PETA: Mario is Pro Fur

[SelectivelyEvil13]

I think we should really stop reporting about all the ridiculous stuff PETA gets outraged about. I think by now we all know they're about 12 miles passed crazytown, and at this point any further recognition is just giving them more credit than they deserve.

Indeed!

I would love to see how the world would be if everyone gave PETA the silent treatment permanently.

"GARAHA FICTIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS VIOLATED BY MARIO GARAHAHA"

Wow the wind's sounding rather irate today. Oh wells.

[small]And the wind sure likes to euthanize animals...[/small]

I don't know, but I would totally play that.

I'd love to see a lighthearted spoof, the way Team Meat already did when they got attacked by PETA.

Or, if you want to get mean, someone could do a Mario scene with a QTE where he knifes the rat boss from SMB2.

I prefer the light-hearted method....But still.

I forgot about the Team Meat incident. Is PETA so desperate that they're trolling video games now? And who the hell gave them the idea that anyone who plays video games gives a damn? Moviegoers, theater people, video gamers, ect.; crazy is still crazy, no matter who you direct it towards. Maybe the only answer is to hit 'em right back like what Team Meat did. The idea of sending back the message "nobody cares, and look! We're killing more virtual animals in spite of you!" is at the very least entertaining and a good choice if the silent treatment doesn't work.

 

[Srs bzns]

Whoa, PETA...Johnny come lately there. But alright, let me help you out there...

Games that should be banned now (According to PETA):
-Shadow of the Colossus, because you ride a horse. Poor horse!
-Zelda, same reason as above.
-Dragon Age, because your pet licks you clean after a gory battle. What is he, your servant? Gross!
-Red Dead Redemption, because you shoot animals for whatever reason. Just brutal.
-God of War, because you kill mythological creatures violently. No wonder we don't have unicorns anymore!
-Batman, because Batman is probably pro-bat-fur.
-Crash Bandicoot, for showing a furry animal being violent against other animals.
-Battlefield 3, because o-- Wait, what? They already figured that one out? Oh, okay...

Look, PETA, once again, I'm all up for animal rights. But you guys are just a joke now! I can't take you guys seriously anymore and I clearly can't support you. So...have at it. Keep being a joke, if that's your goal.

Let's not forget that in Halo: Reach you get a shiny achievement for killing moas, and people in Minecraft have built things dedicated to the wholesale slaughter of pigs and cows.

The virtual horror...

On a more related note, when did PETA start caring more about virtual animals and less about, you know, real animals...?

 

[Cain_Zeros]

I'm pretty sure it was a leaf that spawned the suit in Super Mario Bros 3. No animal-murder involved. PETA needs to stop jumping on non-existent issues and go... Free the monkeys carrying the Rage Virus or something.

 

[Micalas]

Ok...let me get this straight. Mario has been stomping on turtles for decades and you decide to pass up the low hanging fruit in exchange for complaining about a fur suit (the majority of fur suits aren't made of real fur...) that he acquires by stealing a leaf out of a brick.

Got it.

You're wrong. The Tanooki suit is a special item that can only be acquired at a few points in the game and before you get that suit it actually looks just like the suit he's wearing minus the person inside it. When you got a leaf you just got a raccoon tail.

OK, so why is PETA trying to piss off gamers now? They have made no complaints about games like Deer Hunter or Big Game Hunting in the past. All of a sudden they jump on the games are bad bandwagon. First complaining about how gamers kill an aggressive rat in a game where you kill people, now they are tainting our childhood memories with their gory images of how animals are used for fur. I am starting to suspect they're trying to bring down video games in order to be more popular with main stream media and parents that are hysterical about any violent games. Really PETA, stop with this bullshit. Mario is a lighthearted game that doesn't need you to destroy it.

Oh shit, you're right. My bad. God, I must have so much egg on my face...

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I don't know, but I would totally play that.

I'd love to see a lighthearted spoof, the way Team Meat already did when they got attacked by PETA.

Or, if you want to get mean, someone could do a Mario scene with a QTE where he knifes the rat boss from SMB2.

I prefer the light-hearted method....But still.

Yeah, I think I'd prefer the lighthearted spoof.

 

[Beautiful End]

Whoa, PETA...Johnny come lately there. But alright, let me help you out there...

Games that should be banned now (According to PETA):
-Shadow of the Colossus, because you ride a horse. Poor horse!
-Zelda, same reason as above.
-Dragon Age, because your pet licks you clean after a gory battle. What is he, your servant? Gross!
-Red Dead Redemption, because you shoot animals for whatever reason. Just brutal.
-God of War, because you kill mythological creatures violently. No wonder we don't have unicorns anymore!
-Batman, because Batman is probably pro-bat-fur.
-Crash Bandicoot, for showing a furry animal being violent against other animals.
-Battlefield 3, because o-- Wait, what? They already figured that one out? Oh, okay...

Look, PETA, once again, I'm all up for animal rights. But you guys are just a joke now! I can't take you guys seriously anymore and I clearly can't support you. So...have at it. Keep being a joke, if that's your goal.

Let's not forget that in Halo: Reach you get a shiny achievement for killing moas, and people in Minecraft have built things dedicated to the wholesale slaughter of pigs and cows.

The virtual horror...

On a more related note, when did PETA start caring more about virtual animals and less about, you know, real animals...?

Hipster PETA.

Because real animals are too mainstream.

 

[mwhite67]

At this point I think PETA is just trolling everyone.

 

[pppppppppppppppppp]

Woah, guys, hold your damn horses. You're missing the point here: PETA isn't seriously mad at Mario games for having a Tanooki suit, they're just using the Mario comparison as a platform to talk about fur use because Mario's popular. You're crazy if you think this is about "advocating censorship" or whatever.

Do they just want attention? Yes. Is it in bad taste? Somewhat. But is this an attack on videogames or Mario? No, not at all.

And for the record, I thought the game was pretty amusing, at least for a propaganda game. Also, I think PETA's right to an extent, we shouldn't buy fur products when there are equally viable alternatives out there.

*raises flame shield*

 

[Fasckira]

pass up the low hanging fruit

Get out of here with your buisiness model power phrases, you office drone.

TBH its been pretty much the case for a long time that PETA just pick on these popular things to boost their own campaigns. Will be interesting to see what Nintendo lawyers do when they see that Mario picture though, pretty sure theres a case out of taking a brand icon and warping it like that.

 

[DracoSuave]

If PETA is allowed the fiction that they don't kill animals, I'm allowed the fiction of Mario doing whatever it is he does.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

After years of consistent assclownery without ever accomplishing anything, it's obvious that their only goal is to receive the kind of coverage they're getting now, and... that's it. Why enable their histrionic tendencies?

 

[samsonguy920]

There are those who might worry that articles like these only draw attention to PETA all the more. This is true. What is also true is the message that people get from this is not the one PETA is trying to convey, but instead is the one they are actually broadcasting: 'We are batshit insane. Enjoy the skinny naked women we show who don't entirely embrace our ideals, and laugh at our feeble attempts to show compassion for animals as we slaughter them.'

I, erhm, wait, what is this... I don't even... There are no words...

Fail. Failure on so many levels. PETA please remove your head from your ass and go find an issue that actually matters to go protest.

They can go protest the overabundance of cars on the freeway by ranting on the road itself. I will be on the overpass with the popcorn enjoying the gorefest to ensue.

Clearly, PeTA needs to go out into the wild and hug some lions. You've been fighting on their side for decades; they'll let you pet them. Don't forget to pet the cubs in full view of the mother.

Trust me, they'll like it...

Makes me think of the ending to Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy(The book. Read it sometime, kids). Best result ever for a group like this. I would share it but I am not one for giving spoilers to stories I really enjoy.

Spoiler: The ending of Rainbow Six

Weren't you listening? No cookie for you!

 

[GeeksUtopia]

YAY dumb nuts went after a fantasy magical suit in another dimension with a cartoon style.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I thought it was magic, not that he went and skinned a tanuki...

I suppose next NASA will be accusing him of disrupting the gravitational balance of the galaxy by eating stars or that Gargomel sponsors him to make smurfs homeless with his vast mushroom consumption.

Talk about nit picking PETA, no wonder no one takes you seriously. *rolls eyes*

we shouldn't buy fur products when there are equally viable alternatives out there.

Dude I agree, but if anything I find this way of protesting offensive, because it seriously undermines any sort of effort to destroy the fur trade.

No one will take this seriously. The cause of animals rights deserves better than the ridiculousness of PETA. It just makes people reactionary against it...

 

[Samurai Silhouette]

So, skinning a mythological creature in a video game is a real world problem?

First world solutions for Disney world problems.
gtfo peta

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Er...shouldn't they have jumped on this a long time ago?

I see what you did there

Wow. Is it bad that I didn't notice it until you pointed it out?

 

[IamLEAM1983]

Is there anything you can say to this apart from /facepalm?

Nope, I don't believe there is. Then again, nothing is off-limits to PETA. I'm just surprised they didn't say the Raimi Spider-Man continuity promotes animal cruelty because the spider that bites Peter reacted out of fear and was being experimented on by SICK, DEPRAVED scientists who like to play GOD.

Or something of the sort. Then they'd release a Flash game where gigantic spiders graphically pull apart innocent human victims.

 

[Signa]

Makes me think of the ending to Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy(The book. Read it sometime, kids). Best result ever for a group like this. I would share it but I am not one for giving spoilers to stories I really enjoy.

Spoiler: The ending of Rainbow Six

Weren't you listening? No cookie for you!

That ending was unexpected, but very suiting for people like PETA.

Spoiler: *only* for those too lazy to read the book. READ IT DAMNIT!

Spoiler: no really, read the book!

hippies get left in the woods naked.

 

[Ammutseba]

Haha, that is awesome.

 

[aceman67]

And we're supposed to take an organization of people who the US Department of Homeland Security and FBI have listed has having ties to domestic terrorists seriously?

PETA has been in bed with the likes of the Earth Liberation Front, one of the largest domestic terrorist groups according to the FBI who are guilty of Assult, arson, firebombing, use/possession of explosives, and attempted murder. In 2002, PETA admitted to funding criminals associated with them.

Oh, and here's the icing on the cake: PETA enjoys an IRS Tax Exempt status as a ?501(c)(3)? charity.

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HAH! Found the info-graphic I was looking for:

http://www.infographicslibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/peta-kills-animals.gif