I think most people are missing a very large point. The point being a moral and ethical one.
I'm on the chinese side of this. If FISM, standing for all that is good about our industry and art, is knowningly going into arangements with an orginazation engaging in activity that 99.9% of us consider to be unethical, then FISM is guilty by association.
Would you support a childrens charity event that is headed by Michael Jackson and a bunch of known child offending Catholic Priests? I highly doubt you'd be caught dead within a 5 city block radius of the event. Same applies to our FISM case.
We should probably band togther and all write letters of concern to FISM's organisers. If enough of us complain, it may just be what is needed to turn the tides in this event.
While I agree with Sinful in the fact that many of us may not be attending FISM or supporting it, but we are all connected to it via our interests and hobby: Magic. Because of that invested interest we are obligated to voice a concern where we feel there should be one.
I'm on the chinese side of this. If FISM, standing for all that is good about our industry and art, is knowningly going into arangements with an orginazation engaging in activity that 99.9% of us consider to be unethical, then FISM is guilty by association.
Would you support a childrens charity event that is headed by Michael Jackson and a bunch of known child offending Catholic Priests? I highly doubt you'd be caught dead within a 5 city block radius of the event. Same applies to our FISM case.
We should probably band togther and all write letters of concern to FISM's organisers. If enough of us complain, it may just be what is needed to turn the tides in this event.
While I agree with Sinful in the fact that many of us may not be attending FISM or supporting it, but we are all connected to it via our interests and hobby: Magic. Because of that invested interest we are obligated to voice a concern where we feel there should be one.
