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I’m 100% for animal rights, but PETA just makes everyone who wants the same look like total douchebags. Aren’t factory farms still a thing that they should, uh,

maybe

 devote more funds to?

@samescobar - I don’t think this was necessarily a war against Pokemon, it seems like they are using the familiar game in order to raise awareness for animal cruelty. EX: the video contained within this game showing graphic depictions of animal abuse.

“Much like animals in the real world, Pokémon are treated as unfeeling
objects and used for such things as human entertainment and as subjects
in experiments. 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 …if
PETA existed in Unova, our motto would be: Pokémon are not ours to use
or abuse. They exist for their own reasons. We believe that this is the
message that should be sent to children.”

PROUD PETA MEMBER.

@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - On the one hand, I totally get the motivation. But I think there are a lot more effective ways to go about it: funding programs for schools to have occasional visits from service animals or learn about how to treat pets, giving money towards anti-abuse and rescue groups, supporting sanctuaries…at a certain point, it looks comical and gets taken less and less seriously by those who need to be swayed. But who knows; if it does wind up converting some children to taking animal abuse seriously, then I’d be satisfied. But funding things like extremely expensive billboards of celebrities being naked is less effective, in my opinion, than things that many much smaller animal rights groups do.

@samescobar - See victories # 2, 5, 9, 13, 14, 16, 26 w/ regards to factory farms.

@samescobar - In theory I agree with you, but in reality these marketing tactics are what work. So many veg*ns I know have given up meat because of the abuse they witness in PETA’s videos, etc. If PETA can get people talking about their company in whatever way, then they can expose people to that message. Granted, people really do hate PETA but on the other hand they are forced to think about animal rights.

@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - Oh no, those videos that show actual abuse = TOTALLY important. I’ve heard tons of people who gave up meat and animal byproducts for that reason, as well. However, campaigns like the “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” billboards and ads — which, given where they were often located, undoubtedly cost millions which could’ve been used for more productive purposes — and these and trying to convince bands to change their names is not only futile, but counterproductive. It makes people take PETA less seriously and, rather than ponder “is eating meat wrong?” it just leads to those swing people thinking, “Animal rights people are ridiculous, I can’t take them seriously, I don’t care what they have to say.” For me, this video game is the equivalent of having a game in which a person is being sexually assaulted and then calling it effective because it somehow raises empathy for the victim; in actuality, it just trivializes and humorizes the issue.

@AncoraImparo@xanga - Of course they’ve done good things and achieved positive results, but does that mean people shouldn’t get irritated when they waste money that could go towards helping organizations that shelter and protect animals? Or to more campaigns like those actual exposes? Just assuming that an organization is infallible and can do no wrong is a path people should never go down; it’s always important to question where your donations (as I’ve put on events benefitting PETA and the ASPCA), time and energy are going.

Wow…that’s all I have to say. PETA obviously didn’t do their research on Pokemon. xD

@AncoraImparo@xanga - Did you know that humans are actually cheaper to use in medical/scientific experiments because WE are treated with less care than animals? There are veeeery strict regulations regarding the treatment of animals in trials and testing.

Imo, PETA is an extremist group and utilizes poor tactics to try and get a message across that in most cases results in people actually producing backlash against the organization itself and less so actually taking any message from what they are doing. One can be an advocate for animals rights, but there is always middle ground, nothing is black and white. But that is just my opinion, I am very rarely an extremist within my beliefs and understand that one must be open with beliefs in order for them to be shaped and to evolve/mature with our own maturation. 

@ashleynicole - Do you know who to thank for those veeeery strict regulations? PETA.

PETA’s ethics depend on where the money is.  For the real story, check out:

http://www.Obamaburgers.com

I was such a Pokémon nerd as a kid, and today I’ve been a vegetarian for 4 years. If kids can’t differ games from reality, then that is the issue.

mmm…right..

I have an issue with that way peta does things

This game is awful. I would never want my kids to play it (god forbid I had any). Honestly, this is ridiculous. If you’re really a pokemon fan, in the series Ash constantly was looking out for Pikachu and his well being and asked several times before whether or not he wanted to fight. He was a good trainer in and out of the game, although the game doesn’t illustrate that nearly as much as the show. Still, it doesn’t glorify the pokemon’s pain, either. Stupid people are ruining good things all the time. 

So if I was wearing something that a PETA member didn’t like, and they threw some type of paint on me, could I open up a human brand can of whoop ass on them and claim self defense and then blame it on my PTSD?

PETA is a piece of shit group. They know nothing about Pokemon obviously. The main character in the Pokemon series has sacrificed himself NUMEROUS times for his Pokemon and has always expressed that his Pokemon are his FRIENDS not his TOOLS. Pokemon choose to battle so they can become stronger and deepen their relationships with their trainers. PETA is not helping their cause at all with this idiotic game. They are the laughing stock of Tumblr right now and are seriously hurting their own cause with this stupidity. They have no idea how serious we pokefanatics take this game.

Interestingly enough there was a group in Pokemon White and Black that was a lot like PETA, turns out they were actually very evil and full of hypocrits. I think it paints a great picture of what PETA really is.

This is so silly….
As a vegetarian, I really think PETA should be using its resources to fight real issues. like maybe…. the abusive food industry?

Also,
I lost.

@ninetailedevee@xanga - Team Plasma?