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Perhaps the seal clubbers should track down PETA and sell their hides instead? I suppose it's one way of making your point, it's better than actually attacking people at any rate. | |
I killed a few. Im sorry PETA. Fuck it, Its just a game. | |
No. I deny you. This CANNOT EXIST. Stupidity of this magnitude? It has to be some sort of joke. | |
This must be some form of belated April fools joke. If PETA is foolish enough to try to control what happens on the internet they deserve to be shut down. | |
What? This is bizarre... But to all Non-Canadian's out there,one of the reasons we haven't banned the seal hunt is due to pressure from Native Rights groups and Quebec, both of whom feel they have a right to. It's similar to Eagle and Bear Hunting. | |
What the hell? Is this seriously going on right now? | |
1) PETA hides are leather like and barely usable. 2) And yeah, it does beat attacking actual people over this.
Erm... you being meta or did you just not read the post? Basically, they made an advert to protest against seal hunting USING WoW. Anywho, am I the only ones who find it down right insulting they turn to us gamers after whining about killing dogs in CoD 5? | |
I wonder how PETA will react to Overlord Two's first mission than... | |
Re-read the post. | |
that's twice in like a week ive heard of peta protesting something that isn't even real; this seal clubbing thing and being able to kill attack dogs in some war game. i cant believe they would spend any time and effort to protest something fictional. EDIT: wait, i just re-read it; are peta protesting killing in-game seals, or are they protesting killing real seals just using the game? | |
First dogs, now seals. Whats next... seriously? | |
its PETA, what do you expect? | |
Using the in-game seals to protest the killing of the real world ones, I do believe | |
I think this is hysterical. I literally wrote an April Fool's day post on my Blog about PETA attacking the Red Faction: Guerrilla Ostrich hammer. I didn't really think that it would happen... http://thoughtsfromagamer.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/peta-is-up-in-arms/ | |
I have weird desire to go kill some seals in WoW now... maybe they thought they could get a foothold on warcraft players because of DHETA in borean tundra??? | |
Oh my gosh are these people STUPID?! IT'S A DAMN GAME. A GAME, ARE THOSE SEALS REAL? NO!? BY KILLING ONE OF THOSE SEALS ARE YOU HURTING A REAL DAMN SEAL? FUCK NO. I am so tired of these people with their "dun' kill animals in videogames" crap. | |
=/....This all very clever and good advertising but can't they shut the fuck up... | |
You know what? This is actually a decent idea, assuming that they're using the game to protest killing real seals rather than protesting killing virtual seals. I mean, they invite people to come to kill them, and they can tell them about the seal hunt in the mean time! | |
I disagree, with hides and skulls as thick as some PETA members, they would make excellent body armour. Impervious to conventional, biological, chemical, nuclear and logical attack! | |
Mind-boggling, isn't it? Every story I hear about PETA makes me question their sanity just a little bit more. By this point I'm already imagining them sitting around their office wearing party hats and full chemical warfare protection suits, shouting about how they believe in aliens who they will protect by campaigning against games like (insert game where you kill aliens). Bless 'em. | |
Thats like asking why Jack Thompson is still trying after all this time... their genetically retarded and unable to work out we don't care about their opinions. | |
Actually, I think reaching out for people that way and organising a protest in a multiplayer world is kinda clever. I know it's PETA who generally just make people who care about animals look silly, but I think they might be into something here. At least it's lots better then what they usually come up, but that's not saying much... | |
True, I hadn't thought of that use. Tank armour another possible use for it. Could probably stop a depleted Uranium tank shell. | |
PETA just seems to be getting dumber and dumber. It's just saddening that these are the people who fight for animal rights. | |
I dont club baby seals, I use them to club Peta members | |
=[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3o4dEoFdl8 =D! | |
The other day I said that PETA would soon foolproof themselves by changing their name to PELT, People for Ethical Live-animal Treatment. Since they, sensibly, aren't concerned with dead animals. I thought I was joking. But I guess if they're actually protecting imaginary animals as well as real ones, the sky's the limit. | |
I agree with PETA on the fact that the Seal hunt is sick (mostly because these Seals are days old), but I find this completely retarded. | |
that vid was funny | |
I'm going to go out and break a seal's neck with my teeth on camera, just to fuck with these stupid pricks. | |
to connect with a larger audience that will most likely watch because its using WoW ...maybe? | |
*face palm* Why are they...? *face palm again* | |
Why, God, why are they so smug when they didn't even bother to read the OP? They are protesting against THE REAL seal clubbing USING World of Warcraft, not protesting against virtual seal clubbing in world of warcraft. | |
You have no idea how crushed I feel after seeing that this isn't an old article from April 1... that being said, I'll go back to ignoring the PeTA-tards now. -- Steve | |
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PETA Protests Seal Slaughter in World of Warcraft
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is taking the fight against seal clubbing online, calling for online gamers to help protest four Horde seal killers in World of Warcraft.
PETA's opposition to the Canadian seal hunt is well known, of course, but now they're taking the fight to a whole new arena: The digital World of Warcraft, where four Canadian Horde sealers are apparently planning on beating the crap out of cute, white, furry little baby seals this weekend.
"Thrall refused to ban the slaughter of seals, despite multiple requests from the Alliance to do so, because Orgrimmar stands to make a large profit from the fur," the PETA website says. "Activists from across the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are banding together to put a stop to the atrocious seal slaughter. Anyone who slaughters baby seals for their fur must surely be in service to the evil Lich King."
Players must be on the WhisperWind realm if they want to participate in the battle, which will take place in the Howling Fjord zone of Northrend at 1 pm EST on April 11. The PETA site says players need to be level 70 to reach the zone, although Kotaku questions that claim and also notes that the event, sadly, isn't being held on a PvP server.
I'm not sure what all this means. Is this a "real" thing? Did PETA enlist four of its members to play Horde characters in this protest or is there an actual Horde guild of seal clubbers that runs around bashing and skinning seals? And if these guys are the "Sons of Canada," why exactly does one of them sound like stereotypical Georgia backwoods in-breeders? We don't talk like that.
If you're interested, PETA has created a Facebook event in support of the protest and also has a series of videos posted on its YouTube channel. They don't do much to help explain what's going on but at least they're kind of amusing.
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