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Then again, if they can get the cat out whithout cutting off power, it might save a whole district from power loss. And depending on the duration/location, your neighbouring industries like steel mills would be very much unhappy to have theire steel go solid inside their pipes and have to replace all of them...
Holup now,
That's not what i said, first of all, i'm not familiar with what i assume is american infrastructure, so i assumed worst case scenario and went with it being some important bit for them to refuse it being turned off.
Second, i didn't say "fuck that cat he shouldn't have gone up ther in the first place", i said:
Which is a whole nother thought.
I understand your reaction to this poor cat being stuck up here, and i could also have assumed that if it has been going for 4 days, they might not be able to save the cat without the power grid operator doing something, which is a relevant argument which i maybe should've taken into account
But you simply can't go around telling people they are sociopath when they just propose we take the (at the time) seemingly more practical route.
Edit: thanks for the constructive argument, What a mature understanding of online discourse
Looking at the power line on the picture: HAHA no.
As much as I like cats. I can also see/share your point. Here in NL a company is legally not allowed to cut power for 'saving a cat' reason, and will be heavily fined for it.