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I’d like to talk about Dragon*con one last time. As I’ve said before I will not ever attend this con because Ed Kramer who awaits trial for child molestation still receives money from Dragon*con. To me it’s so obvious. Children’s safety comes before anything else, including my need to attend a con, wear a costume or whatever.
Seems obvious but so many, too many so-called caring fans are not only still giving money to this con, but actively defending it. If you want your money to go to the defense of a child molester then I have nothing to say to you. I find it disgusting. Dragon*con and those who defend it are a scar on fandom that makes me ashamed to be a fan.
Believe me, I am sympathetic to the innocent victims of what Kramer did, not only the kids, but also fans and con organizers. But what’s done is done. It can’t be fixed and can’t be swept under the rug so it’s time for Dragon*Con to grow a pair, step up to the plate and do what’s right. New con. Same city. Done.
So you don’t think I’m just blathering off, I have been in a situation like this. A few years back I did several books for a major publisher. One day I turn on the news and bang, the artist had been arrested for distribution of child pornography. I didn’t bitch and whine about how it affected me. Instead we all agreed it was best for those books to go away. That’s what had to be done. For the kids who this animal violated. It’s not about me keeping a book in print and lining my pockets. It’s about doing the right thing.
So there’s that. I’m sorry a long running popular con has a pedophile in their ranks, but instead of continuing to victimize these kids (now men seeking justice) it’s time for everybody in fandom to show the world we aren’t a bunch of selfish nerds, but caring humans who love and respect others. Is that so much to ask for?
The way we spend our money is very powerful. Let’s use that power for good
Thanks for listening.
-Steve
Badass Snow White
cosplayparadise.netI really don’t remember this version of snow white.
Via Nancy A. CollinsA fan in Israel weighs in on the DragonCon Scandal:
“How anyone can act as apologists for a man who commits as serious an offense as child rape just because he was instrumental in launching a big convention is stupefying to the max. His supporters aren’t even interested in explaining how, if he’s really innocent, that he’s doing more to avoid a court session than to prove his innocence, nor why he violated even the simplest conditions for his release from detention. All they seem to care about is the convention, as though they couldn’t possibly go to another one. What kind of fandom is that, where they obviously haven’t learned any lessons from the sci-fi tales they read about why crime doesn’t pay?”
This is slowly but surely becoming my GPOYFORLIFE.
I loved this character/bit on SNL.
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i fell in love with him like ketchup falls out of a bottle: slowly, and then all at once.
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