PETA Dumps on Battlefield 3

[AnotherAvatar]

It's amazing how much credibility an organization can lose when it talks out of it's ass like this.

 

[Char-Nobyl]

Pop quiz, hotshot: how many rats have you snuffed in all your videogaming adventures? If you answered less than "about a bazillion," you're a dirty liar and we can't be friends anymore. Because we all know that when it comes to laying the cheap XP beatdown on filthy creatures that nobody cares about, it's Rats Uber Alles, baby. But that doesn't sit well with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Germany, which issued a statement today criticizing the game for allowing players to stab a rat with a combat knife and then toss its carcass away like... well, like a dead rat.

"[Google-translated statement [http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Xbox-360/dp/B003O6G5TW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320705083&sr=8-1].

Yeah, that sounds about right. It's a sewer rat. That's the closest we have in modern days to the plague rats of old. I don't go out of my way to kill them, but I wouldn't have moral qualms about needing to kill one in a video game.

It's a bit silly, given that rats have been the go-to punching bag for gamers pretty much since the dawn of time, but this isn't PETA's first foray into videogame criticism. shoot German attack dogs [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105778-PETA-Unleashes-Super-Tofu-Boy].

So it's gotten to that point? Where PETA will literally screech at people for defending themselves from attacking animals? In a virtual setting, no less?

Battlefield 3 publisher Electronic Arts has not yet commented on the PETA criticism, and is not expected to.

Aw, man. A response on this would've been hilarious. They could at least thank PETA for all the free press they're getting from this.

 

[Wedgetail122]

pfft, seriously PETA take a hike, Battlefield 3 simulates war,well as much as a FUN video game can. and hell Rats are by far a major problem of war.I wonder what PETA Thought of the soldiers of WWI who killed 1000's of rats in their spare time, which is intresting the rats were the ones that helped carried the disease when they went back home and created the world pandemic of the spanish flu

 

[Scrustle]

And yet again animal rights activists show just how retarded their priorities are.

 

[SayHelloToMrBullet]

Yes PETA, because we're really all gonna play Battlefield 3 JUST so we can kill a rat. Besides the rat's death wasn't even cruel. Cutting off its limbs and leaving it to bleed out would be cruel. But thats not what happens, its a quick stab.

And technically it was self defence. The rat attacked first.

 

[jyork89]

PETA is absolutely right on this. Stop wasting your time stabbing virtual rats. Instead, spend your time and effort stabbing real rats!

 

[AndyFromMonday]

According to PETA, defending yourself against aggressive animals is wrong. Ain't that a gem?

EDIT: One more thing. I'm assuming since BF3 is a military shooter you're going to be killing a lot of humans, right? What does PETA have to say about that? Are humans not as important as animals? Apparently...

 

[angry_flashlight]

Really PETA? I find this appropriate:

Honestly, who even takes these people seriously anymore?

peta....peta, peta, peta.... can i smack them with my choppa now?

As ya bring da BURNA ta go wit' ya choppa! I'll bring me Shoota! >

 

[MarkDavis94]

This is what annoys me about PETA and other over the top Vegetarians and Vegans. They are all for animal rights, but often ignore cruelty to humans or often say 'I would kill a human to save an animal'. I think they are forgetting we as a species are animals and deserve the same rights they would give to a rat

 

[Vrach]

Rofl. Ok, taking it seriously for a second, the rat attacks you, not the other way around. I'd like to put PETA members in a closed off ventilation shaft with a bunch of potentially rabid rats and a knife and see how they act.

If they come out with rabies, I'm totally cool with that.

 

[Yopaz]

Is this relevant?


Meh I'm posting it anyway.

Not sure if this is relevant either, but good post nevertheless.

Right, those Peta guys, the same ones who actually kill more animals per year then many other orginizations combined. I suppose ethical euthination is better then stabbing a rat, right?

What they do is to put down animals that are hurt. What we do to virtual rats is disrespectful against all rats and will eventually make us all end up going killing more dogs than PETA do. Battlefield 3 should be banned for letting us kill rats. If we allow killing rats in this game what will the next Battlefield game allow us to kill? Mice? dogs? People?

I think PETA should to to the source of rat killing in games and attack Dungeons And Dragons for starting it all. PETA is easily one of the organizations it's easiest to hate.

 

[Psychedelic Spartan]

Hang on let me see something, nope I can't find a single F*ck to give. I mean come on PETA. Just stop it.

 

[Zacharious-khan]

wait are they angry because it was a QTE or because it hurt imaginary animals

 

[darkman80723]

Lol, gotta love these morons. Almost as funny as the Westboro Baptists.

 

[Blunderboy]

How else am I supposed to join the Fighters Guild?

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I particularly like the wording:

"[Google-translated statement [http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3-Xbox-360/dp/B003O6G5TW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320705083&sr=8-1].

It's one of the (many, many) QTEs - if you don't stab the rat you die and can't progress in the game. So it's not really an option, is it?

Also PETA, let me get this straight - the simulated killing of hundreds of people ok, the simulated killing of one rat (who started the fight in the first place, dammit!) bad? Wow, solid priorities there.

 

[SpAc3man]

People Eat Tasty Animals.

Rats cause more harm than good to other animals. Here, in New Zealand, our Department of Conservation has become so good at exterminating them from entire islands, to convert them into sanctuaries for native wildlife, that they have been sought out to consult similar organisations in other countries to achieve the same results.

PETA are whiny bitches that need to realise that not all animals are equal. It sounds cruel but in some cases it is just the truth. Not to mention it's just a bloody video game.

 

[k-ossuburb]

Hey, PETA, I'm punching an imaginary, invisible kitten right now. What are you going to do about it?

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

Two words: The Plauge.
Yeah, caused by the fleas in RATS.
Rats can go die in a fire, and we'd be all the better for it.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

Oh, yeah, that's right. PETA doesn't care about people.

And juvenile diabetes advocacy groups don't care about spousal abuse? There are already institutions in place that deal with humans who victimize other humans. PETA's got its own mandate. The institution is built to campaign for animal rights.

The ACLU does its thing.
MADD does its thing.
The frigging NRA does its thing.

Why do we have to act retarded when it comes to PETA?

The only ones acting retarded are PETA because they don't actually do anything productive or relevant. This is one of the many cases where they rally over a non-issue and make their cause look progressively worse. Any news on PETA's activities generally points out the nutjob side of their operations, and if that's "doing its thing," then they're failing. Miserably.

RachaelHill and all others who point out that flaw in the PETA mentality have a valid point; there is absolutely no reason why they should prioritize animals over human beings - hell, we are animals, which makes them look extra hypocritical to not at least use equal terms and consideration. As far as basic instincts, it doesn't get much more mental than that until we see their own practices where they countervail their own animal protection "efforts" at every turn (see euthanizing).

Or to condense the point: PETA's PR department could use a lesson from Bobby-f***ing-Kotick.