maybe you have answered this already; but wtf is the correlation between liking/disliking cats and the integrity of one's character??? i hate cats, but i am a genuinely good guy with a big heart.... if i learned to like cats would i be a "better person"??
on a side note, its not just cats that i dont like.... i dont really like any pet, no matter what species it is. i feel that the only reason you should keep an animal is for a purpose (food, work, milk, keeping the grass down, whatever).... i dont see any need for having an animal live with you because "its cute".... they're like little indentured servants with no other options but to be our lap animals....
i love all animals..... in nature (yes, even cats); its when you make said animals a "pet" that it bothers me.