Whether you regard them as bonkers, boring or saviours of the world Animal rights people have always commanded some respect in that while many people might not agree with them but can at least understand their logic when viewed from their perspective which would be, I think, ‘We think hurting animals is wrong, fur hurts animals and therefore fur is wrong’. Love it or lump it you can at least understand it.
Some will say they have strayed from the straight and narrow path along the moral high ground when they get involved in kidnapping/ liberating and explosions. By the time we get to the killing and poisoning most normal people will agree that they have lost the plot.
This time they seem to have lost more than the plot. They have lost the whole damn garden.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are complaining that the video game character Mario wears fur in his new Nintendo game, Super Mario 3D land. In this game, it is alleged, he wears a ‘Tanooki Suit’ which grants Mario special powers and privileges.
According to PETA Tanuki are racoon dogs that are skinned alive for their fur (Cork Monkey has been unable to confirm this particular fact ) and their view is that by wearing fur Mario is sending a message that it is OK to wear Fur.
Nintendo disagree pointing out that while Mario has a number of tools and incarnations including those based upon animals that there is no statement being made beyond the reality of the game.
CorkMonkey is appreciative of those trying to save those fully entitled to fur but, no Tanookis were harmed in the making of this video game, and taking PETAs logic further we could eat a ham sandwich on the telly (because it is not right to eat meat) or be attacked by killer tomatoes in a game in case it made people frightened of vegetables.
Never ones to let the grass grow under their feet PETA have reportedly released their own game where skinned raccoons chase Mario in a bid to reclaim their fur.
CM (:- (|)
No comments:
Post a Comment