Giving people inside the fandom the impression there are more of these people than in other fandoms doesn't make the fandom look bad?
Giving people outside the fandom the impression the fandom is hive of depravity and criminal activity doesn't make the fandom look bad?
Seriously?
Your logic that talking openly and putting this in the spotlight will dissuade others is flawed. Considering Flayrah's endless fascination with the Alan T. Panda case, it obviously hasn't worked.
The point here is not whether these people should be prosecuted (they should and are) or whether the media should report on them (they should and are). The point here is whether it's really a good idea for Flayrah to go around highlighting his status as a furry artist and trying to link this to the fandom when it isn't relevant to the case at all.
According to Flayrah's editorial review process, "Flayrah does not seek a reputation as a promotional or sensational news source." Yet Flayrah has a history of publishing articles connected tenuously at best to the fandom, and right now this is the only "news" article on Beiro's arrest that says anything about furry fandom. How is that not sensationalist?
Giving people inside the fandom the impression there are more of these people than in other fandoms doesn't make the fandom look bad?
Giving people outside the fandom the impression the fandom is hive of depravity and criminal activity doesn't make the fandom look bad?
Seriously?
Your logic that talking openly and putting this in the spotlight will dissuade others is flawed. Considering Flayrah's endless fascination with the Alan T. Panda case, it obviously hasn't worked.
The point here is not whether these people should be prosecuted (they should and are) or whether the media should report on them (they should and are). The point here is whether it's really a good idea for Flayrah to go around highlighting his status as a furry artist and trying to link this to the fandom when it isn't relevant to the case at all.
According to Flayrah's editorial review process, "Flayrah does not seek a reputation as a promotional or sensational news source." Yet Flayrah has a history of publishing articles connected tenuously at best to the fandom, and right now this is the only "news" article on Beiro's arrest that says anything about furry fandom. How is that not sensationalist?