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serial_crusher		2011-11-14 02:42:28 PM

If tanookies don't like being killed for their fur, maybe they should just turn into stone when people try it, huh?

Mirrorz		2011-11-14 02:43:14 PM

I'm going to skin the head of PETA and wear her skinny lesbian ass like a sport coat.

I'll do it while eating some asparagus so I don't offend anyone.

Because People in power are Stupid		2011-11-14 02:51:03 PM

what a gis for tanuki pelt may look like:
www.fursbychrys.com

Crusader		2011-11-14 02:54:12 PM

FTFA: "Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but by wearing the skin of an animal, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."

By this logic, Mario also is sending the message that it is ok to step on turtles, eat mushrooms and flowers, explore drain pipes, raid castles, ride dinosaurs, fly with leaves, and rescue princesses.

GreenAdder		2011-11-14 03:15:01 PM

They just want the attention. Stop giving them attention and they'll go away.

namatad		2011-11-14 03:27:16 PM

Mirrorz: I'm going to skin the head of PETA and wear her skinny lesbian ass like a sport coat.

I'll do it while eating some asparagus so I don't offend anyone.

god I hate asparagus
could we eat broccoli or potatoes instead?

/we should start throwing paint on PETA supporters.
/csb - dated a woman who owned a FAKE cheetah coat. Seriously, it LOOKED fake. people who yell at her, ANIMAL KILLER. she would yell back. YES, so many polyesters died to make this coat. it was quite funny.

smooshie		2011-11-14 03:31:35 PM

Meanwhile in Skyrim, I can go around slaughtering all manner of beasts, taking their hide, and using it to create awesome fur armor. WHAR FAUX OUTRAGE WHAR?

/and f*ck you sabre cats

GreenAdder		2011-11-14 03:39:01 PM

smooshie: Meanwhile in Skyrim, I can go around slaughtering all manner of beasts, taking their hide, and using it to create awesome fur armor. WHAR FAUX OUTRAGE WHAR?

/and f*ck you sabre cats

Dude. Minecraft.

namatad		2011-11-14 03:44:25 PM

Saborlas		2011-11-14 03:55:24 PM

Saborlas attacks PETA for "rescuing" animals that they then put down by the score.

smooshie		2011-11-14 03:55:41 PM

GreenAdder: Dude. Minecraft.

Good point, the cows and stuff there aren't even aggressive, just innocently grazing until some insane Lego man brutally punches the hell out of them :P

R.A.Danny		2011-11-14 04:06:17 PM

Fur is a renewable resource.

Rex_Banner		2011-11-14 04:15:06 PM

So this is from The Onion, right? RIGHT????????????

doglover		2011-11-14 04:19:38 PM

GreenAdder		2011-11-14 04:24:02 PM

smooshie: GreenAdder: Dude. Minecraft.

Good point, the cows and stuff there aren't even aggressive, just innocently grazing until some insane Lego man brutally punches the hell out of them :P

Exactly!

tallguywithglasseson		2011-11-14 04:37:17 PM

Of course, Mario's Tanooki Suit is just that -a suit, a costume, not actually a skinned animal. And of course, PETA is just attempting to grab some publicity on the back of a major video game release, which is why I'm not linking to their game.

Of course. But you're still writing an article about it.

//yeah, yeah, and I'm commenting on it

LewDux		2011-11-14 05:33:08 PM

Whale fur still OK

Cpl.D		2011-11-14 05:35:03 PM

Terrorism is defined as an organization that uses terorr-spreading tactics to persue religious, political, or ideological goals.

Around 2003, PETA handed out pamphlets called "Your mommy kills animals" to young children in a ham-fisted attempt to terrorize children and coerce their parents.

Your mommy kills animals! (Pops, PDF)

Therefore, under the definition of terrorism, PETA is a terrorist organization. Donate money or adopt from a local animal shelter instead.

Treygreen13		2011-11-14 05:35:04 PM

I saw this headline and thought I was clicking through to an Onion article.

Useless AWs are AWing.

LesserEvil		2011-11-14 05:36:15 PM

Belonging to PETA should be one of those automatic qualifiers for automatic involuntary euthanasia.

MBooda		2011-11-14 05:36:50 PM

I thought he only wore penguin.
cdn.bleacherreport.net

AbbeySomeone		2011-11-14 05:38:10 PM

Cpl.D: Terrorism is defined as an organization that uses terorr-spreading tactics to persue religious, political, or ideological goals.

Around 2003, PETA handed out pamphlets called "Your mommy kills animals" to young children in a ham-fisted attempt to terrorize children and coerce their parents.

Your mommy kills animals! (Pops, PDF)

Therefore, under the definition of terrorism, PETA is a terrorist organization. Donate money or adopt from a local animal shelter instead.

They are terrorists. Fur producing animals are indigenous to cold climates; their fur is warm. Wow.

Ishkur		2011-11-14 05:39:00 PM

PETA is complaining about something Mario did 23 years ago?

Cagey B		2011-11-14 05:40:06 PM

Like the Hammer Suit, the Tanooki suit is a chance to reflect on the transitory nature of vast power. Heavy is the head that throws hammers or turns into a statue to evade marauding goombas.

the7thcircle		2011-11-14 05:40:10 PM

"In the world I see - you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway."

When did it become bad for humans to wear fur? We weren't exactly born with much of our own.

rebelyell2006		2011-11-14 05:41:21 PM

Crusader: FTFA: "Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but by wearing the skin of an animal, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."

By this logic, Mario also is sending the message that it is ok to step on turtles, eat mushrooms and flowers, explore drain pipes, raid castles, ride dinosaurs, fly with leaves, and rescue princesses.

Rome Total War sends the message that it is ok to slaughter millions, enslave entire nations and build aqueducts.
'
These video games are dangers to society.

Meatzilla		2011-11-14 05:42:50 PM

RoxtarRyan		2011-11-14 05:43:18 PM

Ishkur: PETA is complaining about something Mario did 23 years ago?

They'll get to Dr. Robotnik for enslaving forest animals soon enough. They're still stuck on whether or not jelly blobs from RPGs are classified as animals, and whether they deserve protection.

AbbeySomeone		2011-11-14 05:43:24 PM

Tom Robbins unavailable for comment?

/obscure

rebelyell2006		2011-11-14 05:43:55 PM

the7thcircle: "In the world I see - you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway."

When did it become bad for humans to wear fur? We weren't exactly born with much of our own.

Perhaps the controversy is that Mario, as an Italian plumber, has plenty of his own body hair and doesn't need to wear additional fur.

Allen262		2011-11-14 05:45:09 PM

serial_crusher: If tanookies don't like being killed for their fur, maybe they should just turn into stone when people try it, huh?

Close the thread! Its over! Done in one.

supayoda		2011-11-14 05:45:24 PM

Kitten fur or GTFO.

Cpl.D		2011-11-14 05:45:45 PM

the7thcircle: When did it become bad for humans to wear fur? We weren't exactly born with much of our own.

Uhh... heh. Some of us, anyway.

/Could put cornrows in the back hair.

Sock Ruh Tease		2011-11-14 05:46:03 PM

Why does PETA, an organization that slaughters animals, care about the treatment of animals?

fusillade762		2011-11-14 05:47:27 PM

I didn't even know she had fur. I thought it was more of a thick orange hide.

And fark PETA. I'm all for animal rights, but these assholes are nothing but money grubbing trolls who make the whole animal rights movement look bad.

Crusader: FTFA: "Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but by wearing the skin of an animal, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."

By this logic, Mario also is sending the message that it is ok to step on turtles, eat mushrooms and flowers, explore drain pipes, raid castles, ride dinosaurs, fly with leaves, and rescue princesses.

You mean it's not?

Malachilenomade		2011-11-14 05:47:30 PM

From time to time, I sort of want to start respecting PETA... then they do some stupid shiat like this and all desire to do anything but pray for nuclear annihilation on them is all I have.

Circus Midget		2011-11-14 05:48:34 PM

In their defense, Mario does treat dinosaurs poorly.

i592.photobucket.com

RedPhoenix122		2011-11-14 05:49:40 PM

fusillade762: I didn't even know she had fur. I thought it was more of a thick orange hide.

And fark PETA. I'm all for animal rights, but these assholes are nothing but money grubbing trolls who make the whole animal rights movement look bad.

Crusader: FTFA: "Tanooki may be just a "suit" in Mario games, but by wearing the skin of an animal, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."

By this logic, Mario also is sending the message that it is ok to step on turtles, eat mushrooms and flowers, explore drain pipes, raid castles, ride dinosaurs, fly with leaves, and rescue princesses.

You mean it's not?

Usually, after the "eat mushrooms" step, everything else kinda comes naturally.

Treygreen13		2011-11-14 05:50:10 PM

Psh. We all know Kuribo's Shoe was the ultimate upgrade anyway.
media.giantbomb.com

baltimoreblonde		2011-11-14 05:50:19 PM

I just read this article and could have sworn it was a parody. The comments on Yahoo were priceless. Seriously, is PETA THAT hard up for publicity?

Surool		2011-11-14 05:50:44 PM

Let's take a moral stand on a cartoon character wearing a COSTUME (no one said it was a "real" animal skin Mario was wearing) of a non-existant animal in an old video game.

There I times I understand (not agree with) the moral stand some people take about the killing of animals... then they go all 'pants-on-head' retarded like this and lose any goodwill they may have cultivated.

ArkPanda		2011-11-14 05:51:15 PM

Just wait until they find out about the Frog Suit. Excuse me, the "swamp kitten" suit.

Buttbone McGillicutty		2011-11-14 05:53:26 PM

From the headline I thought they were going after Mario Lopez.

Jesus !@#$%^&* Christ, they're going after a video game character?
That's Jack Thompson level derp.

Shadyman		2011-11-14 05:53:36 PM

serial_crusher: If tanookies don't like being killed for their fur, maybe they should just turn into stone when people try it, huh?

Done in 1. Thread over.

/you win 3 internets.

Ishkur		2011-11-14 05:54:45 PM

RoxtarRyan: They're still stuck on whether or not jelly blobs from RPGs are classified as animals, and whether they deserve protection.

I'll have you know that I am a proud member of the Slime Holocaust Awareness League of Alefgard (SHALA).

Every year, some two-bit low level warrior with delusions of grandeur waltzes into the hills and starts massacring slimes en masse, endlessly and pointlessly.... no, that is literally what they do: Wander back and forth killing slimes one by one. And for what? For the 1 or 2 gold pieces that they might possess? For their lunch money? ...for their hides? .....all so he can buy the copper sword back at the weapon shop?

This senseless slaughter must end!!! Slimes are intelligent, resourceful creatures that deserve more attention and compassion than just being stepping stones for the next level of experience. They deserve our care, our protection, and most importantly: Our love.

END SLIME GENOCIDE!!

Baloo Uriza		2011-11-14 05:54:46 PM

Nobody tell PETA about Anthrocon...

kore		2011-11-14 05:54:47 PM

"Tanukis are real-life raccoon dogs who are beaten and, as PETA's undercover exposés show, often skinned alive for their fur,"

Well, that's okay. See, Mario doesn't wear a "tanuki" suit, he wears a "tanooki" suit; big difference.

That coward David Lopan		2011-11-14 05:55:59 PM

Circus Midget: In their defense, Mario does treat dinosaurs poorly.

[i592.photobucket.com image 547x689]

That's terrific. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

loonatic112358		2011-11-14 05:59:01 PM

namatad: Mirrorz: I'm going to skin the head of PETA and wear her skinny lesbian ass like a sport coat.

I'll do it while eating some asparagus so I don't offend anyone.

god I hate asparagus
could we eat broccoli or potatoes instead?

/we should start throwing paint on PETA supporters.
/csb - dated a woman who owned a FAKE cheetah coat. Seriously, it LOOKED fake. people who yell at her, ANIMAL KILLER. she would yell back. YES, so many polyesters died to make this coat. it was quite funny.

At least it wasn't made out of Naugahyde, those poor majestic Naugas cut down at the peak of life.

Link (new window)

scraping_fetus_off_the_wheel		2011-11-14 05:59:33 PM

Surool: Let's take a moral stand on a cartoon character wearing a COSTUME (no one said it was a "real" animal skin Mario was wearing) of a non-existant animal in an old video game.

There I times I understand (not agree with) the moral stand some people take about the killing of animals... then they go all 'pants-on-head' retarded like this and lose any goodwill they may have cultivated.

My theory is the only reason the donations haven't dried up is because the national meat producers organizations fund them on the sly. Then, whenever someone actually considers serious criticism of the US meat industry, the latest PETA idiocy persuades them not to so they won't look retarded.

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