My point is, Cheetah does not have to waste time interviewing people to determine whether the message applies to them. For one, German law sets a standard that someone's unlikely to break just for the sake of a furry convention, and for two, those who feel they are being targetted by the ribbons, probably are, and they feel unwelcome, which is the point, neatly accomplished.
For the sake of not going in on another 1200-comment argument so soon, I'm not going to address most of the rest of...that...but I do find your deference to an anonymous Austrian layperson's view of the US and the German Nazi Party, while being critical of Americans', to be...to put it mildly...a strange view for you in particular to hold.
My point is, Cheetah does not have to waste time interviewing people to determine whether the message applies to them. For one, German law sets a standard that someone's unlikely to break just for the sake of a furry convention, and for two, those who feel they are being targetted by the ribbons, probably are, and they feel unwelcome, which is the point, neatly accomplished.
For the sake of not going in on another 1200-comment argument so soon, I'm not going to address most of the rest of...that...but I do find your deference to an anonymous Austrian layperson's view of the US and the German Nazi Party, while being critical of Americans', to be...to put it mildly...a strange view for you in particular to hold.