[Wow!] PETA is nuts

[Lairston]

They're claiming Nintendo and Mario support skinning animals because of his suits that come out of the squares he bops his head on...

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

[Jason Sanborn]

You're just now realizing they're nuts? What took you so long?

[Lairston]

LOL I suppose I did notice before

[Monkey Kitty]

I love animals, and believe they should be treated humanely and without cruelty.

That said, I've always found that PETA as an organization seems to be mostly about getting attention and shocking people, rather than about actually offering practical solutions to animal suffering, so I don't have much respect for them.

[Jason Sanborn]

I completely agree. I feel the same about most organizations like that. You can get the point across without being that extreme and ridiculous.

Sent Through the Looking Glass

[Schwuldubist]

I heard about this, apparently they say it's too close to the real thing

So I can only assume to wear a fur coat I have to go find a magical feather, and the fur lets me fight evil monsters and spin really quick, right?

[Xetal]

PETA are a classical example of an outfit seeking to become politically correct by taking their cause both loudly ,and so seriously it looks comical at times.

That's exactly how womens' lib got going, and now we take its legitimacy for granted (work in progress though it still is.) Partly because the cause is now generally accepted as a good thing and partly because women no longer have to go out on such a limb to get taken seriously.

Give PETA a generation or two and the same thing will happen, they hope.

Tea Party, anyone?

[Jason Sanborn]

I can't stand the "Tea Party" either.

[Lairston]

I can't stand the tea party either.

But then that's probably not a huge surprise

[Xetal]

Who can? But they're another bunch rich in targets for ridicule, thanks to the limb they go out on.

Unfortunately they're rather dangerous, since both elected politicians and political candidates think they need their extremist votes and won't compromise to fix America's fiscal calamity. I suspect their noise is as likely a cause of the downgrading of American debt as any, even if they've got a reasonable point economically.