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Interesting article.
10 years ago
I'm just going to put this here. It's about what happened at MFF.
http://sequart.org/magazine/53504/f.....e-fellow-fans/
And he's right, This could happen at ANY con. Ac, MFF, FC, Comincon, Otafest, Stampede....You name it, it can happen. Who want's to bet that if something like this happened at either the republican or democratic national conventions, it would be investigated EXTREMELY thoroughly. But, because it happens to furries......well, the results are mixed. And would so SERIOUSLY like to have a conversation with those newscasters. What, did they never have an imagination as a kid? They don't have children of their own? We are Furries. We all come from EVERY walk of life. As Kage and 2 pointed out in my very first AC, there was a furry that passed who was an EMT in Chicago.People came out in full fursuit to pay thier respects to this man, and no one batted an eye. He did his job, he was brave, and he was killed in the line of duty.
It is up to US, ALL OF US, to present an image of acceptableness for main stream society. Pittsburgh already love's us. Perhaps we can get the rest of the nation to as well?
http://sequart.org/magazine/53504/f.....e-fellow-fans/
And he's right, This could happen at ANY con. Ac, MFF, FC, Comincon, Otafest, Stampede....You name it, it can happen. Who want's to bet that if something like this happened at either the republican or democratic national conventions, it would be investigated EXTREMELY thoroughly. But, because it happens to furries......well, the results are mixed. And would so SERIOUSLY like to have a conversation with those newscasters. What, did they never have an imagination as a kid? They don't have children of their own? We are Furries. We all come from EVERY walk of life. As Kage and 2 pointed out in my very first AC, there was a furry that passed who was an EMT in Chicago.People came out in full fursuit to pay thier respects to this man, and no one batted an eye. He did his job, he was brave, and he was killed in the line of duty.
It is up to US, ALL OF US, to present an image of acceptableness for main stream society. Pittsburgh already love's us. Perhaps we can get the rest of the nation to as well?
Mind you, the Calgary Stampede has been targeted by animal rights groups for years because we still have a cattle drive and other things. Despite an incredible safety system, a single animal injury or casualty occurs and it's clearly because everything we do is barbaric & outmoded and we shouldn't have any animals or stampede at all.
Because of this, if someone got the bright idea that this chlorine attack was an effective method, I could see the stampede being threatened. And with us seeing almost our entire city's population in tourists a year, can you say "international incident" when somebody gets sick?
Never mind we had crazy ass fundies at Otafest once, too! You only need admission to get into any of the event rooms. You can walk around the grounds for free. Although signage is supposed to be forbidden, I doubt that would stop any crazies.