Can't say I fully agree with all the positions or arguments made here but I do appreciate the overall thrust and it is concerning that there's a certain puritanism that some furs have. It's totally fine to not like cub or feral art (or any other sort) but it is not fine to say that no one else should like it. Cub never went away and I doubt feral art will either. If anything, this should spur furs to do even more feral artwork.
On a side note, I think any argument worrying about real life behaviours in a piece of art are misguided. The question here is purely about the artwork which is a separate issue to the ethics of any activity depicted.
"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~
Can't say I fully agree with all the positions or arguments made here but I do appreciate the overall thrust and it is concerning that there's a certain puritanism that some furs have. It's totally fine to not like cub or feral art (or any other sort) but it is not fine to say that no one else should like it. Cub never went away and I doubt feral art will either. If anything, this should spur furs to do even more feral artwork.
On a side note, I think any argument worrying about real life behaviours in a piece of art are misguided. The question here is purely about the artwork which is a separate issue to the ethics of any activity depicted.
"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~