Source article: http://www.lensoftruth.com/peta-targets-mario-for-murder/
Animal rights group PETA claims Mario promotes skinning of animals with his Tanooki Suit. Here are a few quotes that speak out against Nintendo’s legendary trademark plumber straight from their website.
“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!”
To us, this seems to be a bit silly to say the least. I mean of all of the problems in the world that they could address, why bother with a fictional game character that has been harmless to their cause for well over a decade? Are they hurting for publicity so bad that they actually have to make ridiculous spins on such pointless topics just to get attention?
Is it a valid complaint? What are your thoughts?
Facepalm Central indeed… I think animals would rather die than be represented by a bunch of whackos. The really sad thing is that they waited two decades to piss on Mario for Tanooki slaughter; Super Mario Bros. 3 was the first game to introduce that ability, as well as frog slaughter… wait, dude. Don’t give them any more ideas.
However… according to this article, PETA claimed that the dig was a joke… right. The only joke in this thing is the organization that came up with it.
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