Talking animals topic betrays culture-blind critics
by Patch O'Furr
Frontiers in Psychology research study illustrates realistic and anthropomorphic animals
Last year, a Flayrah news article drew outsiders who had never encountered Furries.
One wrote: “You all need therapy!”
I answered: “This IS our therapy, silly!”
Friends at Flayrah just reminded me about it. Dronon posted:
Chair of the Canadian Education Committee thinks that talking animals in children’s books are detrimental to education. …Aw darnit, scratch that – It’s a fake, satirical article. Well done!
Fred answered:
Some believe that the report of the Chinese banning “Alice in Wonderland” in 1931 because “talking animals are false” is an urban legend. Nobody can find such a law as having been passed.
Rakuen Growlithe added:
Dronon, there’s actually a bit of truth underlying the satire.
The topic led me to find that, although it may be satirized… yes, it has some truth. Read the rest of this entry »