PETA Condemns Pokemon For Promoting Animal Abuse 418
SchrodingerZ writes "PETA, the same group that last November protested Mario for 'wearing fur,' has condemned the Pokémon media franchise and video game series. In light of the recent release of Pokemon Black and White Versions 2, the activist group is protesting that the Pokemon game series 'paints a rosy picture of what amounts to thinly veiled animal abuse.' As many of us know Pokemon is about young children who capture wild animals for the sole purpose of having them battle in non-fatal sparing matches. 'Much like animals in the real world, Pokémon are treated as unfeeling objects and used for such things as human entertainment and as subjects in experiments. The way that Pokémon are stuffed into pokéballs is similar to how circuses chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods,' says a statement from the group. Ironically within Pokemon B/W 2 there an organization known as Team Plasma , which deals with taking Pokemon and retuning them to the wild. PETA is so up in arms that they have even created an anti-pokemon parody game in which you play as an escaped Pokemon battling your trainer. I recommend trying it, just for the laughs."
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Well, my days of not taking PETA seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
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I support PETA... (Score:4, Funny)
Models supporting PETA? (Score:5, Funny)
Will they be nude?
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PETA needs to turn its attention toward the care and feeding of abandoned Tamagotchi [wikipedia.org]. These were purchased for children who, after having grown up, have abandoned their pets to the bottoms of toy chests or the back of sock drawers. PETA needs to fund a reserve for forgotten Tamagotchi.
Right after they get their Save the Skeets [cartalk.com] campaign off the ground.
Re:Models supporting PETA? (Score:4, Funny)
Pikanude! I choose you!
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Re:I think PETA exists solely . . . (Score:5, Funny)
The "Westboro Baptist Church" style of marketing? You're actually probably a lot more right than you know. Groups like this stay relevant by generating ever more insane news clips. Oh sure, they probably believe (most of them, anyways) their basic message, but they do and say the really stupid stuff like this because it gets them noticed. And they thrive on attention. They're like children throwing temper tantrums (probably with the same level of maturity). The absolute worst thing you can do to them, and the best thing you can do for society, is to studiously ignore them.
When WBC came to protest at UW-Madison, we gathered sponsors.
The sponsors donated $X for every minute that WBC protested.
The proceeds were used to fund LGBT student organizations on campus.
WBC is welcome to come back and raise more money for LGBT causes any time.
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I like PETA too, in fact I am a member of the People Eating Tasty Animals club.
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That whole campaign is only one letter away from brilliance...
Sex kittens talk to each other through squeaks, squeals, and other low-frequency sounds
Like their surface-dwelling cousins, the land kittens, sex kittens enjoy being petted.
Some sex kittens tend well-kept gardens.
they often gently rub against each other as a sign of affection.
While this is not particularly easy to do underwater coherently, female sex kittens don't generally seem to mind.
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Cats do not need protection from PETA, because the cat owns you.