Painting or the Cat

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How old is the cat?

Good question!


With animal shelters overflowing with discarded pets, and no desire for a pet of my own, despite the assumption presented in the question, I'll let the cat fend for itself.

But I too hate these types of hypothetical questions.

So many cats, such little time.

Ok, I've voted. Now if it was a dog...

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I agree that paintings can be reproduced so well that it would take an expert to tell the difference between the fake and the original.

I also meant things like scans and high-quality photographs.

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However, I disagree that the "the content of the painting itself won't be (lost)." There is no substitute for the real thing.

As a prized collectable and a stroe of value, no. As an object to study, appreciate or admire, any good reproduction will do.

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I doubt the museum in Norway would have been satisfied to use a reproduction of The Scream after the original was stolen.

I'd have been delighted to have such a painting stolen. It would be insured, after all. Now, if it had been a good painting, that would be a different matter.

I skimmed over this title, and at first thought it was something about "painting the cat". I opened it up because I wanted to see what cruel, heartless individual would do such a thing. But now that I've read the OP:

IF--and this is a big, honkin' if:

1. I somehow KNOW that the cat will not be able to escape on its own, AND
2. I somehow KNOW that I will, in fact, be able to save the cat (it won't run away before I can grab it, or get away after I do), AND
3. I somehow KNOW that the painting is, in fact, a priceless original Rembrandt (having stopped to read the museum display plaque before resuming fighting the fire), AND
4. I somehow know that the painting will be destroyed (i.e., the fire will not be put out in time to save it), THEN

I still save the painting. It's much easier to make another cat than another Rembrandt. Sorry, kitty.

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Ok, I've voted. Now if it was a dog...

I too prefer dogs as pets, and was thinking this. But there are too many pet dogs that have been discarded to a shelter, too.

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... Sorry, kitty.

Nice.

I'm highly allergic to cats... but I'll still save a life over some watercolor on a canvas

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I'm highly allergic to cats... but I'll still save a life over some watercolor on a canvas

Oil. Watercolor goes on paper. The old masters used oil paint. these days they're still in use, although acryllic paints have gained a following of their own.

The cat probably started the fire. Save the painting. - Rin Tin Tin

Does this Rembrandt have a tear in it from Steve Wynn's elbow ? Is that why
a diet coke at ENCORE costs $ 4.50 at the bar WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING ?

Also, has the cat already used up its first 8 lives ?