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[BlueOceanTao]

>I don't know if this has ever been addressed, or if it even CAN be
>addressed ... but what about "kids" and their NON-furry parents? 
>Occasionally I run into older teenagers who would LOVE to be in furry
>fandom more, and would even love to attend a con, but they're afraid of
>what their parents might think or say, especially after the attempted
>poisoning of the fandom through the media (last year at AC I was *still*
>hearing non-furs referring to "CSI" and wanted to grab them by the
>shoulders and shake vigorously).  Is there ANYthing that we can do to
>educate the parents so they know their kids *won't* come back in as bear
>suit-wearing homosexuals looking for anatomically-correct plushies?
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Not to jump in ahead of Swift, but I'm in a chatty mood. The problem 
can't actually be addressed. Its a matter of legality. Teenagers are 
still 'minors' and by law can not be approached or made to do anything 
their guardian does not approve of. The defeat of this problem is either 
for the teenager to bite the bullet and approach the parent with the 
truth or for a friend to cover for them. Tell the parent, yes I'm going 
to be out for x amount of time. I'm going to a convention. What kind? I 
dunno, sci-fi or some shit. A little white lie with a big smattering of 
truth in the form of facts other then the one fact they (the teenager) 
are afraid of admitting can go a long way. I've been playing this little 
parental Tom Clancy game of lies and half-truths for decades.

As for an image change. Well, I could bring my own abnormality and 
convince them that we are not necessarily perverts, but rather, really 
dangerous possibly anti-Christian and anti-government militant 
fundamentalists who might be Nazi's. Or pirates. We don't know, we're 
parents. We don't grasp things like "Warhammer 40,000" let alone Star 
Trek/Star Wars which has been broadcasted for over twenty years 
worldwide. We'd rather rot our brains with Couldn't Solve the crime In 
time (CSI) or a sitcom that stereotypes single people trying to hold 
their first townhouse. I mean, really, its un-American to think ;)

-BF who is shooting his mouth off.

>Thanks!
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>And good luck with the con, I hope I can FINALLY attend this year!
>
>Chris Foxx/BondoFox
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