On Thursday 31 December 2009 00:52, Ryan wrote:
> There's plenty of other little subcultures out there that
> would say a collective "HELL NO" to a lot of the stuff that goes on within
> furry. Now, I'm sure they have their own problems, but this 'corruption'
> issue is probably not among them.
Care to name any?
It's certainly not any that could be described as a fandom.
Anime has lolicon/shotacon and rape games.
Video games have extreme violence and crime simulators.
SF has people who wear Spock ears 24/7 and more than a few major players
begging for sexual harassment lawsuits.
The paranormal romance crowd has people literally drinking each others blood.
No internal purity drives have ever succeeded in either getting rid of the
fringes, improving the subculture's image or stopping those that are going to
tar everyone based on what the most extreme do. What succeeds is bringing
forward the good stuff and putting an effort into producing more of it.
As the old Usenet saw puts it: The way to get more of what you like, is to
make more of what you like.
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Chakat Firepaw - Inventor & Scientist (Mad)
Received on Thu Dec 31 2009 - 12:24:19 CST