Here's my concern with this. Especially in the modern political climate, the alt-right movement has been using accusations of pedophilia to score easy points. Insane Kangaroo in particular has made a point of using local communications methods to fan whatever flames he can in whichever dirdctions he can, because one of the major tactics of the alt-right is to inflame fear whereever your can. It works when people let it, and I'm worried that putting explicit language like this is going to simply play into the hands of those who use such tactics.
In the past a blanket "Staff reserves the right to revoke membership to the convention at any time" was sufficient to cover this situation if deemed necessary, and other local cons such as Fanime or Babscon continue to use such language. Why is it necessary to narrow down focus if the true concern here is the attendance of one or two furs of note? Wouldn't it be better for the convention to contact those individuals directly and not engage in either virtue signalling or alarmist behavior, depending upon your interpretation of the reasons behind these chamges?
For that matter, if the CoC is going to be more specific about who is not allowed, then why isn't there a clear disclaimer against attendance by neo-Nazis, or a more clear prohibition against firearms? By singling out one distasteful subgroup but not the other, you implicitly provide support for the other.
Here's my concern with this. Especially in the modern political climate, the alt-right movement has been using accusations of pedophilia to score easy points. Insane Kangaroo in particular has made a point of using local communications methods to fan whatever flames he can in whichever dirdctions he can, because one of the major tactics of the alt-right is to inflame fear whereever your can. It works when people let it, and I'm worried that putting explicit language like this is going to simply play into the hands of those who use such tactics.
In the past a blanket "Staff reserves the right to revoke membership to the convention at any time" was sufficient to cover this situation if deemed necessary, and other local cons such as Fanime or Babscon continue to use such language. Why is it necessary to narrow down focus if the true concern here is the attendance of one or two furs of note? Wouldn't it be better for the convention to contact those individuals directly and not engage in either virtue signalling or alarmist behavior, depending upon your interpretation of the reasons behind these chamges?
For that matter, if the CoC is going to be more specific about who is not allowed, then why isn't there a clear disclaimer against attendance by neo-Nazis, or a more clear prohibition against firearms? By singling out one distasteful subgroup but not the other, you implicitly provide support for the other.