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Subject: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:46 am
http://tinyurl.com/6lkc39p
This group of obsessive and compulsive vegetarians are going on a freaking frenzy.
AnTi90d Grand Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:53 am
The Full Story:
PETA calls Super Mario campaign ‘tongue-in-cheek’
Not even video games are safe from the critical eyes of PETA. The animal-rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, made that clear when it targeted Super Mario 3D Land for its use of a raccoon dog suit. Even though Super Mario is a video game and no actual raccoon dogs were injured in the making of the game.
The activist group is now saying that its campaign, which offered its own version of the video game, was a spoof. A PETA spokesperson told the gaming site Kotaku, "No one really believes that Mario actually kills and skins a raccoon dog for his fur in Super Mario 3D Land."
The organization made that clear after buzz on the campaign went viral on the Web. Searches on Yahoo! for "mario tanooki peta" climbed more than 400% in one day.
PETA's satirical video game, Super Tanooki Skin 2D, has a skinless raccoon dog chasing Mario, who is wearing its bloody pelt. In the first 36 hours of the campaign, 250,000 gamers tuned in to play and be greeted with the message , "By wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."
A rep for the animal-rights group was quoted in USA Today explaining that the PETA game "was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, a fun way to call attention to a serious issue, that raccoon dogs are skinned alive for their fur."
For its part, Nintendo stated that "Mario often takes the appearance of certain animals and objects in his games ... The different forms that Mario takes make no statement beyond the games themselves."
This isn't the first time that PETA has been in the middle of a controversy of its own making. An ad for Dodge that featured a monkey in an Evel Knievel suit came under fire from the organization. In response, the car company kept the commercial but erased the monkey so that it was invisible. You can see both versions of the ad here.
And just in time for Thanksgiving, PETA has called on the city of Turkey, Texas, to change its name for the holiday -- to Tofurky. The organization offers the town's population of 500 a "delicious, healthy vegan holiday feast" if they agree. Don't hold your breath, PETA.
I utterly despise that organization and all its members. They're akin to those psychotic Southern Baptists who crucified the Smurfs in the 80s and 90s for being magical... except instead of worshiping a god, they worship animals.
Watching them throw paint onto people wearing animal furs infuriated me. (Wow, I'm old.. that was over fifteen years ago.) I always wished that they would mess with the wrong person that would just stab them dead in the streets after they vandalized his or her personal property and assaulted them without provocation.
I like wearing fur and hide and I love eating meat. God damn PETA. If there is a hell, I hope to see them there.
reVelske Grand Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:00 am
Well, the world certainly needs an animal activist group who is vocal and isn't afraid to get in the face of big corporations, a group that actually goes out there and get things done.
What the world doesn't need is a bunch of lunatic extremists.
PETA does a very good job at raising awareness though, too bad a lot of people (myself included) don't really take them seriously because of the retarded shit they've done.
Eridian Regular Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:17 am
reVelske wrote:
Well, the world certainly needs an animal activist group who is vocal and isn't afraid to get in the face of big corporations, a group that actually goes out there and get things done.
What the world doesn't need is a bunch of lunatic extremists.
PETA does a very good job at raising awareness though, too bad a lot of people (myself included) don't really take them seriously because of the retarded shit they've done.
I couldn't agree more. I would love to see a well known, responsible organization with goals of protecting animals and environments. PETA is just.... a little fanatical for my tastes.
What I don't understand is why they chose to bitch about Mario NOW. It's not like the game hasn't been out for years or anything. Also, if it's just the tanuki suit/frog suit (Is that in this game? I forget...), then why aren't they complaining about games like Monster Hunter? That game is literally about killing things and wearing their flesh so you can kill more things.
Besides, it's not like this isn't the first attention grabbing thing they've done. I feel terrible for anyone who gets caught in their future....more scandalous campaign (Google "peta new website"). I'm sure AnTi90d remembers some of their old pinups. The whole group is just strange.
Zwiebel Force Cosmic Onion
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:36 pm
I just don't get why peta can't be prohibitted or something. If the world was an internet community with peta being one of the users it would be banned b/c of intense trolling.
I do support the idea of free speech and such, but those guys just make things harder for people who really care about nature/animal/planet/whatnot just b/c they didn't get nuff attention in their childhood D:<
Nisa God Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:55 pm
Besides, Mario may have killed it in self-defense, or for food... or maybe he didn't kill anything to make the suit. They're really reaching for something to complain about.
"Have a heart. Go vegetarian."
What about the plant's rights? PETA, you are cruel, and savage people. Killing those poor veggies, whilst savoring the juices.
Sarcasm doesn't go through well, with messages.
Humans were made to to eat meat and veggies. Denying one source is just plain retard. There is no argument otherwise. Well, one can argue, for argument sake, but it's still retarded; and so are they.
I’d expect them to be more concerned with Mario jumping on turtles all the time…
AnTi90d Grand Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:43 pm
Hah, at least PETA has a decent art department. I just found a pic of Mario that they made.
Mario Kills Tanooki:
I especially like the bones sticking out of the tail.
Also, while on the subject of this supposed plumber...
Mario Brothers?:
falcon1 Adept Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:54 pm
Since Mario is part of the discussion. Just thought I'd share this.
AnTi90d Grand Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:09 pm
Oh, I've played almost all of those hacked Mario games. Some of them, like that one, are exceptionally evil. (The sad thing is, most of them were never finished. People started off with an idea and created a handful of levels and then got bored and moved on.)
If anyone has legally ripped roms of old NES / SNES / Genesis games, (yeah, I have to say that,) head on over to RomHacking and check out the player made hacks and Japanese to English translations. (This is a legal site. It does not have downloads for games, just downloads for patches that you apply to games that you already have.)
Code:
http://www.romhacking.net
xzpwnz Legendary Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:29 pm
Lol >Vegan I couldn't give two shits about this piece of shit group after I've read this There's nothing wrong with vegetarians What I hate most is when a vegan tries too hard to make you become one They don't even think about the consequences about it as well
Nisa God Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:53 pm
xzpwnz wrote:
Lol >Vegan I couldn't give two shits about this piece of shit group after I've read this There's nothing wrong with vegetarians What I hate most is when a vegan tries too hard to make you become one They don't even think about the consequences about it as well
Yeah,nutritional issues as well. dem vegans can't get their B12 outside of vitamin pills
also they need to eat soy for their protein
Nilla Adept Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:04 pm
Some plants eat meat so... lol
Valkyrie Molcars Wearing Sunglasses
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:06 pm
Lol Nilla
Normally I couldn't care less about such ppl, it's just when they try shoving their beliefs down my throat that I wished that someone would go to their HQ and wreak havoc in that place....
Nisa God Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:13 am
Valkyrie wrote:
Lol Nilla
Normally I couldn't care less about such ppl, it's just when they try shoving their beliefs down my throat that I wished that someone would go to their HQ and wreak havoc in that place....
It's the same thing with religion.
xzpwnz Legendary Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:06 am
Valkyrie wrote:
shoving their beliefs down my throat
This is what I hate
Nisa wrote:
It's the same thing with religion.
It's a good thing I'm an atheist
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:56 am
PETA are just a bunch of hypocrites.
1. Peta sees Mario wearing a raccoon costume 2. Make a Mario spoof game that shows animal cruelty 3. They say "By wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur." 4. Mario doesn't actually wear fur, IT'S JUST A FREAKING COSTUME. 5. The Mario spoof game developed by PETA show's Mario wearing the fur 6. By making the Mario spoof game, PETA is sending a message that it is OK to wear fur 7. Therefore it shows PETA supporting animal cruelty
reVelske Grand Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:02 am
^ *facepalms*
xzpwnz Legendary Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:23 am
It's funny when a hypocrite criticizes others about hypocrisy
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:35 am
xzpwnz wrote:
It's funny when a hypocrite criticizes others about hypocrisy
O_o?
xzpwnz Legendary Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:39 am
LXE wrote:
xzpwnz wrote:
It's funny when a hypocrite criticizes others about hypocrisy
Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:45 am
Nisa wrote:
Valkyrie wrote:
Lol Nilla
Normally I couldn't care less about such ppl, it's just when they try shoving their beliefs down my throat that I wished that someone would go to their HQ and wreak havoc in that place....
It's the same thing with religion.
i kind of accept.... everything. I mean, spreading religions is fine and all but it shouldnt be to the extend where they raid churches w/o permits (and get praised for it) , holy war, rallies, etc etc.
Thats kind of extreme.
(not sure about other countries but my country's history says something about freedom of choice, speech, religion and such but they go and make so much nonsense. Someone even commented that the only surprise we get nowadays is when nothing surprising happen for the day.)
LXE wrote:
PETA are just a bunch of hypocrites.
1. Peta sees Mario wearing a raccoon costume 2. Make a Mario spoof game that shows animal cruelty 3. They say "By wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur." 4. Mario doesn't actually wear fur, IT'S JUST A FREAKING COSTUME. 5. The Mario spoof game developed by PETA show's Mario wearing the fur 6. By making the Mario spoof game, PETA is sending a message that it is OK to wear fur 7. Therefore it shows PETA supporting animal cruelty
Tell that to PETA. I want to see their reaction.
Quote :
And just in time for Thanksgiving, PETA has called on the city of Turkey, Texas, to change its name for the holiday -- to Tofurky. The organization offers the town's population of 500 a "delicious healthy vegan holiday feast" if they agree. Don't hold your breath, PETA.
I laughed. I feel guilty of something. I wonder why.
reVelske Grand Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:43 am
Eridian Regular Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:34 am
Aw man, you beat me to it reVelske. That's a great clip. I love Dorkly.
necrio Master Poster
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Subject: Re: PETA attacks Mario - WTF is this? I don't even... Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:48 am
didn't they make the cooking mama spoof thing as well
I admit that one was so bad it's hilarious.
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