Being upfront about my prejudices

[hackard]

Wil's causing a bit of a stir right now with some unflattering comments about furries. (Scroll down a bit; you'll find them. And then read the comments to really see the fur fly...so to speak.) While I don't get furryism, I haven't had the strong negative experiences that Wil seems to have. Mostly, I just scratch my head and say, "That's fine, but

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[made_of_paradox]

Gonna weigh in on the Arkansas juror -- I would have been more OK with her running around in a Starfleet uniform for "formal" occasions if she'd been doing it in the dress uniform.

I had an argument with my mother about this; my mother, who has never, ever, ever been to a con and stopped reading much new science fiction shortly after my birth (but I have to keep some James White around for her to read when she visits) was defending the woman's right to wear that uniform to court while I was verbally shredding her for not wearing the dress uniform.

OK, that probably now outs me as some sort of class of geek that half of the rest of you don't want to be around. So be it. At least I'm not a furry. Or a Klingon. :)

[steve98052]

That's why I only wear my Roman soldier costume on Halloween. That, and the fact that it weighs about fifty pounds.