Ponies, Furries and the like

[Major_Mayhem]

I have recenlty returned to Disco. And I've been familiarizing myself with the changes that have occurred in the time I've been away. There has been, however, one particular change that begs the question of both purpose and implementation:

2.3 No ponies, furries, or direct imports are allowed

Now, I have no Idea on how and when this rule was implemented, but I do know a few people who RPd characters falling under that rule. Despite being ill-recived by some parts of the community (especially @Omicron) they did, in my opinion, provide good RP and gave diversity to the characters one could encounter in space.

Of course, one could say, it's not "lore" to have such a character, but then again, there are whole factions who have no basis in lore, such as the Core.

So if someone could enlighten me on

1. Why the rule was implemented
   
2. When the rule was added
   
3. What happened to the RP that was affected by the addition of the rule