PETA going after Mario

[SandEagle]

http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/14/8802690-peta-attacks-nintendo-over-fur-wearing-mario

http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/Default.aspx

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. Play Super Tanooki Skin 2D and help Tanooki reclaim
his fur!

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[Beev]

I like how they were never outraged about it in fucking 1988 when SMB3 came out, but now that a new game is coming out they can get free publicity.

PETA, while some of their ideals are understandable, is fucking pathetic.

 

[Texashiker]

Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur.

People have been wearing animal skins for tens of thousands of years, I see no reason to stop now?

I am wearing a leather belt, so I stand by what I say.

 

[amdhunter]

That game is too hard. Makes me want to punch an animal. :hmm:

 

[ConwayJim]

I think they're running out of ideas

 

[waggy]

lol going after smb3? really? how about going after skyrim where you kill rare endangered dragons! and think of all the poor deer, bunnies etc you kill for leather.

heh i remember buying super mario 3 when it came out. i worked my ass off all summer doing odd jobs and saved some of my allowance for it.

 

[Beev]

lol going after smb3? really? how about going after skyrim where you kill rare endangered dragons! and think of all the poor deer, bunnies etc you kill for leather.

heh i remember buying super mario 3 when it came out. i worked my ass off all summer doing odd jobs and saved some of my allowance for it.

The tanooki suit is in the new 3DS Mario game I believe.

 

[Texashiker]

That game is too hard. Makes me want to punch an animal. :hmm:

Your post makes me want to shoot, skin and eat an animal.

 

[Nintendesert]

This has inspired me to try to get a Tanuki for import. And if I can't get a Tanuki maybe I'll get a Coatimundi instead. Good job PETA.

 

[shortylickens]

I believe it is ethical to use animals for food and clothing.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

That game is too hard. Makes me want to punch an animal. :hmm:

Humans are animals, too. Go punch a human. ()

 

[shortylickens]

That game is too hard. Makes me want to punch an animal. :hmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz3BuYYhnn0

Pay particular attention to 1:55 and after.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yes, Mario is the reason why I wear fur to this day. I was just a young impressionable lad when I picked up my first game controller. I've tried to model my entire life after him.

 

[crashtestdummy]

In other news, Greenpeace starts a campaign against Apogee Software for "glorifying nuclear weapons and waste" in their Duke Nukem platform game.

 

[paperfist]

I'm with PETA and I hope they take down that stupid plumber! I've been hearing about him for like 20 years, enough is enough.

 

[Macamus Prime]

Dear God - PETA has officially lost it's fucking mind.

 

[waggy]

The tanooki suit is in the new 3DS Mario game I believe.

it was also in super mario 3.. why didn't they go after it then?

 

[SandEagle]

it was also in super mario 3.. why didn't they go after it then?

why not go after him for stomping on turtles? or is that acceptable?

 

[Beev]

it was also in super mario 3.. why didn't they go after it then?

That was... but I wrote that in the first reply... I don't even...

 

[slayer202]

tanuki is a fucking badass word. I wish my name was tanuki. I'd be a samurai

 

[Jeff7]

Shouldn't they be more concerned with the fact that Mario is an adult male role model who regularly consumes strange mushrooms he finds in shiny metal boxes, put there by persons unknown, which then cause extremely abnormal growth?

 

[ElFenix]

anyone else ever notice that mario punched yoshi in the back of the head

edit: youtube noticed.

 

[Wyndru]

The shit PETA does makes me want to punch a puppy.

 

[fustercluck]

And the respect for PETA goes even further down

 

[shortylickens]

And the respect for PETA goes even further down

They were looking for attention, so they said something ridiculous. Obviously it worked.