PETA and Mario

I'm not sure how many have seen this but: Mario Kills Tanooki.

Yes, PETA is going after the worlds favorite plumber. I guess the past 30 years of killing turtles, fighting with a woman stealing monkey and giant lizard, destroying mushrooms, polluting the air with go-karts, cleaning up pollution, and flying around space destroying the ozone. But this was the straw that broke the back? Seriously, go fuck yourself. This is just bullshit.

The original Tanooki suit debuted in  Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1988. For 23 years he's been wearing the same suit (not in recent games, but Super Mario Bros. 3 has been rereleased frequently on various mediums and most are recent ie: the GBA remake, and released on the Virtual Console for the Wii and 3Ds) this isn't something new. This is just a case of PETA trying to use shock value to push a campaign to get attention; like that little kid who always did stupid shit in school or at a party. Like you know, Tom Green.

Now let me state, that I am all for the ETA part of PETA. It's the People that give that organization a horrible name and causes problems like this. A lot of the ideals and a few of the things that they've accomplished over the past few years have been rather nice. However, their public relations group are full of fucking morons. Who thought this was a good idea? You know how big a backlash this is going to get? Hell I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo sues them for defamation of character. Mario is an icon, and one of the most recognizable characters of all time (right up there with Sonic and Micky Mouse). You don't do something like this.

I guess this counts as a mini-rant / the "WTF Moment of this week".
I'll leave it with this image.