I am not a Christian ... The whole concept of "committing adultery in your heart" puts watching porn on par with cheating
Obviously, my religion will color my sense of morality. However, I feel it is easy to draw a line between "sinful" and "immoral" acts (as well as "legal); it is quite possible for an act to be all three, just one, or a combination of two. For example, homosexuality is regarded as sinful by many Christians; it is definitely not illegal or immoral, however. As another example, it is illegal to drive without a seatbelt in America, but hardly sinful or immoral.
That's the point I didn't make; cub porn is not a "legal" (or sinful) issue. It is entirely moral. Due to the nature of the immorality (i.e. consent issues), however, I feel it is a bad, well, moral P.R. move for furries especially. The issue of "cartoon pedophilia," it should be noted, is not unique to furry fandom. Basically, this is an opportunity for the fandom to, you know, not be the pervs for once.
I am not aware of what country you are from,
Commute from Oklahoma to work in Kansas.
Yeah.
Whether those thoughts cause real emotion is really unimportant to me as I think the only thing that matters in terms of the law and morality are the consequences
Excuse me? Emotions are not consequences?
THIS STATEMENT MAKES CROSSIE ANGRY.
CROSSIE SMASH STATEMENT!
W et er th se tho hts ca se real em ion is re lly un mp rt nt to m s I th nk t e on y th ng t at m ters in t rms o the la and mo li y are the cons qu nces hhouguotaioaeaihlihatefwratee
Ahem.
The point I'm trying to make via badly thought out pop culture references/badly formatted sight gags is emotions are consequences.
Art does not excuse crime in the real world so it should not justify virtual acts of crime
Um, no answer to this, except to beg the question and define art as necessarily virtual; the emotions caused are the only consequences, but these are valid consequences.
That's exactly the sort of thing that we need to put a stop to. You shouldn't make decisions that affect others based on some emotion.
In my arguments, I've equated emotions as consequences, not causes, and started to sound like a minor villain from the Matrix sequels. You know what, I'm not really sure that's a good enough distinction, though. However, in my first post, I did present a non-emotional consequence of the "not real" defense of cub porn; it opens the door for attack on all furry porn (and erotic furry art, which I'm totally seperating. Please don't ask for examples.) as bestiality.
On one hand, that is pretty hinky logic. On the other hand, the people who are most likely to attack furry on grounds of bestiality are Internet trolls not known for their logic.
I am not a Christian ... The whole concept of "committing adultery in your heart" puts watching porn on par with cheating
Obviously, my religion will color my sense of morality. However, I feel it is easy to draw a line between "sinful" and "immoral" acts (as well as "legal); it is quite possible for an act to be all three, just one, or a combination of two. For example, homosexuality is regarded as sinful by many Christians; it is definitely not illegal or immoral, however. As another example, it is illegal to drive without a seatbelt in America, but hardly sinful or immoral.
That's the point I didn't make; cub porn is not a "legal" (or sinful) issue. It is entirely moral. Due to the nature of the immorality (i.e. consent issues), however, I feel it is a bad, well, moral P.R. move for furries especially. The issue of "cartoon pedophilia," it should be noted, is not unique to furry fandom. Basically, this is an opportunity for the fandom to, you know, not be the pervs for once.
I am not aware of what country you are from,
Commute from Oklahoma to work in Kansas.
Yeah.
Whether those thoughts cause real emotion is really unimportant to me as I think the only thing that matters in terms of the law and morality are the consequences
Excuse me? Emotions are not consequences?
THIS STATEMENT MAKES CROSSIE ANGRY.
CROSSIE SMASH STATEMENT!
W et er th se tho hts ca se real em ion is re lly un mp rt nt to m s I th nk t e on y th ng t at m ters in t rms o the la and mo li y are the cons qu nces
hhouguotaioaeaihlihatefwratee
Ahem.
The point I'm trying to make via badly thought out pop culture references/badly formatted sight gags is emotions are consequences.
Art does not excuse crime in the real world so it should not justify virtual acts of crime
Um, no answer to this, except to beg the question and define art as necessarily virtual; the emotions caused are the only consequences, but these are valid consequences.
That's exactly the sort of thing that we need to put a stop to. You shouldn't make decisions that affect others based on some emotion.
In my arguments, I've equated emotions as consequences, not causes, and started to sound like a minor villain from the Matrix sequels. You know what, I'm not really sure that's a good enough distinction, though. However, in my first post, I did present a non-emotional consequence of the "not real" defense of cub porn; it opens the door for attack on all furry porn (and erotic furry art, which I'm totally seperating. Please don't ask for examples.) as bestiality.
On one hand, that is pretty hinky logic. On the other hand, the people who are most likely to attack furry on grounds of bestiality are Internet trolls not known for their logic.