New Law passed

[AshleyAshes]

Yeah, England. The law is weak, though. I see things about imaginary children having sex with animals, but I see nothing about imaginary animals having sex with animals.

Would someone want to tell me how talking a human and covering it fur, relocating it's ears, giving it a take and mangeling it's skull makes furries no longer 'people'?

Furry characters are bipedal, have opposable thumbs, have breasts when humans are the only mammal on the planet that has breasts when not pregnant or nursing, wear pants, communicate with an evolved verbal and written language and sit on the couch eating pizza while playing Nintendo... They're funny shaped humans at best and anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.

 

[CannonFodder]

This could all have been avoided if we weren't so horrifyingly tolerant of everything under the sun!

Isn't necro still allowed too?

 

[Redregon]

Not seeing it.
I ctrl-f "person" and can't find anything defining a "person" for the purposes of this law, which leaves one with the reasonable assumption that a "person" is a human.

or a person could be a toaster oven with arms, legs and a face. assuming that the lawmakers would inject terminology just to satisfy a bunch of furries is rather idiotic.

and further, what is the root of furry? anthropomorphics. what is at the root of anthropomorphics? ascribing human characteristics to non-human beings.

if you want to split hairs, by all means go for it. remember, however, that splitting hairs doesn't solve anything in the end, it just makes all involved look like nittering buffoons.

 

[Ben]

Wait, I just realized something. Considering FA requires you sign up and turn on adult artwork to even see cub porn, how would the authorities even know that FA hosts cub porn? Considering how unlikely it is that a law official would create an account on FA, I'm now thinking there isn't any reason to believe that FA would be blacklisted in the UK, Australia, or anywhere.

 

[SnowFox]

Wait, I just realized something. Considering FA requires you sign up and turn on adult artwork to even see cub porn, how would the authorities even know that FA hosts cub porn? Considering how unlikely it is that a law official would create an account on FA, I'm now thinking there isn't any reason to believe that FA would be blacklisted in the UK, Australia, or anywhere.

Maybe they could google "cub porn fur affinity" and get 2834203485623785 results from this forum discussing cub porn on the main site

 

[Redregon]

Wait, I just realized something. Considering FA requires you sign up and turn on adult artwork to even see cub porn, how would the authorities even know that FA hosts cub porn? Considering how unlikely it is that a law official would create an account on FA, I'm now thinking there isn't any reason to believe that FA would be blacklisted in the UK, Australia, or anywhere.

it never occoured to you that furries can sometimes be petty enough to rat out users because they thought it would be fun/vindicating/great-justice/payback-of-some-sort?

hell, i'm sure even the good ol chaps in Anon would love to tackle this since they seem to hate cub-porn just as much (if not moreso) than the average furry... or maybe that's just because they sustain themselves on distilled hate. (nutritious, delicious hate. :9)

 

[CannonFodder]

it never occoured to you that furries can sometimes be petty enough to rat out users because they thought it would be fun/vindicating/great-justice/payback-of-some-sort?

hell, i'm sure even the good ol chaps in Anon would love to tackle this since they seem to hate cub-porn just as much (if not moreso) than the average furry... or maybe that's just because they sustain themselves on distilled hate. (nutritious, delicious hate. :9)

Shit they'd fucking destroy the fandom with this.

 

[Kit H. Ruppell]

Shit they'd fucking destroy the fandom with this.

The cancer was allowed to spread too far, and its removal has become a daunting task.

 

[AshleyAshes]

Wait, I just realized something. Considering FA requires you sign up and turn on adult artwork to even see cub porn, how would the authorities even know that FA hosts cub porn? Considering how unlikely it is that a law official would create an account on FA, I'm now thinking there isn't any reason to believe that FA would be blacklisted in the UK, Australia, or anywhere.

It only took a few furries to email the hotel and get Foxmass cancled.

Do you SERIOUSLY believe there isn't a shit storm of pissed off furries with various motivations not ready right now to email the British government and tell them EXACTLY how to get to FA's cub porn?

 

[Redregon]

Shit they'd fucking destroy the fandom with this.

quite true. hell, when they're motivated to team up under a common banner, they can achieve damn near anything.

 

[Artificial Ginger]

Re: FA Illegal In The UK

Yesterday in the UK a law came into affect that makes it illegal to view artwork depicting those under the age of 18 in sexual situations. This would include cub porn on furry sites, this one included.

Basically, any one in the UK found viewing or accessing sites with these images will be prosecuted and mostly fined, imprisoned and put on the sex offenders list for life.

This is a very troubling situation that will directly affect thousands of UK based furs who access FA on a daily basis. They will be criminals in the eyes of a justice system that is obsessed with punishing the innocent and letting the guilty off scot free, after of course getting compension from their victims.

It seems there are two options: All UK based furs leave FA (taking a huge chunk of the membership and art) or FA bans cub porn. I'm not one for censorship like this, but desperate times calls for desperate measures.

The decision lies with the Admins: get rid of the cub porn or all UK furs face an uncertain future.

If UK furs don't know how to use proxies, good riddance =V

 

[Dragoneer]

As posted on my journal, we're aware of the issues and investigating them. I don't see any reason for panic at this time.

 

[Anepo]

Fucking good, somebody is actually smart and LOOK, its not America. Fucking British accented Christ.

Sure, people are going to say, Oh its not hurting anyone. Or... its my right or freedom too, the man is putting me down!

Those people are stupid. Do we really need child porn? Real or otherwise? Do we? Look me in the eyes and tell me we do. That the art community as a whole wont be better off with it gone. No really go ahead, I want to headbutt some crooked yellowed teeth in, you sick fuck.

You sir are an example of an ignorant American. Thank you for putting more shame on the american public.
There is enough of people like you already.
Thank you also for the discriminative remarks about crooked yellow teeth which i expect you to be referring to england has they have been the jokes about teeth in american movies since the dawn of americas existance.

Do not forget that rape is just as sick as child porn.
Only furries dont seem to be able to realize that.
And do you americans really all need a gun? It kinda defeats the point of being able to protect yourselfs. It is much easier if everyone had knifes to protect themselfs than guns.
Atleast with knifes you get more time to either get away or to attack the intruder.

Give everyone the same weapon and they will be no more safe than if they all had the same knifes or just fists.
What do you think of vore and scat? You think thats hot or rape?
If so then i must say that you must be sick as well =p

 

[SnowFox]

Thinking about it, even if FA did ban cub porn would it make any difference? Surely you'd have great difficulty mass deleting it all, you can't necessarily rely on the users to remove it all since not everyone with cub porn in their gallery is likely to be aware/care or even still be active on the site.
Would the fact that the site used to host it or still potentially hosts it be enough to be blacklisted?

 

[CannonFodder]

The cancer was allowed to spread too far, and its removal has become a daunting task.

All it would take to utterly destroy the fandom right now is for someone to call the cops in the UK and go, "hey this website has child porn on it" and bam "to catch a furry"

 

[StainMcGorver]

As posted on my journal, we're aware of the issues and investigating them. I don't see any reason for panic at this time.

IGNORE HIM
PANIC!

No, what we should do is start a big flame war.

 

[Kit H. Ruppell]

Do not forget that rape is just as sick as child porn.
Only furries dont seem to be able to realize that.

Speak for yourself.

 

[Kit H. Ruppell]

Thinking about it, even if FA did ban cub porn would it make any difference? Surely you'd have great difficulty mass deleting it all, you can't necessarily rely on the users to remove it all since not everyone with cub porn in their gallery is likely to be aware/care or even still be active on the site.
Would the fact that the site used to host it or still potentially hosts it be enough to be blacklisted?

I can name a couple big ones.

 

[CannonFodder]

IGNORE HIM
PANIC!

Yeah I'd hate to agree, but this is time to panic, next comes screaming "oh my god! the end is neigh(for the fandom)"

 

[Teco]

As posted on my journal, we're aware of the issues and investigating them. I don't see any reason for panic at this time.

Just ban it on here too. Do we really need it? Really. Is that one freedom we want?

 

[CannonFodder]

Everybody forward
http://www.furteantimes.com/r/135_cartoon_law_comes_into_effect_effectively_bans_minor_furry_pornography_in_the_uk
to everyone you know in the fandom :V

But yeah this is a big fucking deal.

 

[Anepo]

it never occoured to you that furries can sometimes be petty enough to rat out users because they thought it would be fun/vindicating/great-justice/payback-of-some-sort?

hell, i'm sure even the good ol chaps in Anon would love to tackle this since they seem to hate cub-porn just as much (if not moreso) than the average furry... or maybe that's just because they sustain themselves on distilled hate. (nutritious, delicious hate. :9)

Those who report others and stuff like that for revenge/payback and so on are usually underage or basicly really really stupid kids.
That should not be here anyway.
And honestly i have seen many people like this here on FA.
Some even manage to fuck up relationships.
All i am going to say is it seems a large amount of the fandom is considered by me legally retarded. Or illegally ignorant/stupid/dumb.
Seen more bullshit than george bush could ever start or make up.

 

[Kit H. Ruppell]

Just ban it on here too. Do we really need it? Really. Is that one freedom we want?

The fandom's primary means of communication deserves a better death than brutal murder at the grimy hands of boundless tolerance.

 

[Anepo]

Speak for yourself.

So you approve of people being raped. but not child porn?
In the end child porn IS rape. real childporn that is.
You sir seem to be the sick one here.
I am not for nor against cub art.
but i am against child porn and rape.
Seems a lot of people here in the fandom think RAPE is okay but cub art is not. Don't get me started on vore or scat. You would be best described as the latter.

 

[StainMcGorver]

Those who report others and stuff like that for revenge/payback and so on are usually underage

So now you're discriminating against underage users as you try to 'protect them' by keeping your precious cub porn?!
Being underage myself, I am offended, my good sir.