While visiting one of my old elementary schools today (you know, for the nostalgia feelies), they had a poster up in the main office talking about the National Center for Fathering's new program, "Watch D.O.G.S.". It featured an anthropomorphic dog wearing a purple shirt and jeans wearing some retro shades (as depicted here ). The program was designed to help fathers become more involved in their child's safety and education.

That being said, I'm afraid that someone's going to soil the well-meaning program's name with some rather... unappealing artwork, and completely ruin the program's good name. Do you think this is true, or am I just a dirty-minded person with too much time on their hands? I mean, look at "Cool Cat saves the kids". It didn't take long for the overly-excited orange cat to get his own part in a furry porno.

I'd really like to hear your thoughts.

I do not understand why you would bring up a furry character in a forum which is comprised primarily of those seeking out and creating furry pornography, if your goal is to not have porn drawn of this character.

It is akin to saying "I love my new sweater, and I hope nothing ever happens to it, right guys?" to a ten-million strong hoard of moths, at which time you remove your sweater, place it on the ground in front of the moths, and walk back out the door.

Faux-Pa said:
While visiting one of my old elementary schools today (you know, for the nostalgia feelies), they had a poster up in the main office talking about the National Center for Fathering's new program, "Watch D.O.G.S.". It featured an anthropomorphic dog wearing a purple shirt and jeans wearing some retro shades (as depicted here ). The program was designed to help fathers become more involved in their child's safety and education.

That being said, I'm afraid that someone's going to soil the well-meaning program's name with some rather... unappealing artwork, and completely ruin the program's good name. Do you think this is true, or am I just a dirty-minded person with too much time on their hands? I mean, look at "Cool Cat saves the kids". It didn't take long for the overly-excited orange cat to get his own part in a furry porno.

I'd really like to hear your thoughts.

Ah. I do recall seeing this program a while back. It seems to have good intentions.

As for it being ruined by art, I doubt it. People can make art of whatever. Unless the program somehow gets involved in said art, nothing would happen, imo.

this is a silly complaint. you are aware of rule 34 are you not? such a thing happening is almost always inevitable and is probably part of the reason why you see comments related to childhood around here.

when it comes to porn, pretty much nothing is sacred, even sacred things, so it's not worth complaining/worrying about it.

Furries are disgusting.

In other news, water is wet. More at 11.

Ratte said:
Furries are disgusting.

In other news, water is wet. More at 11.

But I can't wait 6 hours.

Another clickbaity topic title.
I am become online journalism.

Faux-Pa said:
National Center for Fathering's new program, "Watch D.O.G.S.". It featured an anthropomorphic dog wearing a purple shirt and jeans wearing some retro shades (as depicted here ).

"National"

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(meaning, it has a decent amount of exposure, presumably)

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I don't understand why you would think as if there wasn't already porn of it.

In fact, I don't understand the purpose of this topic. Is it supposed to be subtle trolling? A passive-aggressive attack on the NCF?

You may have just tempted artists with this particular forum topic.

HypnoBitch said:
You may have just tempted artists with this particular forum topic.

If it were that easy, the majority of forum #180896 would've been drawn by now.

Rule 34 can be slow, but it is inevitable. And you will make it happen.

savageorange said:
... I don't understand the purpose of this topic. Is it supposed to be subtle trolling? A passive-aggressive attack on the NCF?

Of course not. I hope that this program does really help parents connect with their children better.

BlueDingo said:
If it were that easy, the majority of forum #180896 would've been drawn by now.

That's what I was kind of thinking...

Munkelzahn said:
Another clickbaity topic title.
I am become online journalism.

Clickbait is my middle name...
Well, it's actually Andrew, but close enough.

Clawdragons said:
I do not understand why you would bring up a furry character in a forum which is comprised primarily of those seeking out and creating furry pornography, if your goal is to not have porn drawn of this character.

It is akin to saying "I love my new sweater, and I hope nothing ever happens to it, right guys?" to a ten-million strong hoard of moths, at which time you remove your sweater, place it on the ground in front of the moths, and walk back out the door.

Again, that's not what I had intended... I was hoping we could all be respectful of this beneficial program like the adults we all are, but perhaps I'm a little too hopeful.

Faux-Pa said:
Of course not. I hope that this program does really help parents connect with their children better.

That's what I was kind of thinking...

Clickbait is my middle name...
Well, it's actually Andrew, but close enough.

Again, that's not what I had intended... I was hoping we could all be respectful of this beneficial program like the adults we all are, but perhaps I'm a little too hopeful.

Honestly I've never actually seen anything ruined by pornography.

I've heard people lament the existence of pornography about specific subjects before. I've seen people predicting that it would have some negative effects. I've seen people suggest that porn will subvert the purpose of things, ruin childhoods, and so on.

I've seen people saying all of these things, but I've never seen these things actually come to pass.

Here is the fact of the matter. Eventually, someone will draw porn of this character. Some people might be outraged by it, but otherwise, nothing will change. If the program was effective, it will not even experience the slightest hint of a dip as a result.

I can't even imagine the thought process that would result in a negative effect. "Someone drew pornography of the mascot of the program that is helping me to connect with my son! Welp. I guess he's on his own now. Goodness knows I'm not going to be in his life after seeing that!"

That's not going to happen.

Clawdragons said:
Honestly I've never actually seen anything ruined by pornography.

I've heard people lament the existence of pornography about specific subjects before. I've seen people predicting that it would have some negative effects. I've seen people suggest that porn will subvert the purpose of things, ruin childhoods, and so on.

I've seen people saying all of these things, but I've never seen these things actually come to pass.

Here is the fact of the matter. Eventually, someone will draw porn of this character. Some people might be outraged by it, but otherwise, nothing will change. If the program was effective, it will not even experience the slightest hint of a dip as a result.

I can't even imagine the thought process that would result in a negative effect. "Someone drew pornography of the mascot of the program that is helping me to connect with my son! Welp. I guess he's on his own now. Goodness knows I'm not going to be in his life after seeing that!"

That's not going to happen.

I was thinking overall in the sense of Public Relations as opposed to an individual case between a family, but I do see what you're saying. While it is true that Cool Cat was once featured in porn, he's mostly known for being in that one cringy gun-safety video that IHE reviewed. While I may not see him in the same way anymore, I can still laugh at the cringe.

Faux-Pa said:
It didn't take long for the overly-excited orange cat to get his own part in a furry porno.

A furry porno? You mean like a live-action porno? Or do you just consider any 34 to be "porno".

Anyways...I looked up Cool Cat and first off...I just gotta say...Cool Cat is laughably awful (the 30 seconds I watched of it were enough). Secondly, the guy who created him is kind of a sleezeball anyways. Apparently he was in Playgirl magazine and he shows those pictures of him ON THE SAME SITE as Cool Cat, which is supposed to be FOR KIDS. Wow...I don't feel bad for him if his creation was 34'd cause he already took it halfway there himself.

Clawdragons said:
I do not understand why you would bring up a furry character in a forum which is comprised primarily of those seeking out and creating furry pornography, if your goal is to not have porn drawn of this character.

Yeah for real LOL. It's like going to the one group in the entire world who would be most interested in 34ing this character and being like "Gee...hope no one makes a naughty picture of this character! *wink* *wink* ... here's a picture of him ... sure hope no one uses it as reference *wink* *wink*" HAHAHA...sorry but that's just funny XD.

But seriously dude get your mind out of the gutter no one is going to 34 this rando furry, I mean, they might do it now that you've brought it up, but the odds of it happening before were virtually zero. There are TONS of random "furry" characters out there...lots of mascots for schools, programs, and businesses are basically furries...no one is worrying about them and nobody should because they'd need to get a heck of a lot more popular to deserve R34.

Dyrone said:
A furry porno? You mean like a live-action porno? Or do you just consider any 34 to be "porno".

Anyways...I looked up Cool Cat and first off...I just gotta say...Cool Cat is laughably awful (the 30 seconds I watched of it were enough). Secondly, the guy who created him is kind of a sleezeball anyways. Apparently he was in Playgirl magazine and he shows those pictures of him ON THE SAME SITE as Cool Cat, which is supposed to be FOR KIDS. Wow...I don't feel bad for him if his creation was 34'd cause he already took it halfway there himself.

Just because a door is left open, doesn't mean people need to walk through it.

Kavellrist said:
Just because a door is left open, doesn't mean people need to walk through it.

"When I see a door that's been left open, I walk through it every time."

-Mahatma Gandhi

Dyrone said:
"When I see a door that's been left open, I walk through it every time."

-Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi also thought Hitler was a pretty cool guy. Do you think Hitler was a pretty cool guy?

Kavellrist said:
Gandhi also thought Hitler was a pretty cool guy. Do you think Hitler was a pretty cool guy?

1. that's not a real Gandhi quote, it's just a joke.
2. No he didn't, he called him "dear friend" in a letter because he was trying to MAKE PEACE. What would you call him in such a letter? "Dear BIG BITCH, you better check yo'self fo' you wreck yo'self. GANDHI OUT."

Dyrone said:
1. that's not a real Gandhi quote, it's just a joke.
2. No he didn't, he called him "dear friend" in a letter because he was trying to MAKE PEACE. What would you call him in such a letter? "Dear BIG BITCH, you better check yo'self fo' you wreck yo'self. GANDHI OUT."

1. You gave no indication that it was a joke, you did not do so much as append a /s to the post. I took it at face value. Silly me.
2. For what reason would Gandhi be trying to make peace with Hitler? Nazi Germany was not at war with the Indian people, it was at war with the British Empire (which Gandhi wasn't exactly a huge fan of).

Kavellrist said:
1. You gave no indication that it was a joke, you did not do so much as append a /s to the post. I took it at face value. Silly me.

Regardless of if was real or not your reaction to it was pretty dumb. Oh, Gandhi said something about doors that contradicts my argument on an internet forum!? WELL THEN...GANDHI SUCKS! What?

Kavellrist said:
2. For what reason would Gandhi be trying to make peace with Hitler? Nazi Germany was not at war with the Indian people, he was at war with the British Empire (which Gandhi wasn't exactly a huge fan of).

He's kind of a fan of peace and non-violence...even if the violence is against his enemies. That's kind of his thing.

Please get back on topic, both of you.

Dyrone said:
Regardless of if was real or not your reaction to it was pretty dumb. Oh, Gandhi said something about doors that contradicts my argument on an internet forum!? WELL THEN...GANDHI SUCKS! What?

Fair enough. I would still question why you thought your response to my post was going to be in any way constructive, AT ALL.

NotMeNotYou said:
Please get back on topic, both of you.

What the fuck IS the topic? Some guy saying he hopes nobody draws R34 of this character, because that would be terrible. He's posting this on a furry porn dump full of people who, assuming he's even being sincere in his concern, would draw R34 of said character simply to spite him.

Haven't seen anything for the D.A.R.E. lion, so I see no reason to worry.

Kavellrist said:
What the fuck IS the topic? Some guy saying he hopes nobody draws R34 of this character, because that would be terrible. He's posting this on a furry porn dump full of people who, assuming he's even being sincere in his concern, would draw R34 of said character simply to spite him.

According to OP whether or not r34 ruins everything, literally and figuratively, but most certainly not the political dealings of Hitler or Gandhi.

kamimatsu said:
Haven't seen anything for the D.A.R.E. lion, so I see no reason to worry.

Daren the Lion also predates the internet and the creation of Rule 34 by a reasonable margin. I've actually seen pictures of Daren that have been sullied by someone with a prurient mind, but they weren't on the Internet due to it not actually existing yet.

NotMeNotYou said:
According to OP whether or not r34 ruins everything, literally and figuratively, but most certainly not the political dealings of Hitler or Gandhi.

Sid Meyers Civilization series took care of that.