In case you've somehow forgotten how mind bogglingly odd PETA are, they've been kind enough to jump up and down, shouting nonsense in hopes that you'll pay attention to them again. Continuing their confused crusade on behalf of animals, they've spotted yet another poor beastie which they hope to exploit for more donations. This time it's a rat. A rat that you kill in Battlefield 3. He doesn't have a name, but I've taken the time to give him one to humanize this poor victim. I shall call him Plague Bearer.
Poor wee Plague Bearer was just minding his own business when a mean soldier stabs him and then throws him away. He doesn't even eat him! It's atrocious. Despicable. Unacceptable. And not in any way real. According to PETA this sort of animal cruelty inspires young men to go and kill animals. We all know, just like PETA, that if you do something in a videogame, you'll probably do it in real life too.
PETA issued this press release in Germany, where young people go around slaughtering animals because they saw it done in a film or a videogame. Shame on you, Germany! Plague Bearer probably had a family! The only silver lining in this terrible situation is the fact that this rat murder happens in the single player campaign which was so forgettable that most people probably won't recall enough of it to be inspired to go and murder their pets. Despite this, PETA still has concerns.
The realistic computer game “Battlefield 3″ treats animals in a sadistic manner. The game gives players the option to kill a rat with a combat knife in the back in order to then lift it by its tail, then toss it away. Killing virtual animals can have a brutalizing effect on the young male target audience. There have been repeated cases of animal cruelty in Germany, where young people kill animals. Inspiration behind these acts often came from movies and computer games.
If any of you have been brutalized because you pretended to kill a rat, let us know in the comments. If you've been brutalized because you pretended to kill lots of humans, who cares? Humans aren't animals apart from 100 percent of the time.
Battlefield 3 criticized by PETA over "animal cruelty" [Bf3blog.com]
Contest:
8:00 PM on 11.07.2011 | 
Seriously though, PETA go fuck yourself!
And I remember the game I was playing back then, it was Discworld II on PSX, I was clearly inspired by it and that's the only logical explanation I can think of, you know, because Discworld II is about death.
Saw that on a t-shirt once
Look, I'm sympathetic to animal rights, but virtual rats? I didn't hear you bitching about the coyote murdering in Fallout: New Vegas.
Because of that game, I strapped firecrackers to my dog.
Not that I take PETA or their claims at all seriously, but the way they word it makes it sound like you can just go around stabbing rats in the back.
Don't you think they aren't saying that game players are murders, but rather that the media is full of killing of people and animals.
People (on this site) have already spoken up about how many games are about glorifying war and violence, but no one talks about how games glorify call killing animals entertaining. The reason is because whenever someone takes the side of animal rights every yells at them.
Games have a cultural responsibility, for people and animals.
But I just killed a gargoyle and took its tail as an axe. Now, who amongst you has the testicular/ovarian fortitude to speak up for the fire-spewing gargoyles and their weaponizable and somewhat protective tail bits?
There's a difference between virtual and reality. I would never torture an real animal just for fun and joy. If I ever did that, I would hate myself.
Again, Peta sucks.
I TEABAGGED AN OSTRICH IN REACH.
FUCK YOU, PETA.
"FUCK YOU, PETA."
:')
Fortunately, its a video game, which means no REAL animals are ever harmed. This is also good because I HAVE SHOT A MILLION MEN IN THE FACE and tied hundreds of loose broads to railroad tracks.
Over a fucking rat, a virtual rat!!
Rest in peace.
Burn. In. Hell.
In just a few short seconds, my fragile mind was shattered by what I saw on a television screen. I was instantly an animal murderer at heart, and had to feed my addiction. I decided early to copy another popular franchise, Dexter, and only kill evil animals that deserved it.
I followed around a Deer for a few hours after being tipped off that he wasn't sharing food with his family. Turns out, not only was he not sharing food with his family, he was pooping everywhere with complete disregard. I had seen enough, I wasn't going to let this Deer continue to live, terrorizing everyone in his path.
I waited until the Deer was alone, and then struck. I have become the Dexter of Animals. I guess I should have seen this coming, my fragile, little feeble brain has never been able to tell reality from fantasy. When I saw the movie Babe, I spend 3 days beating a Pig until he talked...he never did.
After seeing Inception, I spent ever dime I had building a machine that could allow me to travel into other peoples dreams. And after I saw Fast Five, I got into a high speed chase with 6 police cars in Rt 9. I can't help it. I am just a complete moron who needs to be babied at every turn. Otherwise, media will corrupt me.
Thank God people like Peta are here to remind us that we are complete idiots who can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy. Thank God Peta is here to tell me that I am wrong for playing video games that have animals in it...Animals that must be killed...Granted Peta themselves kills thousands of animals that they claim they can't afford to help...but that's besides the point...
The fuck? Germany has cases of worse than animal abuse cases, without even a single video-game in the mix. I direct you to 1933-1944.
And PETA is obnoxious. I am an actual animal lover, and one day I clicked on an add for a donation for PETA. I pondered it over for a day, when I realized they uploaded some zombie-cookie to my PC and everywhere there would be a google-add or whatever, was some dying dog asking for $2 to $365.
PETA is dumb.
Seriously though. PETA is just a terrorist organization. We really shouldn't support their scare mongering tactics like this.
How true Jim. Thats why thanks to all those FPS players we are all dead and on the computer from the afterlife. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go back to reading Jesus's blog.