PETA Dumps on Battlefield 3
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The rat bites your finger, if you don't stab it, then a guard hears it, and shoots you. Is this really such an issue?
Oh god, it's the birth of a new Rat King!Sober Thal said:EDIT: It's much more fun to just 'go with it' sometimes ; )
I need to be ready...
*starts training with the virtual-rat-killing simulation aka Battlefield 3*
If you want to know what a "Rat King" is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king_(folklore)]
Andy? can i ask something?Andy Chalk said:
It's PETA whining again ... so ... this is news how?
they complain about ever thing animal related, wouldn't it be better to ignore them at this point?
of and: i don't kill every rat i see, oh no no good sir
i kill every/thing one not 'me shaped'equality people equality
If I remember right, the rat attacked first.
If you had not killed the rat, said rat (which was most likely in line with the PLR) would have given you the Plague or some shit, or maybe it would have realized that it was no match for you, therefore alerting the PLR to your presence. You would have died, and then the terrorists would have blown up New York. That "rat" was in league with Terrorists.
Therefore, PETA supports terrorism.
If you had not killed the rat, said rat (which was most likely in line with the PLR) would have given you the Plague or some shit, or maybe it would have realized that it was no match for you, therefore alerting the PLR to your presence. You would have died, and then the terrorists would have blown up New York. That "rat" was in league with Terrorists.
Therefore, PETA supports terrorism.
Another blow by PETA in its continual battle to be relevant.
"What's new guys?"
"Well, Battlefield 3 just came out."
"Oh! All the cool kids will be playing that! Any way we can leverage some press coverage off it?"
"Well at one point you have to stab a rat..."
"STOP THE PRESSES!"
"What's new guys?"
"Well, Battlefield 3 just came out."
"Oh! All the cool kids will be playing that! Any way we can leverage some press coverage off it?"
"Well at one point you have to stab a rat..."
"STOP THE PRESSES!"
Pfft! If it wasn't for rat-killing[sup][sub]Or mice, or gophers, or moles, or voles, or squirrels, or pigeons, or many different kinds of insects >.>[/sub][/sup] I would be out of a job.
And hey, the rat instigated it! Fucker shouldn't have tried biting a guy with a knife. Oh PETA...
And hey, the rat instigated it! Fucker shouldn't have tried biting a guy with a knife. Oh PETA...
First: PETA. I don't know anyone who doesn't think PETA is a gigantic (unfunny) joke. I'ved lived with vegetarians, vegans, and animal welfare advocates and I have yet to see a single one who doesn't think that PETA is a ridiculous waste of time and money. Instead of dealing with actually pressing issues, they just try to get involved with anything new and popular, no matter how minor, to spread brand recognition. This is presumably to increase awareness of larger issues, but you'd think by now they'd realize that it doesn't really work when they're advertising outrage over such stupid things.
Second: Really? A rat in a ventilation duct? REALLY? I mean yes, I can see why PETA would be against this, but they must have more pressing issues to deal with. On the scale of things to be concerned with regarding animal safety this is like a negative ten. What next PETA, press releases about a movie where someone swatted a fly? There are so many much bigger problems to deal with and it blows my mind that they're wasting time on something like this (this is why no one takes them seriously).
Third: They're acting as though there wasn't a reason to kill it. He was trying to silently creep through some vents and was being bitten. That can interfere with you ability to sneak past a bunch of people with guns who want to kill you. Whether you think the killing is justified by this is one issue, but acting as though he just killed it for no reason is dumb.
Four: The inevitable problem with PETA and other groups' criticisms of animal violence in popular media: this is a game about mowing down groups of humans. I guess you can point out that the humans have involved themselves in this whereas the animals are mostly innocent bystanders, but if you're concerned about violence (especially if you're going to play the "this is where kids get violent ideas" card), shouldn't you maybe mention the people being killed somewhere?
Five: Now video games aren't just teaching kids to murder each other, they're also teaching kids to murder animals.
(To be fair, I did pause at the rat killing and it did seem sort of superfluous - it was sort of gross and added more or less nothing to the game.)
Second: Really? A rat in a ventilation duct? REALLY? I mean yes, I can see why PETA would be against this, but they must have more pressing issues to deal with. On the scale of things to be concerned with regarding animal safety this is like a negative ten. What next PETA, press releases about a movie where someone swatted a fly? There are so many much bigger problems to deal with and it blows my mind that they're wasting time on something like this (this is why no one takes them seriously).
Third: They're acting as though there wasn't a reason to kill it. He was trying to silently creep through some vents and was being bitten. That can interfere with you ability to sneak past a bunch of people with guns who want to kill you. Whether you think the killing is justified by this is one issue, but acting as though he just killed it for no reason is dumb.
Four: The inevitable problem with PETA and other groups' criticisms of animal violence in popular media: this is a game about mowing down groups of humans. I guess you can point out that the humans have involved themselves in this whereas the animals are mostly innocent bystanders, but if you're concerned about violence (especially if you're going to play the "this is where kids get violent ideas" card), shouldn't you maybe mention the people being killed somewhere?
Five: Now video games aren't just teaching kids to murder each other, they're also teaching kids to murder animals.
(To be fair, I did pause at the rat killing and it did seem sort of superfluous - it was sort of gross and added more or less nothing to the game.)
Me: "It's the rat, isn't it?"Andy Chalk said:
Clearly, I'm psychic.Andy Chalk said:
Anyways, my proposal (beyond the whole "ignore them/wait for them to commit mass suicide because humans are worse than animals and deserve to die" obvious answer) is to lock them in a room filled with Daggerfall rats for one hour.
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/17166/1081157-daggerfallrat.jpg
They'll be given a knife, and are welcome to not attack the rats if they wish.
I felt bad.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Being forced to kill an innocent animal. After all. I was in its sewer.
Made me go off the Campaign.
I just stick to Multiplayer now and try to avoid damaging the flower pots and trees.
PETA cares about money more than animal rights. You don't think they'll milk this for donations like they do every other pet cause they have? Just another shock factor from the groups that brought you linking slaughterhouses to the Holocaust...
I would try to offend PETA more, $1.00 DLC for an knife with a dead rat on it that screams in pain when you stab someone.TimeLord said:
Goddamnit, PETA, pick your battles! You accomplish NOTHING by making this inane, pointless stab at social commentary and only make your organization look (even more) foolish.