PETA hates Mario - this is awesome

[wilco64256]

Apparently they take issue with Mario murdering those poor Tanookis (not even sure what the proper plural for Tanooki is, I'll get back to you when Miyamoto responds to my email) and then wearing their furs around.  This site they set up for it is even complete with a somewhat psychotic little Mario sidescroller where a skinned Tanooki tries to recover his fur.  This is sad that they even went to this effort against a VIDEO GAME with a FICTIONAL animal.

http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/

[Arkillian]

An interesting new angle. Wonder how long it'll last before CAPCOM start suing them?

[KatieHal]

Whhhhhaaattttt   

[wilco64256]

Whhhhhaaattttt   

My initial thoughts exactly.  Still my main thought on the matter in fact.

[Blackthorne]

PETA hates everything.  Seriously, it's a psychotic social group run by vagrants and imbeciles who court publicity more than they actually help animals.


Bt

[Lambonius]

I like my PETA stuffed with mystery gyro meat.  Which even more ironically, is traditionally made of lamb, the cutest baby animal ever.

[crayauchtin]

Y'know, once upon a time PETA was an almost respectable organization. To the point where, if animal rights was ever addressed in a sitcom, they'd get a little blurb from the cast at the end of the episode (I'm looking at you Golden Girls!)

Unfortunately, PETA now goes out of their way to make headlines out of being totally asinine and ridiculous and far too overzealous. I think this sort of stuff makes me want to wear fur more.

[snabbott]

People Eating Tasty Animals...

[LadyTerra]

That reminds me of a game I played a few years ago.  I thought it was a really fun take on Cooking Mama and was shocked when I saw it was made by PETA and I realized I was supposed to be disgusted.  It's bad design if your message is completely missed.

http://features.peta.org/CookingMama/

[Numbers]

I just played that game on the site, and...and...what the hell WAS that?!

I'm speechless...

Oh, and get a load of this gem I just found:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=711&sid=18100075

PETA compares eating Thanksgiving turkeys to eating dogs...?

[writerlove]

I can't take anything that organization publishes seriously anymore. I just roll my eyes and move on.

[Enchantermon]

Well, that was a fun distraction. Surprisingly addictive little scroller.
But it only enforces my notion that PETA doesn't actually believe anything that it says; it simply exists for its own amusement to see how many people it can drag along with it. I just can't understand how this organization can keep shooting itself in the foot like this, much less how it hasn't yet managed to kill itself.

[MikPal]

Well, you know what they say:

Meat is murder.

Tasty, tasty murder.

[snabbott]

PETA compares eating Thanksgiving turkeys to eating dogs...?

Maybe they'll inspire some people to have dog for Thanksgiving instead.

[DawsonJ]

The sad part is that many people have taken animals to PETA for refuge, just to have those animals quickly euthenized. Of course, one day they'll show their true backing - Prostitutes Encouraging Troublesome Actions, secretly funded by porn mag companies.

[Quest For Glory Fan]

Dawson J and Bt both bring up points that are eloquently dissasembled in Movie Bob's "Big picture" over at the escapist. I had heard on Penn and Teller's Bullshit that Peta was a horrible organization but they... well they're bullshitters but Bob's video really puts it into an interesting light. It's strange to think that murdering more than 90% of pets that are turned in to you is ethical treatment of animals. I mean not to get Jonathan Swift on them but wouldn't eating the meat be more ethical? Send those puppy drumsticks to Africa ya hippies.

PETA: Eating dogs for thanksgiving? Wrong. Killing millions of dogs? Well we're REALLY good at it. Fictional character wearing squirrel skin? WRONG. He's been squashing turtles for how many years? Well turtles are kind of ugly and don't have fur.

[drusain]

Geez the controls on that game are awkward!

If you want to try out a sidescroller that celebrates the death of fictional animals (well, robot unicorns...) and is embarrassingly fun and addicting, try out Robot Unicorn Attack.

http://www.siriusarcadegames.com/game/1720/Robot_Unicorn_Attack.html

[Deloria]

I love animals. Unfortunately, I also really love the way my mink fur stole makes me feel.

[kyranthia]

This is sad that they even went to this effort against a VIDEO GAME with a FICTIONAL animal.

http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/

Actually, I believe that PETA is upset by the killing of real animals that are also known as tanuki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Raccoon_Dog

But still - to go after Mario games is really silly.  Especially now.  Hi PETA, Tanooki suits appeared way back in Super Mario 3, released in 1990.

This is one of my favorite spoofs of the whole Mario vs. PETA thing though.  So true.  *lol*

http://www.dorkly.com/video/27944/dorkly-bits-mario-responds-to-peta

[Enchantermon]

http://www.dorkly.com/video/27944/dorkly-bits-mario-responds-to-peta

I love that video!

And now PETA claims that the whole thing was a joke. I wonder how many people actually believe them.