Kimberlyd125
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PETA attacks Nintendo over fur-wearing Mario
http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ntendo-over-fur-wearing-mario?ocid=ansmsnbc11
Nintendo has just launched its highly anticipated game "Super Mario 3D Land." The game which you play on Nintendo's new handheld 3DS game machine features the famed plumber Mario making his way through a cartoon land filled with cranky mushrooms, man-eating plants and nefarious turtle creatures. On occasion, the mustachioed plumber dons a furry raccoon-like "Tanooki suit" which lets him float in the air and swat this colorful host of bad guys with a tail.
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PETA, however, thinks Mario's fur-wearing ways are offensive and has just in time for the launch of "Super Mario 3D Land" launched its own campaign pegging Mario as a killer of innocent animals.
To be clear, the E-rated "Super Mario 3D Land" never suggests that Mario slaughtered an animal for its fur. In fact, the magical Tanooki suits that he wears in the game typically spring from magical squares that magically hover in the air. These squares magically give up the suits (which at first look like magical leaves) when Mario bumps his head into them.
But according to PETA's new "Mario Kills Tanooki" website, in real life, tanuki are raccoon dogs who are skinned alive for their fur. By wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."
***more at link***
IMO this is another laughable attempt from PETA to get noticed.
Crazy CRAZY CRAZY!!!
http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ntendo-over-fur-wearing-mario?ocid=ansmsnbc11
Nintendo has just launched its highly anticipated game "Super Mario 3D Land." The game which you play on Nintendo's new handheld 3DS game machine features the famed plumber Mario making his way through a cartoon land filled with cranky mushrooms, man-eating plants and nefarious turtle creatures. On occasion, the mustachioed plumber dons a furry raccoon-like "Tanooki suit" which lets him float in the air and swat this colorful host of bad guys with a tail.
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PETA, however, thinks Mario's fur-wearing ways are offensive and has just in time for the launch of "Super Mario 3D Land" launched its own campaign pegging Mario as a killer of innocent animals.
To be clear, the E-rated "Super Mario 3D Land" never suggests that Mario slaughtered an animal for its fur. In fact, the magical Tanooki suits that he wears in the game typically spring from magical squares that magically hover in the air. These squares magically give up the suits (which at first look like magical leaves) when Mario bumps his head into them.
But according to PETA's new "Mario Kills Tanooki" website, in real life, tanuki are raccoon dogs who are skinned alive for their fur. By wearing Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it's OK to wear fur."
***more at link***
IMO this is another laughable attempt from PETA to get noticed.
Crazy CRAZY CRAZY!!!