Sorry Peg - not going to indulge what appears to be simply a desire to argue without fair recompense. If you had any interest in the subject at all, you'd read the articles before making either comments or attacks. Ira's article is both important and intriguing, and I provided relevant statistics to back up her claims. The information I provided is MUCH more worthy of your attention than I'll ever be!

If anyone can find any credible information that proves either her ideas or the statistics to be false, PLEASE post it here. That's why I started the thread!   

I've found the best "evidence" to counteract her claims on this thread so far have been the Catters' accounts of violence or it's absence thereof in their lives. Again, thanks to everyone for your responses.

daylia