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Goth Couple Gets Thrown Off Of Bus--Because of a Collar and
18 years ago
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This's been going around some of the BDSM forums I frequent.
A young Goth couple were apparently thrown off of a bus after the female half of this couple was lead, on a leash, by the male half of this couple. The bus company has sited claims of safety, while the Goth couple has hollared discrimination.
Well, you ask, what does this have to do with furry? A lot, really, aside from the collar thing.
We have a lot of people who seem to act like this goth couple-- do something out of the norm and maybe to get people uncomfortable and then cry "fursecution" when the rest of society calls us out on it. I'm not talking things like being lead around on a leash or having public furpiles...maybe just wearing a tail. I'll admit, I walk around in my "TCD" collar (or my choke chain which has less "furry" connotations and more "leather" connotations, or I think) every once in a while, and I do get strange looks and all that. I'm also aware that I am violating a norm, and woudldn't complain if someone called me some sort of a freak. Certainly it wouldn't feel good, but I brought it upon myself.
I'm not saying really that what we get is what we deserve, at least not all the time. I'm not saying that what the driver did to the goth couple was necessarily right, but I'm also saying that what the couple did and how they're reactting isn't necessarily right.
I dunno. Sorry for the ramble.
A young Goth couple were apparently thrown off of a bus after the female half of this couple was lead, on a leash, by the male half of this couple. The bus company has sited claims of safety, while the Goth couple has hollared discrimination.
Well, you ask, what does this have to do with furry? A lot, really, aside from the collar thing.
We have a lot of people who seem to act like this goth couple-- do something out of the norm and maybe to get people uncomfortable and then cry "fursecution" when the rest of society calls us out on it. I'm not talking things like being lead around on a leash or having public furpiles...maybe just wearing a tail. I'll admit, I walk around in my "TCD" collar (or my choke chain which has less "furry" connotations and more "leather" connotations, or I think) every once in a while, and I do get strange looks and all that. I'm also aware that I am violating a norm, and woudldn't complain if someone called me some sort of a freak. Certainly it wouldn't feel good, but I brought it upon myself.
I'm not saying really that what we get is what we deserve, at least not all the time. I'm not saying that what the driver did to the goth couple was necessarily right, but I'm also saying that what the couple did and how they're reactting isn't necessarily right.
I dunno. Sorry for the ramble.
Magical_HATz
~magicalhatz
o: Wow, that was a bit extreme of the driver. All he had to say was please take the leash off temporarily while in transit for safety reasons.
TCD
~tcd
OP
According to some reports ont he boards I've read, the male half of the couple in question usually handed the leash to the female half exactly for safety.
