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strredwolfI needed more than 140 characters for this because... PETA has just lost it.
I don't mean the game, I mean the whole concept of reality in whatever mind they may have.
To review, over the weekend PETA discovered the concept of fursuiting and of furry conventions. Without delay, they sent a note to Anthrocon's chair-roach, Uncle Kagamushi, to emphasise the use of fake furs for fursuits. Uncle Kage sent a short message back, which has to be quoted:
(Hint: Fake fur costs less, and we can't get real fur in day-glow cyan. Everyone knows that.)
Then today, the news was centered around Pres. Obama smacking a horsefly on TV (briefly commenting on it), and PETA's response: Sending a "catch and release" trap to the White House, because even flies are worth protecting.
Excuse me... you want to protect an insect that has a lifespan of only 30 to 60 days? What's next, mayflies with a life span measured up to 5 days?
That crosses the line past "misunderstood" and straight to the "Radical Conservatives" and Jerry Falwell. You take the damn time to do the damn research and then open your damn mouth. The PR nightmare that results from doing otherwize is not worth it.
I don't mean the game, I mean the whole concept of reality in whatever mind they may have.
To review, over the weekend PETA discovered the concept of fursuiting and of furry conventions. Without delay, they sent a note to Anthrocon's chair-roach, Uncle Kagamushi, to emphasise the use of fake furs for fursuits. Uncle Kage sent a short message back, which has to be quoted:
Real fur is frowned upon at all furry conventions, in the same sense that leaping in front of speeding locomotives is frowned upon at comic book conventions.
(Hint: Fake fur costs less, and we can't get real fur in day-glow cyan. Everyone knows that.)
Then today, the news was centered around Pres. Obama smacking a horsefly on TV (briefly commenting on it), and PETA's response: Sending a "catch and release" trap to the White House, because even flies are worth protecting.
Excuse me... you want to protect an insect that has a lifespan of only 30 to 60 days? What's next, mayflies with a life span measured up to 5 days?
That crosses the line past "misunderstood" and straight to the "Radical Conservatives" and Jerry Falwell. You take the damn time to do the damn research and then open your damn mouth. The PR nightmare that results from doing otherwize is not worth it.
