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   My closest (secular) Turkish friend has a dog sitting by his feet at his   
   university office. But I believe islam traditionally disdained dogs.   
      
   I for one prefer dogs to cats. They are smarter and more honest because they   
   are evolutionarily more advanced. Dogs, bears and seals are only one step   
   below primates. I believe the claim that when they mess up, dogs are   
   embarassed, but cats boast. Although my wonderful Samoyed is shameless about   
   chewing anything in sight, often to my horror about his well being.   
      
   --   
   	 Vasos Panagiotopoulos  panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm   
     ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice.  Everything fully disclaimed.}---   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)