Mario kills tanuki

[TheBlackCat]

This came a bit out of left field, although I guess it shouldn't have given their history. PETA has just put out a website slamming Mario since his "tanuki" suit from Super Mario Bros. 3 encouraging people to wear fur.

When on a mission to rescue the princess, Mario has been known to use any means necessary to defeat his enemy - even wearing the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers. Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but in real life, tanuki are raccoon dogs who are skinned alive for their fur. By wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur.

[DrevanZero]

DAFUQ? Really, peta? It's a video game about a happy plumber, who saves a princess from a.giant lizard. They're gonna say bower shouldn't get thrown in the lava cuz its animal cruelty, and there gonna have a fit over the frog suit too.
Also, would like to point out. People. Eat. Tasty. Animals. What does that spell? PETA.

[Jesse D]

So the message here is that skinning live animals can be made into something fun.

[Balkoth]

PETA has a lot of good ideas, but the stupid ones like these seem to get all of the public attention.
/facepalm

[DrevanZero]

In all seriousness, please tell me petas last good idea.

[Tianna]

All I can say is... LOLWUT? PETA is just full of crazies, but this has got to be one of the most lol-worthy things I have heard about them.

[Balkoth]

In all seriousness, please tell me petas last good idea.

That's exactly my point.
While I believe PETA often allocates an unnecessarily large amount of their resources to relatively "trivial" projects (such as this), they can and do make a lot happen when they focus their attention on issues that have a true impact on animal rights.

Not every PETA member is a fanatic. To be honest, even I was a member at one point. Hell, they even helped convince me to become a vegetarian. Maybe this makes me biased; I don't know.

Regardless. I really can't see a single problem with PETA's core philosophy of attempting to survive while causing as little suffering and death to other animals as possible. It's truly sad that the media only pays attention to the zealots that give animal rights activists a bad name.

[doc O. Mire]

So does this mean that PETA has extended its reach out to leaves too? Because that's all the tanooki suit really is: a magical leaf that transforms people in magical animals, and isn't that all PETA really wants? To create a world where humans and animals exist as one. Way to shoot yourself in the foot guys

In all seriousness, I respect those who try to protect animals, but things like this are ridiculous. Next let's sue disney for supporting gene splicing to let animals speak english



Edit: Okay, that one comment actually supporting PETA sounded a little bit more sarcastic than I meant for it to. I really do think that people need more respect for animals and should be given less freedom in what they're allowed to do to animals without punishment.

Unfortunately, I could never be a committed vegetarian, and especially not a vegan, but I do support the belief that every animal should have the same humane rights as people. If people treated like animals become animals, then what would animals treated like people become like?

[Dragonheart91]

I dunno, the game was kinda fun. I don't really mind having a laugh at Peta's expense when they give me something fun to play with.

[Emperor Ing]

Anyone who construes anything PETA says as other than an elaborate joke is missing a few brain cells.

[Chris]

After linking this on IRC someone suggested I watch Penn & Teller Bullshit: PETA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6NeSGwLE_c

Enjoy.

[kronoridley]

After linking this on IRC someone suggested I watch Penn & Teller Bullshit: PETA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6NeSGwLE_c

Enjoy.

I've seen it already, and need to say that anyone who is even remotely new to what the PETA is (or is just looking for a good laugh) needs to see that video. Just a warning though, it contains some disturbing content, but it is all in good context, and anyone 15 or up shouldn't have any problems.

Also, good to see PETA attacking a Mario game instead of going to Bahrain and doing something about all the innocent dogs who have been tortured and killed by Shi'a protesters. And people wonder why no one takes animal rights seriously anymore..........

[Infinity's End]

Y'know, this is almost too ridiculous to be nothing more than a PR stunt by Nintendo, who teamed up with PETA to make this happen. They even used the sprite from SMAS Mario 3 for Mario. Nintendo be trollin' us!
No such thing as bad publicity, right?

[DrevanZero]

I don't think they be trolling, I've seen PETAs weirdness before I actually can see them doing this

[Will Keaton]

I remember a while back when PETA came out with a Cooking Mama game that was suppossed to, amoung other things, promote vegetarianism. First they had you prepare a thanksgiving turkey, but the violence included was done in such an over the top way it reminded me of Mortal Kombat. It was hilarious. Afterwards you made a tofurkey. Now prior to this I didn't know exactly what a tofurkey consisted of. I knew there was tofu involved of course but I was surprized to learn that a tofurkey is nothing more than a big lump of tofu shaped to looked vaugley turkey-like and dyed brown. That's it. I honestly felt more grossed out making that tokurkey than I did plucking the feathers off a dead chicken. So thanks to PETA I am now going to make sure I never eat tofu as long as I live.