Don't feed the cat!!

Whenever we are hungry and do not have time to cook,we came up with a solution to go to a restaurant and eat there instead of cooking.that's how my family counter the insufficient time to cook dinner.as both of my parents are working,they usually come home late.there is no time for either my father or mother to cook us anything.i can cook but there's nothing much of a menu that i can provide them.so the solution?
RESTAURANT!!
its always great to be able to go to the restaurant and order anything you want to eat.provided that the food you want is offered in the restaurant's menu. :)
and everytime we would have a great time eating dinner outside.except.
whenever we eat there will always come a cat under our table and asking for food.sometimes they even crept up to your legs to make sure they are noticed.this has always been the quarelling point between me and my parents.

have any of you ever encountered this?

of course,this kind of thing only occurs at simple down-to-earth restaurants that commoners usually goes to.high class and pampered people who only eat at 5-star grand restaurant will surely never encountered this kind of things.thats natural. :)

so,back to the topic.everytime there will always be cats which will come to our table and ask for food. everytime my parents will say these words:
don't feed the cat!
wow!so much negativity there.
i always feed these hungry and helpless cats because i think that's the right thing to do regardless of what my parents say.but i could never understand why my parents always prevented it.their only explaination to me was : so that the cats will not get used to asking for food in the rastaurant.
what the heck?!why??
what's the problem with cats asking for food?they are after all cats.right?
i often find their reason ridiculous.these cats are hungry and helpless.especially the kittens.so why shouldn't we feed them?isn't it an act of kindness to feed these hungry creatures.
even in our religion we are taught to always be kind no matter to whom.even different creatures.though they are animals,they have heart,lungs,limbs and bones.and even brains.they have everything that we have.they even have warm blood running through them.they are as alive as we are.so why shouldn't we feed them?

is it a sin to just give them a little of food amongst all the many food we ordered?i guess not.
so what's the problem?
because so they would not ask and disturb the customers in the restaurant.that is just outrageous.
the reason the cats keep on asking for food is because nobody would give them any.
if only all the customers-the humans-would give a bit of food each to them,then surely they would not stay hungry.thus they would not bother anyone else.right?

we malaysians consider ourselves to be courteous.we admit to the world that malaysians practice courtesy.
is that even true??
we should not lie.
what courtesy is there in us??if we can't even spare some food for hungry cats.just give them a little of the many that we have.it won't kill us.we are not that courteous after all huh!
there is a tale that is always told in islam:my religion.that a prostitute woman who is condemned to hell,feed milk to a hungry dog and eventually because of her act of kindness towards the dog she is accepted to heaven.even ALLAH stressed the importance of being kind towards animals.because just like us, animals are also beings created by ALLAH.

so why shouldn't we feed the cat?
this 'don't feed the cat thing' is quite a popular belief among people.though not all think like this,but most of them does.i can never understand their rational towards this.just never can.and i will never follow what they say.because i always feed the hungry cats.it always seems to be the right thing to do to me.

at the end of the day,my message is.

Please! Feed the hungry cats at the restaurant.