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Nonmorphic

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'''Nonmorphic''' (may also be written as '''non-morphic''') is a term used differently by different people.

For some, it means characters that have human characteristics such as sentience and/or speech and clothing, but which do not have an [[anthropomorphic]] body.

Many [[Disney]] movies, for instance ''[[The Lion King]]'' or ''[[Balto]]'', have nonmorphic characters (in this sense) that can speak and think like a human being, but whose body is that of a normal animal. These are sometimes referred to as [[talking animal]]s.

Another commonly used term for this sense of nonmorphic is [[feral]].

For others, the term denotes characters (persons) who lack any noteworthy morphological features, and thus are entirely human, though sometimes with a similar emphasis on physical form (nonmorphic could mean for them a physically human being with the mind of an animal, which also appears occasionally in some genres.)

== See also ==
* [[:Category:Nonmorphic characters|Nonmorphic characters]]
* [[Zoomorphic]]

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Troll

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:'''''Griefer''' redirects here. You may also be thinking of '''Greifer''', a [[fursuit]] owned by [[Tilt Longtail]]''
'''Troll''' is the colloquial term for a user who seeks to incite negative responses from others in online mediums, such as in [[IRC]] chat rooms or in [[Usenet]] postings.

Trolls typically bait their victims with inflammatory and derogatory remarks, to which users respond with criticisms of the troll's behavior. The goal of a troll is to detract users from their normal communications and get them to instead start arguments with them or other users. When users do start arguments with each other or with the troll, it is often referred to as "feeding the troll". Sometimes trolls refer to their activities to others as [[lollercoasting]].

Trolls are typically crude and simple in their tactics; however, some trolls carefully calculate their activities so their online posts seem quite innocuous but have the same argument or negative feeling producing effect.

Trolls are best dealt with by removing them/banning them from the forum/mailing list/IRC channel in question so that they cannot cause further problems, or at least ignoring them until someone in charge can deal with them. It is imperative to remain as calm as possible and not get involved in any arguments in the process. However, the goal of some trolls is to be removed, and on mediums such as websites where it is nearly impossible to ban a determined user, this may only feed the troll.

== Griefer ==

In the world of online gaming ([[World of Warcraft]], [[Second Life]], etc,) a troll is more commonly known as a '''Griefer''' ("One that causes [[Wikipedia:Grief|grief]].")

== See also ==

* [[wikipedia:Internet troll|Internet troll]] on Wikipedia
* [[Anti-furry]]
* [[Goon]]
* [[Anonymous]]
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Burned Furs

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[[Image:Burnedfurs.jpg|right|200px|Burned furs logo]]

'''Burned Furs''' is the name of a movement to counter perversion within the [[furry fandom]] which was active from 1998 to 2001. In November of 2005, [[Burned Furs II|a new group]] was created using the same name and logo as the original.

== Founding and History ==
The '''Burned Furs''' were founded in 1998 by [[Squee Rat]] and [[Eric Blumrich]]. The group was composed of, in the words of Squee, "furs who have spoken up against fandom perversion and been 'burned at the stake' for it."

The Burned Fur movement was created because, according to their Mission Statement, "Anthropomorphics fandom is being overrun by sexually dysfunctional, socially stunted and creatively bankrupt hacks and pervs." Burned Fur, as a movement, did not produce an agenda or operating guidelines beyond its Manifesto and, to a lesser extent, Squee's "A Modest Proposal".

=== Burned Fur Beliefs ===
Many disputes over the exact nature of Burned Fur beliefs arose; the group was accused of wanting to impose some sort of anti-sexual vision on the rest of the fandom. Certain members of the group were intolerant of [[gay]]s, [[Christian Furs]], [[furry lifestyler]]s, obscure fetishes, and [[erotic]] artwork - but, more generally, the Burned Furs were intolerant of those people who walked up to television cameras and press microphones to declare that the [[furry fandom]] essentially revolved around their own personal [[fetish|kinks]].

While Burned Fur claimed that none of this was a problem if kept properly as a private matter, in private areas and within the law, they frequently targeted furry fans whose only "crime" was to criticize Burned Fur's in-your-face tactics. Many critics considered Burned Fur a hate group due to the harsh tone of the Manifesto, physical threats made against other [[furry fan]]s, and offensive t-shirts produced by the group. Burned Fur's critics suggested the fandom's problems should be taken up discreetly with people in positions to do something about them rather than broadcast publicly where they could be, and are to this day, permanently archived.

[[Image:BFRing.gif|thumb|right|Burned furs web-ring logo]]
It was in this atmosphere of mutual intolerance that the debate over the furry fandom's public image was waged, and subsequently buried under rampant acts of (sometimes mutual) demonization.

Many of these disputes occurred on USENET in the [[:Category:Newsgroups|newsgroups]] [[alt.fan.furry]] and [[alt.lifestyle.furry]].

=== Opposition Groups ===
The Burned Furs were opposed by a group formed specifically for the purpose called the [[Freezing Furs]] who accused the Burned Furs of being a hate group. Third and fourth groups, [[Nonaligned Furs]] and [[Furry Peace]] were formed on the basis of inclusion and non-alignment in the factional conflicts which resulted from the formation of the Burned Furs.

By about 2001, the Burned Furs had faded into history, many of them having [[Leave The Fandom|left furry fandom]] altogether, with the effect that the countergroups formed to oppose them became defunct by default.

== Points of Discussion ==
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* By the time Burned Fur was founded, individual convention-goers were already boycotting CF due to lewd behavior that the convention's organizers insisted on turning a blind eye to. [[ConFurence]] was finally turned over to a group dedicated to cleaning up the convention's image in 1999, but because the new Chairman was a Burned Fur, many of the people who felt they had been targeted by Burned Fur refused to attend. In his own words, "The main problem wasn't necessarily that there was too much sex in fandom... but rather that from the outside, that was *all* people could see. {{fact}}"

* Although former attendees were beginning to return to CF due specifically to the change in management {{fact}}, attendance levels continued to decline until ConFurence officially closed its doors on April 27, 2003.

* Ironically enough, once abandoned, the original "Burned Furs" website was picked up by a [[pornography]] merchandiser. Some claim it was because the domain contained the name and keyword "furry", but there has never been any evidence of this. The more likely explanation is it was picked up because it is [http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/tricks-pornographers-play.html common practice for pornographers to purchase expired domains] regardless of content.

== See also ==
* [[Furs Against Furs]]
* [[Improved Anthropomorphics]]
* [[Baked Furs]]
* ''[[SKORCH]]''
* [[Ladder Trick]], a column by [[Nick Mamatas]], which mentioned Burned Furs in a 2000 column

== References ==
* ''[http://burnedfur.mv.com/manifesto.html This Sordid Little Business (The Furry Manifesto)]'', Squee Rat, 1998
* ''Burned Fur: Retarded Infighting Trainwreck! [http://crushyiffdestroy.com/show-article.php?file=burnedfurs Part 1] - [http://crushyiffdestroy.com/show-article.php?file=burnedfurs2 Part 2]'', [[Computolio]], [[Crush Yiff Destroy]], 2004

== External links ==
* [http://burnedfur.mv.com/ Mirror of Burned Fur website]
* [http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=burned+furs Burned Furs on Google groups]
* [http://www.brunching.com/furries.html A somewhat amusing discussion of the implications of the Burned Furs] by the [[Wikipedia:Brunching Shuttlecocks|Brunching Shuttlecocks]]

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