The follow up article/interview was going to happen, as Pete (Chairman from MidFur), Dragon (I forgot his name, but also from Australia/MidFur) and another furry from NZ has been interviewed over the phone earlier in the day. So I could have either stood by, or actually "constructively" explain better what Furry is and more importantly, what our local New Zealand community is all about (seeing as I ran FurcoNZ for the past 3 years and actually active in the local community).
Pete insisted that a draft version be sent to him first before final publication/print, and because I had been interviewed it was also sent to me. We have both read the first and subsequent revisions of the draft and let me say this, it is more or less the same as what we have discussed/said in the interview. So unless she (Vicki) wants to stir things up worse than before, the follow up interview should've been what her first article should have been about "furries".
We both have e-mail corresponse (from her official The Press e-mail even) with the drafts and if the final print article deviates a lot from what we've seen so far, we will have proof that she is totally fabricating this upcoming article up, which we believe won't happen this time round (not after Pete threaten legal action against The Press over the original article).
The follow up article/interview was going to happen, as Pete (Chairman from MidFur), Dragon (I forgot his name, but also from Australia/MidFur) and another furry from NZ has been interviewed over the phone earlier in the day. So I could have either stood by, or actually "constructively" explain better what Furry is and more importantly, what our local New Zealand community is all about (seeing as I ran FurcoNZ for the past 3 years and actually active in the local community).
Pete insisted that a draft version be sent to him first before final publication/print, and because I had been interviewed it was also sent to me. We have both read the first and subsequent revisions of the draft and let me say this, it is more or less the same as what we have discussed/said in the interview. So unless she (Vicki) wants to stir things up worse than before, the follow up interview should've been what her first article should have been about "furries".
We both have e-mail corresponse (from her official The Press e-mail even) with the drafts and if the final print article deviates a lot from what we've seen so far, we will have proof that she is totally fabricating this upcoming article up, which we believe won't happen this time round (not after Pete threaten legal action against The Press over the original article).