PETA fights CoD dog killing with Nintendogs.*UPDATE*!!!

[Dorian]

Dear God. It's a fucking game. It isn't real. If I take my controller, point it at my dog, and hit the fire button, it's not going to die.

This is like, "Oh no! It's a game with guns! It must be a how-to-kill game!"
OR
"This game has bad stuff in it! We need to kill the entertainment first even though our culture is in far worse shape!"

 

[The_Prophet]

Everyone, AND I MEAN EVERYONE from PETA is batshit insane. Killing a bunch of virtual dogs is worse than killing bunches of virtual Humans?
Oh yea, and there are really violent hunting games and they go after a cooking mama... That speaks for itself.

 

[RebelRising]

*grumbles something about arson and kidnapping*

I hate to linger around here; any idea where PETA headquarters is?

OOH! Don't go without me! *begins packing molotovs*

Don't forget the man-sized blenders!

 

[Doug]

The RSPCA wouldn't get away with this bullshit. And they actually bother to, you know, RESCUE REAL ANIMALS AND NOT WORRY ABOUT MAKE BELIEVE ONES.

 

[Ctrl-Alt-Elite]

OMG...thh i "sorta" respected the ppl at peta because i do luv animals and h8 to hear people mistreating them but PETA truly are extremists... i mean its nice to rehome and look after animals but going and bitching at a video game company for making a game where u can shoot a dog is fucking rediculus... i think im going right now to create a simple flash game where u click a button and it pops a bullet in a crudly drawn picture of a dog and see what responce i get from them... I might get a free copy of nintendogs to flog on ebay!!! YAY!!!!

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I call all this protesting COMPLETE asshattery,

Am I right in assuming that the situation in which you engage in "killing" dogs in COD:WAW is survival related? I haven't played the game but I can safely assume that these are viscious trained attack dogs right? Well, even if they weren't, I assume you are killing dogs to "survive" in game context, in real life, if I were attacked by an angry dog, I would fight back and kill it were it necessary but this would not be "for fun".

 

[Doug]

If we are going to worry about irrational things, then why aren't we bitching about the virtual humans being killed? I seem to recall that one's own species is the most important...

PETA would rather a thousand third-world peasants die then one whale be hit by a boat. I realized long ago that PETA hates humanity to an almost insane degree.

Sounds like the insane "protesters" over here in the UK who terrorise medical research companies here for using animals to test drugs. These folk are insane - they stole the remains of a grandma of a company owner because his company put humans above animals!

 

[Bat Vader]

Of course they're all insane, killing video game dogs is EXACTLY like killing dogs in real life.

No it's not. We kill people in video games and no one complains about that. Besides COD:WAW keeps the accurate facts of what happened. People did kill dogs back in war for they were being attacked by those dogs.

 

[Avatar Roku]

*grumbles something about arson and kidnapping*

I hate to linger around here; any idea where PETA headquarters is?

OOH! Don't go without me! *begins packing molotovs*

Don't forget the man-sized blenders!

I was thinking an attack dog would be more fitting

EDIT:

If we are going to worry about irrational things, then why aren't we bitching about the virtual humans being killed? I seem to recall that one's own species is the most important...

PETA would rather a thousand third-world peasants die then one whale be hit by a boat. I realized long ago that PETA hates humanity to an almost insane degree.

Sounds like the insane "protesters" over here in the UK who terrorise medical research companies here for using animals to test drugs. These folk are insane - they stole the remains of a grandma of a company owner because his company put humans above animals!

Sounds a lot like the Animal Liberation Front, a terrorist organization that firebombs labs that test on animals. The best part? The ALF is funded by PETA.

Of course they're all insane, killing video game dogs is EXACTLY like killing dogs in real life.

No it's not. We kill people in video games and no one complains about that. Besides COD:WAW keeps the accurate facts of what happened. People did kill dogs back in war for they were being attacked by those dogs.

How did you not catch the sarcasm?

 

[Doug]

PETA

They just need to STFU about everything.

I have to agree with you. Kill with fire, salt the earth of their HQ's, and then start again with people who aren't insane and will only worry about real animals.

 

[Avatar Roku]

PETA

They just need to STFU about everything.

I have to agree with you. Kill with fire, salt the earth of their HQ's, and then start again with people who aren't insane and will only worry about real animals.

We already have them, the ASPCA. Really, they're all we need.

 

[electric discordian]

If we are going to worry about irrational things, then why aren't we bitching about the virtual humans being killed? I seem to recall that one's own species is the most important...

PETA would rather a thousand third-world peasants die then one whale be hit by a boat. I realized long ago that PETA hates humanity to an almost insane degree.

Due to a horrific misreading I thought about a new extremely cruel form of animal fighting, "PETA would rather a thousand third-world peasants die than one whale be hit by a goat!" My brain needs help!

 

[CapnGod]

[quote/]With a little Nintendogs influence, perhaps the next Call of Duty game will have you unlock achievements for petting the dogs you encounter and going on walks or playing Frisbee with them

...I'm speechless.[/quote]

Apparently not. Sorry, couldn't resist.

They've Jack Thompsoned. Fuck yeah, I just verbed that asshat in a derogatory fashion. But, in all honesty, that's what they've done. They've gone the Jack Thompson batshit lunatic route. I mean, it doesn't surprise me, considering they'll pour red paint onto fur coats, *causing people to buy more fur*.

There's no reasoning with some people. Just the pointing and laughing.

 

[MarreckSteel]

Unfortunately, being rational minded in this world is next to impossible. The ASPCA has no chance to make an actual dent in the world, because they can't get headline space. It's always being taken up by the radical nutjobs like PETA. The more ridiculous stuff they do, the more attention they get.

 

[guardian001]

This is completely retarded... PETA really needs to stop... well, ideally stop existing, but failing that, They could at very least go off and find some animal rights problem that actually matters, like say, one that isn't virtual...

Why the hell are they even bothering to protest this? It's a little late at this point, seeing that everyone who wants the game already has it. I really doubt the publisher is going to go out and replace every copy with a more dog-friendly version...

 

[jad4400]

"In any conflict the crazier party generally wins, which is why PETA is doing so well" - Penn Jillette

Also PETA is against pets which makes no sence since they sent Nintendogs which is a petsimulator for little girls who are too young to take care of ponnies or unicorns or somthing else girly...

We they do have "pets", but they call them "companions" insted of pets

LOL. I was thinking that it would be ironic if The ALF bombed a lab that was testing vaccines on animals, but the twist is they were vaccines and treatments that were supossed to make animals healthier (like a treatment that makes dogs live longer).

 

[Solivagus]

If we are going to worry about irrational things, then why aren't we bitching about the virtual humans being killed? I seem to recall that one's own species is the most important...

PETA would rather a thousand third-world peasants die then one whale be hit by a boat. I realized long ago that PETA hates humanity to an almost insane degree.

Sounds like the insane "protesters" over here in the UK who terrorise medical research companies here for using animals to test drugs. These folk are insane - they stole the remains of a grandma of a company owner because his company put humans above animals!

Sounds a lot like the Animal Liberation Front, a terrorist organization that firebombs labs that test on animals. The best part? The ALF is funded by PETA.

You beat me to it. Animal Liberation Front is the reason PETA should be dismantled. I'm all for animal rights and so on, but there is a limit. PETA cross that threshold and don't look back. Openly funding a terrorist group that fire-bombs laboratories is no longer caring about animal rights but a toddler yelling for attention. And then lighting things on fire when they don't get attention, I guess.

Trouble is most people don't really know much about PETA. They only see that they're for animal rights and simpler, less inquisitive folks tend to ignore the graphic nature of some of PETA's ads, blindly supporting them. If they were told about the degree to which PETA took the animal rights movement, they may not be too keen on them.

I wouldn't expect this to go away anytime soon. Even if it dies down in a month or so, PETA is still going to make a fuss about it. And probably keep it as fuel for their ire.

 

[Virus017]

Oh no you shot the puppy wuppy!
shhhh! The groans of wounded soldiers are scaring it!

 

[Fightgarr]

I've never really considered PETA to be a legitimate protesting organization. Their style of protest tends to include asking nicely and trying to guilt you by showing animals that other people are hurting and yelling: "Look what you could have prevented!?"

PETA does realize that CoD: WaW also has you killiing people right? I mean I love animals more than most but it seems to detract from their point that they're okay with people getting hurt so long as the rabid dog gets to play frisbee.

Honestly I have no problem with activism for animals but does PETA think this is really a worthwhile cause? I'm going to continue to back Greenpeace the many organizations that actually do things as ineffectual as it may turn out to be, but PETA needs to do some research get some brains behind their organization and shut the fuck up about video game dogs.