This one was difficult to post, not because of any emotional ties, but rather because of the controversy surrounding RC Fox.

For those who do not know, RC fox had been accused of possessing and disseminating child porn via his computer. Note that he was never accused of anything involving actual contact with minors in any way. However, we will never know the truth about these accusations. Tragically, he committed suicide the day before his trial was to begin.

Before you pass judgment, I suggest you educate yourself on the facts of what was actually known to the general public:
http://www.lawyersandliquor.com/201.....ary-execution/

What bothers me the most is how the furry community continually proclaims itself as tolerant and supportive of other furs, and yet they have proven time and time again to be cruel and hateful; casting their judgment of guilt upon others without ever knowing the facts.

I do not know what was on RC's computer or if the charges against him were true, but I do believe that he took his own life, not because of any admission of guilt, but because he no longer had the strength to fight and was afraid. Persecuted as a pedophile and outcast from the furry community that he loved, he was alone and even if found to be innocent, he would never be able to live down the stigma cast upon him. In a way, he was bullied by the furry community into taking his own life.

Perhaps those accusations against him were true. Perhaps he deserved some type of prosecution. But he was still a human being, and deserved to be treated as one. He was still 'innocent until proven guilty by a court of law' and deserved the chance to prove that innocence, without the ignorant and intolerant 'furry jury' casting their judgment on him.


I never knew RC Fox, and only photographed him at several conventions, but he is deserving of being remembered.
So, this photo tribute is for all of his friends and family to honor RC Fox, and have something pleasant to remember him by.

R.I.P.  -RC-

http://www.jeffersonmemorial.biz/ob.....elebrationWall


Hateful comments will be removed and such posters will be blocked.


EDIT (2018.03.21):
If this is true, I am now even more disheartened and disgusted by this entire situation and how RC Fox was pre-judged to be guilty by the furry community.
https://www.flayrah.com/7280/rc-fox.....g-plea-bargain

Carl had plead guilty as part of a plea bargain. However, a source who knew him has indicated that he'd regretted this decision:

"He already plead guilty [...]. And then, his lawyer found evidence that none of the child-porn rated content was his (network hacking). But in order to appeal, he needed $25,000 and he didn’t have it. He was going to prison until he came up with the money to prove innocence and he just couldn’t bear to do it."

The source also explained that R.C. believed that by being convicted of the crime, it would put his mother's job in jeopardy, because she works as a school teacher:

"Also, if he went to prison, his mother would lose her job (she works at a school) so, he figured, he could help his family by ending it."

With the addition of the isolation he experienced because of the crime he'd been charged with, the above factors had led R.C. to make his final decision.