I have to side with those that don't want this or Rabbit's article. Flayrah should be about furry and furry-related news. To me that is anything that directly impacts the fandom or is of specific interest to member's of the fandom because of their involvement in the fandom, so stories about animals.
Unlike Crossaffliction thinks, I'm not caring that they are American stories but that they are irrelevant to the site. Just because something similar has been done in the past (9/11 stories) doesn't mean it should have been done then. It was big news but irrelevant except where it impacted the fandom, like one title mentioned difficulties travelling to furcons afterwards. There are other big stories that we don't cover such as Fukushima (although [Adjective][Species] did an article on the Japanese fandom) and the discovery of the Higgs Boson that are even more global than American health policies.
There is no shortage of places for political news if someone wants that but let's keep Flayrah furry. Also we shouldn't forget that furry is a global fandom and politics is usually a local issue.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I have to side with those that don't want this or Rabbit's article. Flayrah should be about furry and furry-related news. To me that is anything that directly impacts the fandom or is of specific interest to member's of the fandom because of their involvement in the fandom, so stories about animals.
Unlike Crossaffliction thinks, I'm not caring that they are American stories but that they are irrelevant to the site. Just because something similar has been done in the past (9/11 stories) doesn't mean it should have been done then. It was big news but irrelevant except where it impacted the fandom, like one title mentioned difficulties travelling to furcons afterwards. There are other big stories that we don't cover such as Fukushima (although [Adjective][Species] did an article on the Japanese fandom) and the discovery of the Higgs Boson that are even more global than American health policies.
There is no shortage of places for political news if someone wants that but let's keep Flayrah furry. Also we shouldn't forget that furry is a global fandom and politics is usually a local issue.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~