:49, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
The article currently gives the impression that Catmando held some sort of official, legally recognized position in the party ("the only cat ever to have been leader of a political party"), when in fact "party leader" is obviously nothing more than an honorary title. The de facto "leader" of an officially registered political party is its chairman or -woman, and Catmando never served in any such position, as I'm pretty sure British law doesn't allow or recognize animals in official positions of trust. This article definitely does not belong in the category "Leaders of political parties in the United Kingdom" alongside the likes of Arthur Scargill or Nick Griffin. To draw a crude analogy: if Boris Johnson - as a joke or whatever - declared his left shoe to be "co-leader of the Conservative Party", would we have an article about the shoe that calls it a "politician" and categorizes it as a "leader of a political party"? Jah77 ( talk) 18:27, 11 May 2021 (UTC)