Furry Morality Question

[Ryengu]

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A) This is hypothetical, meaning we can toss out what ties to reality we need to in order to have fun with the question B) Furry is not a sexual fetish by nature (even if some people use it for that), it just means someone identifies with an anthro character as a representative self, like a game avatar.

 

[thePyro_13]

Sounds like not a bad deal, I'm not too into the furry deal but I can' really turn down being all around better than I am now.

It really depends on the level of furrification. If its just the more subtle ears and tail then sure, but the whole body and animal shaped head might be a little too much for me.

The ears/tail add a level of cuteness to it, the rest just adds fleas. :|

 

[artanis_neravar]

So most of your negativity is because you don't have the same views and feeling that other people do, and base it all on what gets someone else off? And you are worried about discrimination?

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. If you're suggesting that I'm discriminating against people becuase of their sexual feitshes, then I'd point out that a fetish is not something you should be flaunting and acting proud of. I do not mind people with fetishes, no matter how weird I think they are, so long as they keep it to themselves. Someone who altered their physical appearance in such a drastic way solely becuase of their fetish disturb me. This isn't changing your hair color, this is rewriting your genetic code. Genetic engineering is something we need to handle very carefully as a society to keep it from leading to major issues. Letting people change their appearance in such a major way becuase they have a fetish would hardly be doing so.

Natural selections a *****, if someone isn't compatible with the serum, well they won't really be passing on their genes anymore. You can't look at it as what best for each individual person but whats best for the human race, if this increase in intelligence will help us co-exist, then why not?

Note: I do know that there is no guarantee that this will help humanity, but why not give it a try

Genetic engineering is not good for our species. Allowing people to rewrite their genetic code for such frivolous reason can only lead to problems. I don't just mean discrimination either. People could rewrite their genes so that they become the perfect killing machines. And if we as a society are so indifferent to genetic modifications that we let people become human-animal hybrids, who is going to stop these people from doing so?

Absolutely disgusting. There is already a huge social inequality gap in the developed world. Something like this would only serve to widen it even further. People would be denied opportunities becuase they could not afford to purchase this serum. People would be incapable of doing as much as those who were fortunate enough to get the wealth needed to acquire it. Some people will merely use the serum to make up for their own lack of effort. Such a thing will only bring problems to our society, and thus must not be used.

So everyone should be forced down to the lowest common denominator to achieve equality? Yeah I don't think so. That's a disgusting train of thought to have.

As for OP's question:
Depends on how furry we're talking here. Catgirls are fine, dangerously furry and onward(I'm sure you all know what picture I'm talking about) is a no go.

Denying people the ability to rewrite their genetic code is hardly "forcing people down to the lowest common denominator".

Not to be an ass, but who are you to tell me what I can or can't do to my genetic code?

 

[Internet Kraken]

A) This is hypothetical, meaning we can toss out what ties to reality we need to in order to have fun with the question B) Furry is not a sexual fetish by nature (even if some people use it for that), it just means someone identifies with an anthro character as a representative self, like a game avatar.

I think if someone is going to change their body permanently so that they appear as a hybrid, it goes beyond merely identifying with them in works of fiction. It'd be like me changing myself to look like a squid just becuase I like them. At that point it becomes mentally troubling.

Not to be an ass, but who are you to tell me what I can or can't do to my genetic code?

A rational person who sees the obvious dangers that will come from letting people completley altar their genes in such a massive way.

 

[Dragonasclaws]

I would do it,

As for the discrimination I wouldn't care, FOX news has made me immune to it.

 

[Vidi Kitty]

So most of your negativity is because you don't have the same views and feeling that other people do, and base it all on what gets someone else off? And you are worried about discrimination?

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. If you're suggesting that I'm discriminating against people becuase of their sexual feitshes, then I'd point out that a fetish is not something you should be flaunting and acting proud of. I do not mind people with fetishes, no matter how weird I think they are, so long as they keep it to themselves. Someone who altered their physical appearance in such a drastic way solely becuase of their fetish disturb me. This isn't changing your hair color, this is rewriting your genetic code. Genetic engineering is something we need to handle very carefully as a society to keep it from leading to major issues. Letting people change their appearance in such a major way becuase they have a fetish would hardly be doing so.

The way you say it comes off as anyone who sees them self as a furry and would willingly alter their appearance because of it is doing so only because of it being their fetish. I would do it at the drop of a hat because I like the idea of being different. I consider myself a furry because I enjoy the artwork and interactions in any setting that brings in more animalistic or instinctual behaviors due do what animal a character is based off of. It makes the character more relatable to me and I would like to be apart of that if given the chance.

Hell I don't even look at furry NSFW cept once in a blue moon.

 

[Lunafox]

Hmmn... I'ma gonna lable this one as 'proformance enhanceing drugs' and state that this would have to be taken as case by case as apposed to the big YES/NO sticker.

Unfortuantly I'd like to know a hell of alot more before I can make a decistion on if I would use it.
Side-effects (beyond furryfication)
Reactiveness to other drugs (if i can't has my coffee then hell no)
Is it permanent?
Addictiveness?

But from what I know atm, no, I dont think I would

 

[Callate]

I may be going out on a limb here, but I think you're asking a board heavily frequented by people who already feel slightly ostracized from many of their "peers" if they would take a treatment which would make them clearly and definably superior to the people they feel ostracized from.

 

[Internet Kraken]

So most of your negativity is because you don't have the same views and feeling that other people do, and base it all on what gets someone else off? And you are worried about discrimination?

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. If you're suggesting that I'm discriminating against people becuase of their sexual feitshes, then I'd point out that a fetish is not something you should be flaunting and acting proud of. I do not mind people with fetishes, no matter how weird I think they are, so long as they keep it to themselves. Someone who altered their physical appearance in such a drastic way solely becuase of their fetish disturb me. This isn't changing your hair color, this is rewriting your genetic code. Genetic engineering is something we need to handle very carefully as a society to keep it from leading to major issues. Letting people change their appearance in such a major way becuase they have a fetish would hardly be doing so.

The way you say it comes off as anyone who sees them self as a furry and would willingly alter their appearance because of it is doing so only because of it being their fetish. I would do it at the drop of a hat because I like the idea of being different. I consider myself a furry because I enjoy the artwork and interactions in any setting that brings in more animalistic or instinctual behaviors due do what animal a character is based off of. It makes the character more relatable to me and I would like to be apart of that if given the chance.

Hell I don't even look at furry NSFW cept once in a blue moon.

And I'd say if you're changing you're appearance in such a massive way, you have problems. This goes beyond anything that exists currently in our society. You are literally becoming a different species just becuase you want to be "different". There's nothing wrong with trying to be an individual, but genetic modification is the horribly wrong way to go about doing it.

 

[Seanfall]

I'd do it. You get smarter, stronger, faster, PLUS a nice warm fur coat for winter? Yes. summer would suck (more) though. would it just give slight animal features, or full on reverse ankle type stuff. That would probably determine how much of it you take though..Hmmm.

 

[Akytalusia]

you know the saying, everyone has thier price. if i liked the benefit/cost ratio enough, i'd definatly consider some biological enhancements, sure.

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Furry is not a sexual fetish by nature.

You're joking, right?
Right?


Warning: This may offend you

Spoiler

"Another often-used tactic is to deflect the blame of all of the terrible and awful things about the Furry community onto a small, anonymous group referred to as 'Furverts' (Basically, Furries into all of that nasty stuff). While it's true that not ALL Furries take delight in reading stories about gay threesomes featuring Disney characters, the majority do. The most popular and biggest Furry websites, the most popular Furry IRC channels, the most popular Furry newsgroups ALL cater to this fetish, the adult items sections on Furbid always have the most items for sale, it's quite clear that all of this can't be the result of one or two 'Furverts' spoiling things for the poor oppressed Furries (Persecution complex again). Is it really unreasonable when presented with all of this evidence to come to the conclusion that the vast majority of Furries are into some incomprehensibly f****** weird stuff? No, no it's not."

http://www.godhatesfurries.com/index.php?p=dealing

OT: No.

The reasoning?
I am in no way shape or form a furry. So I wouldn?t do it. I don?t want to be lumped in with them at all!

That, and I enjoy being a human. And I don?t trust science with something to alter my genetic code.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

Shit, now I gotta go watch some Batman Beyond.

 

[soulfire130]

Absolutely disgusting. There is already a huge social inequality gap in the developed world. Something like this would only serve to widen it even further. People would be denied opportunities becuase they could not afford to purchase this serum. People would be incapable of doing as much as those who were fortunate enough to get the wealth needed to acquire it. Some people will merely use the serum to make up for their own lack of effort. Such a thing will only bring problems to our society, and thus must not be used.

As for it turning people into an animal human hybrid, that just makes a bad thing even worse. Hybrids brought about through the manipulation of genes should not be allowed in society. It would lead to a ton of discrimination from both sides. Humans would resent them for being "unnatural", while hybrids would view themselves as the superior species due to their genetic modifications. This would cause a ton of problems, obviously.

So basicly, it would be the X-men plot in real life.

For the fun of it lets say the serum is so cheap anyone can buy, what then? Would the people be divided by who would change to furries just to have enhanced abilities and people that won't change? That's the only think I see happening.

 

[Vidi Kitty]

A rational person who sees the obvious dangers that will come from letting people completley altar their genes in such a massive way.

You seem to think that we are talking about people who want to can make themselves into an unstoppable murder machine or completely dominate sport B.

People would still be flesh and blood and... people. No matter what someone will do something wrong with anything that that they can.

 

[artanis_neravar]

A) This is hypothetical, meaning we can toss out what ties to reality we need to in order to have fun with the question B) Furry is not a sexual fetish by nature (even if some people use it for that), it just means someone identifies with an anthro character as a representative self, like a game avatar.

I think if someone is going to change their body permanently so that they appear as a hybrid, it goes beyond merely identifying with them in works of fiction. It'd be like me changing myself to look like a squid just becuase I like them. At that point it becomes mentally troubling.

Not to be an ass, but who are you to tell me what I can or can't do to my genetic code?

A rational person who sees the obvious dangers that will come from letting people completley altar their genes in such a massive way.

I am a completely rational person and where you see obvious dangers, I see obvious benefits

 

[Lunar Templar]

Absolutely disgusting. There is already a huge social inequality gap in the developed world. Something like this would only serve to widen it even further. People would be denied opportunities becuase they could not afford to purchase this serum. People would be incapable of doing as much as those who were fortunate enough to get the wealth needed to acquire it. Some people will merely use the serum to make up for their own lack of effort. Such a thing will only bring problems to our society, and thus must not be used.

As for it turning people into an animal human hybrid, that just makes a bad thing even worse. Hybrids brought about through the manipulation of genes should not be allowed in society. It would lead to a ton of discrimination from both sides. Humans would resent them for being "unnatural", while hybrids would view themselves as the superior species due to their genetic modifications. This would cause a ton of problems, obviously.

Naturals VS Coordinators al-la Gundam Seed

while yes, i like the sound of it, ALL of it, realistically, it'll lead to more bad then good

 

[artanis_neravar]

Absolutely disgusting. There is already a huge social inequality gap in the developed world. Something like this would only serve to widen it even further. People would be denied opportunities becuase they could not afford to purchase this serum. People would be incapable of doing as much as those who were fortunate enough to get the wealth needed to acquire it. Some people will merely use the serum to make up for their own lack of effort. Such a thing will only bring problems to our society, and thus must not be used.

As for it turning people into an animal human hybrid, that just makes a bad thing even worse. Hybrids brought about through the manipulation of genes should not be allowed in society. It would lead to a ton of discrimination from both sides. Humans would resent them for being "unnatural", while hybrids would view themselves as the superior species due to their genetic modifications. This would cause a ton of problems, obviously.

So basicly, it would be the X-men plot in real life.

For the fun of it lets say the serum is so cheap anyone can buy, what then? Would the people be divided by who would change to furries just to have enhanced abilities and people that won't change? That's the only think I see happening.

No it would be the Gundam Seed plot in real life, X-men mutants were naturally mutated

 

[artanis_neravar]

Absolutely disgusting. There is already a huge social inequality gap in the developed world. Something like this would only serve to widen it even further. People would be denied opportunities becuase they could not afford to purchase this serum. People would be incapable of doing as much as those who were fortunate enough to get the wealth needed to acquire it. Some people will merely use the serum to make up for their own lack of effort. Such a thing will only bring problems to our society, and thus must not be used.

As for it turning people into an animal human hybrid, that just makes a bad thing even worse. Hybrids brought about through the manipulation of genes should not be allowed in society. It would lead to a ton of discrimination from both sides. Humans would resent them for being "unnatural", while hybrids would view themselves as the superior species due to their genetic modifications. This would cause a ton of problems, obviously.

Naturals VS Coordinators al-la Gundam Seed

while yes, i like the sound of it, ALL of it, realistically, it'll lead to more bad then good

Yep I tried to make that reference but no one bite, it was rather disappointing

 

[artanis_neravar]

I'd do it. You get smarter, stronger, faster, PLUS a nice warm fur coat for winter? Yes. summer would suck (more) though. would it just give slight animal features, or full on reverse ankle type stuff. That would probably determine how much of it you take though..Hmmm.

I was thinking more avian DNA, you offer me some hollow bones, and wings that will allow me to fly under my own power and i will do almost anything for you