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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
Not to mention that any dog or cat owner can tel you how much most of them enjoy being scratched. Hard to believe that they'd so obviously experience pleasure if pain doesn't register.
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Originally Posted by Elphaba
WTF? Marv, you have gone so over the top with that one. Care to back up that bullshit, or is this your personal pet experience?
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Elph, I think Marv is saying "scratched" as in "scratched with fingers behind the ears and on the belly", not "scratched with a fork and drawing blood". This demonstrates that they can experience pleasure, and if that is so, they can probably also experience pain.