Why give them the attention, which is exactly what they're looking for? All suing them would do is extend the news cycle and get them more headlines.
Peta's at it again. Attacks Pokemon
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Why give them the attention, which is exactly what they're looking for? All suing them would do is extend the news cycle and get them more headlines.
Suing them isn't really an option as their 'game' is labeled as a parody and parody is protected under freedom of speech. Mostly it's just easier to ignore PETA unless they are once again putting mostly naked women on street corners to protest something or another when in general no one who stops by cares what they are protesting.
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psychup2034
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First of all, I completely disagree with almost every position that PETA has taken. The only thing I have ever agreed with PETA on is the need to improve the deplorable conditions in some slaughterhouses. Even so, I agree with PETA on this issue for different reasons; I care about the adverse health effects that may affect humans as a result of unsanitary conditions at food production facilities, while PETA cares about the well-being of the animals.
However, I can see why from PETA's perspective, this was a really good use of money:
- It created sensationalism across their intended audience (internet-using young people in their teens, 20s, or 30s).
- It spread across the internet very quickly because it parodied a salient cultural phenomenon.
- Their strategy isn't to "convert" people to completely subscribe to their positions, but rather to raise awareness about the treatment of animals in the real world.
Regardless of how you feel about the ethical treatment of animals, seeing this game made you think of PETA and its positions. That's all they wanted to accomplish. They weren't targeting the people who disagree with them. The goal was to get people to think about the issue.
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Poke Trainer J
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Where did you get the idea that Animals are made to fight? Pokemon that's understandable since they are designed to battle, but real life Animals? Real life Animals aren't made to fight as far as I'm concerned. Besides Pokemon is just a video game, it's not trying to brainwash children into becoming poachers or people who torture and kill animals just for the sheer pleasure of it. I remember one guy on YouTube saying that Pokemon inspired him to become a zoologist.
So PETA actually wants us to believe that Pokemon really promotes Animal Cruelty and Cockfighting to the point where Nintendo might cave in and ban the franchise? I've heard of subliminal messages in video games but they've taken it way too far, heck I even remember those Evangelicals from the early 2000's saying that Pokemon is Satanic like what they also said about Rock 'n' Roll back in the 70's and 80's.
That's what happens when society becomes too politically correct, because deep down America is and always will be politically incorrect cause we're imperfect people living in an imperfect world. There's just no getting around that regardless of what the U.S. Government thinks. At least the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) isn't going all gun ho on Pokemon like PETA is cause they actually have the common sense to distinguish between a video game and treating animals with the right care they need.
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vaporeon
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^ I meant they are made to fight by surviving and instinct. You can also train animals to fight, hunt and be used as weapons, just like Pokemon.
That is the side we don't see of Pokemon but it does exist. Pokemon is the closest thing you'll get to organized animal fighting. While its purely fictional, someone not in the right mindset can do damage and do it in the name of Pokemon. There was a case a few years back about someone car jacking someone and shooting them and said he did it because of GTA.
I know Pokemon is a game and you know its a game as well. The issue is PETA does not see it that way but if they went about it the right way instead of trying to slander a name, they may be able to show the right way to go about animal right. Pokemon get free health care for crying out loud but PETA kills off about 90 percent of the animals they own. Who's the real Team Rocket here?
That is the side we don't see of Pokemon but it does exist. Pokemon is the closest thing you'll get to organized animal fighting. While its purely fictional, someone not in the right mindset can do damage and do it in the name of Pokemon. There was a case a few years back about someone car jacking someone and shooting them and said he did it because of GTA.
I know Pokemon is a game and you know its a game as well. The issue is PETA does not see it that way but if they went about it the right way instead of trying to slander a name, they may be able to show the right way to go about animal right. Pokemon get free health care for crying out loud but PETA kills off about 90 percent of the animals they own. Who's the real Team Rocket here?
psychup2034
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Clearly not. Think about what you're saying. Does it sounds reasonable?
PETA wants to use Pokemon as a catalyst to sensationalize their own platform. PETA's marketing department isn't run by unintelligent people (as many people would like to believe). They're smart enough to know that Nintendo's not going to ban the franchise, so that's clearly not their goal.
Their goal is to get people thinking about the issue. Their goal is to get people to talk about animal cruelty, regardless of those people's positions. The fact that you took a few minutes to articulate a response to this topic means that PETA has accomplished what it wanted with you—you thought about the issue. As with other social causes, not everyone is going to agree with what PETA has to say, but PETA has certainly accomplished what it wanted to do: to raise awareness about the issue in the online space. To be fair, PETA did a pretty damn good job at it.
Human Destroyer
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My opinion on PETA?
They really need to get their priorities straight.
Let's take a look at the Pokemon parody and my huge problem with it. Imagine a young child (say, 6-7 years old) is searching on Google for Pokemon for whatever reason it may be. A link to Black and Blue shows up on it. The child clicks on it.
This game is not appropriate for children! Just look at the humans! Cheren is clearly drunk, Juniper looks like she went through 20 years at the closest mental hospital, and don't even get me started on Ash! And let's not forget the Pokemon either: Snivy has a huge
syringe in its head, Pikachu looks like he's gone through 50 surgeries, and Oshawott doesn't even have his skin!
With the Internet we have today and the popularity of the Pokemon franchise among younger kids, I'd say that's a pretty big problem right there.
PETA, if you want to gain attention, don't use a franchise clearly aimed at younger children for your mildy disturbing imagery!
They really need to get their priorities straight.
Let's take a look at the Pokemon parody and my huge problem with it. Imagine a young child (say, 6-7 years old) is searching on Google for Pokemon for whatever reason it may be. A link to Black and Blue shows up on it. The child clicks on it.
This game is not appropriate for children! Just look at the humans! Cheren is clearly drunk, Juniper looks like she went through 20 years at the closest mental hospital, and don't even get me started on Ash! And let's not forget the Pokemon either: Snivy has a huge
syringe in its head, Pikachu looks like he's gone through 50 surgeries, and Oshawott doesn't even have his skin!
With the Internet we have today and the popularity of the Pokemon franchise among younger kids, I'd say that's a pretty big problem right there.
PETA, if you want to gain attention, don't use a franchise clearly aimed at younger children for your mildy disturbing imagery!
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Man I normally dont get angry about stuff like this, but come on ppl that's a joke, I actually played some of it and i had to stop at the ash part.......I literally couldnt take playing that garbage anymore! Thats not what pokemon is about and thats just showing ppl that don't kno alot about pokemon that its bad, parents r gonna see that and stop their kids from playing, i can see it now.......little jimmy has to stop his pokemon adventure because mommy saw that PETA is writing bad stuff about it, and thats just wrong! Man some ppl kno how to get under my skin and they sure did it well. I had respect for what they did helping animals and whatever, but this is taking it too far and I'm not standing for it one bit! I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!
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This is what I get back
" This game offers a lighthearted way to bring attention to the very serious subject of cruelty to animals. The game’s main message is that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way. PETA’s game allows Pikachu and his friends the opportunity to spread the message of Pokémon rights by sharing PETA’s video “Free Me”, which takes viewers on a heartbreaking journey through the horrors of using animals for food, clothing, experimentation, and entertainment. We encourage people to watch the video during the game and to share it on Facebook and Twitter after they’ve won. Rather than “catch ’em all,” in PETA’s game, players get to “free ’em all.”
Humor is often a very useful tool for reaching people who may be put off by a more serious approach, and by sharing this game with others, we can educate people about the ways in which animals are abused. PETA often uses the gaming genre to reach new groups of people—people who might not otherwise be aware of what is happening and who wouldn’t seek out PETA’s more conventional materials. Millions of people have played PETA’s online games. They have fun and laugh and are also encouraged to think about how the games they have been playing have shaped the ways that they think about animals and how their choices can help animals. If people come away from the game both entertained and more compassionate, then we’ve accomplished our goal.
We understand that our game is not to everyone’s taste. PETA does make a point of having something for all tastes, from conservative to radical and from tasteless to refined, and this approach has proved amazingly successful—in the three decades since PETA was founded, it has grown to be the largest animal rights group in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters worldwide. We’ve had great success in attracting the media’s attention through both serious and slapstick means, including celebrity advertisements, colorful protests, graphic ads, and undercover exposés."
So its supposed to b a joke?
lighthearted?? Humor? I fail to see these things in what they did
Hahaha funny guys, they r just as bad for making it up and thinking of what went into the game!
They had to think of the cruel things that went on, so whos the real bad guys here
Dont mean to rant but come on.......its a kid's game and there is no cruelty in it, none of them even die
They just want someone to pick on
I'm not saying the things they do to help animals arent good, I'm just saying they went the wrong route here
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Ps. Halfway through the game they show real animals being abused, so what r they nitpicking at??
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This is what I get back
" This game offers a lighthearted way to bring attention to the very serious subject of cruelty to animals. The game’s main message is that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way. PETA’s game allows Pikachu and his friends the opportunity to spread the message of Pokémon rights by sharing PETA’s video “Free Me”, which takes viewers on a heartbreaking journey through the horrors of using animals for food, clothing, experimentation, and entertainment. We encourage people to watch the video during the game and to share it on Facebook and Twitter after they’ve won. Rather than “catch ’em all,” in PETA’s game, players get to “free ’em all.”
Humor is often a very useful tool for reaching people who may be put off by a more serious approach, and by sharing this game with others, we can educate people about the ways in which animals are abused. PETA often uses the gaming genre to reach new groups of people—people who might not otherwise be aware of what is happening and who wouldn’t seek out PETA’s more conventional materials. Millions of people have played PETA’s online games. They have fun and laugh and are also encouraged to think about how the games they have been playing have shaped the ways that they think about animals and how their choices can help animals. If people come away from the game both entertained and more compassionate, then we’ve accomplished our goal.
We understand that our game is not to everyone’s taste. PETA does make a point of having something for all tastes, from conservative to radical and from tasteless to refined, and this approach has proved amazingly successful—in the three decades since PETA was founded, it has grown to be the largest animal rights group in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters worldwide. We’ve had great success in attracting the media’s attention through both serious and slapstick means, including celebrity advertisements, colorful protests, graphic ads, and undercover exposés."
So its supposed to b a joke?
lighthearted?? Humor? I fail to see these things in what they did
Hahaha funny guys, they r just as bad for making it up and thinking of what went into the game!
They had to think of the cruel things that went on, so whos the real bad guys here
Dont mean to rant but come on.......its a kid's game and there is no cruelty in it, none of them even die
They just want someone to pick on
I'm not saying the things they do to help animals arent good, I'm just saying they went the wrong route here
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Ps. Halfway through the game they show real animals being abused, so what r they nitpicking at??
badganondorf
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As a person, who has been growing with Pokémon for since I was 8-years old, the game made me feel very uncomfortable. I'm not a fan of idea of giving PETA more visibility, but I think still that Nintendo should sue PETA - Pokémon should never be connected anything but positive things.
Except in Lavender Town... :shudders:
Alright alright we can agree on that
Victory Bell
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I agree with PETA's cause and stuff, and I support pretty much any method they use to make a point, but this isn't a good way to do it. Personally, I don't think there's anything lighthearted about a Snivy with a syringe in its head. A plot point in Pokemon IS the ethical treatment of Pokemon! So why make it super dark and associate it with violence to make a point? Seems counter productive.
Then you support them killing 95% of the animals peta takes in?
95%?!?! What! They kill animals?
vaporeon
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Yeah. They have a report that goes out every year that states the amount of animals they 'destory' when they can't find them homes.
To my knowledge, Pokemon don't have that issue.
signofzeta
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Dogs and Cats are made out of flesh and blood.
Pokemon are made of data and bytes, which is why they don't bleed.
You know what's ironic here? Peta is attacking a Nintendo product. A NINTENDO product. Remember back in the days, where there was a port of Wolfenstein 3d for the SNES, and Nintendo changed the German attack dogs into giant mutant rats because killing dogs is inhumane?
Pokemon are made of data and bytes, which is why they don't bleed.
You know what's ironic here? Peta is attacking a Nintendo product. A NINTENDO product. Remember back in the days, where there was a port of Wolfenstein 3d for the SNES, and Nintendo changed the German attack dogs into giant mutant rats because killing dogs is inhumane?
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