Yep. My arms currently look like I lost a war with a shredder, because we have a kitten who is very sweet but not always careful, along with one easily frightened cat and two clumsy ones. :) None of them are deliberately trying to hurt us, but even with *clipped* claws (they're very good about that) they can do damage. Probably doesn't help that 3 of them are over 18 pounds, too!

I can sort of see the urge to call the fear *overblown,* but hardly unreasonable. Also, frankly, pound for pound I'm more afraid of vicious cat than a dog - more total pointy bits, the fangs are designed to puncture deeper, and both claws and teeth are going to leave all sorts of bacteria in deep puncture wounds. I'm not afraid of *most* cats (obviously), but one which is irrationally aggressive... yeah.