Take-Two's upcoming Ringling Bros. game for Wii and DS looks to recreate all of the stuff you'd see at a real-life circus show. And that's why PETA hates it so much.
In a blog post, PETA sends out a call to arms, asking folks to send Ben Feder, Take-Two's CEO, an email asking him to cease and desist development on the game. In fact, PETA already did most of the work for you by filling out the subject line and body of your potential email with things we're sure you'd want to say to the CEO of a multi-million dollar company.
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Posted: May 14th 2009 2:30AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
You're vegetarians! Noone cares what you do!
Posted: May 14th 2009 9:27AM (Unverified) said
Hi. I am honestly curious about what would cause you to make that statement. In what way have vegetarians ever done anything against you?
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Posted: May 14th 2009 12:18PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
1. Watch Futurama.
2. PETA is one of the most useless groups around.
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2. PETA is one of the most useless groups around.
Posted: May 14th 2009 12:34PM (Unverified) said
1. Are you referring to a particular episode, or are you just advertising for the show?
2. Regardless of PETA's usefulness, that doesn't explain your stance against vegetarians.
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2. Regardless of PETA's usefulness, that doesn't explain your stance against vegetarians.
Posted: May 14th 2009 1:23PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
Yes, I am referring a specific episode. The one about popplers. Leela, more or less, stated what my first post said.
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Posted: May 14th 2009 9:33AM penguingeek said
They really shouldn't have editable text boxes for sending the letters. *ahem*
I was ecstatic to hear that Take-Two is partnering with Ringling Bros. to create a circus-themed video game. Video games are a fun way to pass the time, and circuses are lots of fun for animals. Ringling has a long history of animal attention and love. To get elephants to "perform," Ringling Bros. cuddles babies with their mothers and lavishes them with poshly decorated boxcars, enabling them to travel and perform every year. Elephants are fed and well taken care of in the most sensitive ways with well trained staff and masseurs.
Though if you want to create a truly awesome circus-themed game, please consider a circus partner that uses only willing human participants, like say PETA members. Thank you.
I was ecstatic to hear that Take-Two is partnering with Ringling Bros. to create a circus-themed video game. Video games are a fun way to pass the time, and circuses are lots of fun for animals. Ringling has a long history of animal attention and love. To get elephants to "perform," Ringling Bros. cuddles babies with their mothers and lavishes them with poshly decorated boxcars, enabling them to travel and perform every year. Elephants are fed and well taken care of in the most sensitive ways with well trained staff and masseurs.
Though if you want to create a truly awesome circus-themed game, please consider a circus partner that uses only willing human participants, like say PETA members. Thank you.
Posted: May 14th 2009 1:47PM Bobulous said
Clearly, this is far worse than being able to shoot the Nazi attack dogs in Call of Duty : World at War. This is just gonna encourage kids to run out and mistreat elephants.
Posted: May 15th 2009 1:34AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, don't forget that PETA supports domestic terrorists like the ALF. Watch Penn & Teller's B.S. episode on PETA. It's the first episode of the second season. The rip PETA a new one.
Posted: May 15th 2009 2:02AM (Unverified) said
If you go to http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/superchicksisters/index.asp you'll see PETA's cheap rip off of Super Mario Bros. I've sent a letter to Nintendo's legal dept. Perhaps more of you can complain to Nintendo about this game. They even have Toad and Mario make an appearance. See it for yourselves and write Nintendo about how you feel about this craptastic rip-off.
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