Fire, brimstone, doom and gloom all around a few months ago when half the artists I used to watch up and left.

I wasn't aware of it because I never bothered to empty my messages until today.

So...about this whole big drama thing I missed...

I have my own opinions on the subject, to be honest, if I knew you were into fapping to kiddie porn, be that cub porn, cartoon porn (that depicts children), or even photos of kiddie porn, I wouldn't let you touch my kids. Because I wouldn't trust you.

Also, those who say "oh, it's just fantasy, so it's perfectly okay" are kidding yourselves. To me, Furry art is an expression of one's inner self. And if you inner self loves to rape kids barely out of diapers, you're not someone I want to be good friends with, you know? Zaush did say somethng in his journal on the matter that I think is important to note, however. Loss of innocence is NOT cub porn. And my definition of cub art is probably much narrower than most of the people who left over the subject. To me, showing a child (most obviously a child from the size of their genitals) in a overtly sexual situation, generally with an obvious adult (or physically mature person) penetrating or molesting said child is what I would define as 'cub porn'. Child in a bathtub? Not cub porn. Child walking in on sex? Not cub porn. Kid just running around naked (which I used to do...often)? Not Cub porn. Young teen discovering his sexuality is borderline, but if it's not on behalf of some adult who is forcing them to do it for their own gratification, I will conceed that though the pedos would probably like it, it's not really cub porn.

But they allow it, right? You can draw a wolf tearing his newborn child from his wife's arms and ramming the whole thing down on his 2 foot pole, because that's artistic expression. And it's damned sexy to some folks so why not allow it, since Vore is no better? I disagree. But there are plenty of furs who think it's perfectly okay, so I guess they win out.

But that being said, art is art, and if you want to express yourself that way, eh, whatever. I probably don't or wouldn't watch your account based on that fact. And really, that's the best filter there is on this site. Don't watch the artists who draw the sick stuff you don't like.

If I had been here in all the hootenany, I probably wouldn't have left because I'm too damned lazy, but I support and understand those that did.

Either way, it's belated, most certainly, and I'll miss the lot of you that left. Either way, I'm here to stay in my own sundry way.

See you around.

~Lynx