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2012-10-08, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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PETA releases statement opposing Pokemon
This Forbes article details PETA's statements, with a fair bit of (well-deserved imo) criticism.
Apparently PETA believes that Pokemon encourages animal abuse and glorifies cruel treatment of animals. Here's a quote from the article.
The way that Pokémon are stuffed into pokéballs is similar to how circuses chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods
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2012-10-08, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh silly, silly PETA...what are we going to do with you? *shakes head sadly*
I still remember when Wrath of the Lich King came out and they took over Howling Fjord to protest against a quest that involved killing walruses.
I don't think an area has ever been grinded as hard as that zone was that day.
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2012-10-08, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-08, 06:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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PETA have their heads up their keisters. News at eleven.
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2012-10-08, 06:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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PETA saying something ridiculous in order to grab attention for their outdated, dying, and destructive "organization"? Well color me shocked, that never happens!
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2012-10-08, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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... I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
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2012-10-08, 06:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: PbP
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2012-10-08, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-08, 06:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Zevox; 2012-10-08 at 06:23 PM.
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2012-10-08, 06:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Anybody ever see the episode of Penn & Teller's BS where they
harpoonlampoonmercilessly mock these morons with truth?
I was already ignoring them, but wrote them off completely as hypocritical wing-nuts after seeing that.
Edited for freudian slip.
Edit 2: that wasn't the right word either.Last edited by Kelb_Panthera; 2012-10-08 at 06:29 PM.
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2012-10-08, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Has no one here linked to the actual game? It's hilarious.
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2012-10-08, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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And remarkably cathartic to be able to repeatedly electrocute the Professor-expy when none of their moves can do damage to you.
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2012-10-08, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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The most hilarious thing here is that Team Plasma (read: the antagonists) in Black and White has goals eerily similar to PETA, and just as misinformed. And yet they didn't seem to notice.
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2012-10-08, 06:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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That game, man. That game!
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2012-10-08, 06:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-08, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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The game is actually pretty fun!
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2012-10-08, 06:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sadly, yes. The Pokemon were hilarious. And Mudkipz was a surprise, if strange.
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2012-10-08, 07:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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I like to think of PETA, if an organization can be defined as a single person, as functionally insane with slight psychopathic tendencies. It can live in society as an eccentric, doing good and/or bad like everyone else, but there's always that little voice in the back of the head...
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2012-10-08, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2012-10-08, 07:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-08, 07:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Poor Professor Juniper. She makes a perfectly logical and reasonable argument about how humans and pokemon should be partners and vice-versa, and she gets burned/electrocuted/blasted/etc. Seems legit.
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2012-10-08, 07:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Some part of me wonders if they realize how ridiculous they appear to the rest of society.
Then I return to teaching my Labrador how to play Silver Version on my old SP.Guess who's good at avatars? Thormag. That's who.
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2012-10-08, 07:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-08, 07:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-08, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, I give them more credit for doing research than I thought, since the game included them talking about the Team Plasma bait and switch. I kept waiting for a Stockholm Syndrome joke to come up, but they disappointed me there.
The big irony there is that playing that game involves controlling pokemon, and since I decided to mess around trying out moves, I also caused 2/4 pokemon todiefaint. So, violent resistance at its finest really.
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2012-10-08, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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This might seem off-topic, but am I the only one that thinks the parody pokemon logo is totally badass?
I wonder when PETA (People for the Eating of Tasty Animals) is gonna release a statement about Pokemon.Dark Souls Remake in a Nutshell
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2012-10-08, 08:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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They also let you name the pokemon you acquire. Which is pretty fail given the context and message.
Now if they'd had it be a bait and switch... It actually would've been almost appropriate for their method of preachiness... Oh, wait, I think I just figured out why they didn't do it.
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2012-10-08, 08:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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The creepiest part is that I could very easily see a psycho like Ghetsis wearing a cloak made out of Pokemon skins. I mean, the guy's arguably the most monstrous villain Nintendo has ever crafted - While Ridley, Ganon, Ghirahim, Smithy and many of the abominations Kirby fights are truly, unrepentantly evil, none of them were abusive, manipulative parents as far as we know.
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2012-10-08, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Pikachu hates being in his pokeball and refuses to go into it. Apparently thats a thing with some pokemon, they just hate the pokeballs. Though thats the only time I recall it coming up in the entire series and all its spinoffs. Even while being attacked by an entire flock of bloodthirsty birds. Ash is trying to protect him and sacrifice himself to keep pikachu safe, so pikachu saves the day and they are best friends. Truly, ash is a monster.
Honestly, they did a decent job, ham handed conversations aside, up until they brought ash into it. Thats the guy that in the series tends to go out of his way to save, protect, and aid any random pokemon he meets. Most of his pokemon tend to be like rescue dogs from a shelter, they were mistreated in some way and he helps them out so they willingly join him. *cough* charmander *cough* How many times has he taken a direct hit in order to protect his pokemon from harm? I know that I have lost track."Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
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2012-10-08, 08:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think PETA's just trying to lose all dignity it once had these days. Like remember that issue they had with Mario and the raccoon suit? And now this? They do realize there are actual animal cruelties in this world and not those in (children's) entertainment?
What's next? We gonna hear about how Finn from Adventure Time is inhuman for how he treats Jake? Or that Mordecai and Rigby are forced to do backbreaking labor for the park? Either wouldn't surprise me.