This week, the infamous animal rights group PETA has turned it's focus to a more virtual cause: Pokemon. In what they have described as a "war on virtual animal cruelty" PETA has decried the popular video game series for teaching children to abuse animals.
"The amount of time that Pokemon spend stuffed in Pokeballs is akin to
how elephants are chained up in train carts, waiting to be let out to
'perform' in circuses," said one representative.
Specifically, PETA are targeting Pokemon: Black and White 2, the most recent in a long series of Pokemon games. Pokemon is one of our generations most popular video game series, and has become not only a video game, but has ballooned into TV shows, apparel, toys, and trading cards. Pokemon is a multimillion dollar corporation, and PETA believes that children should not be playing these games because they teach them to become animal abusers. And, on top of this all, PETA has released a spoof of Black and White 2 on its website, called "Gotta Free Em All," in which players take on the role of the Pokemon and battle against their abusive trainers.
Check it out.
Has PETA gone too far this time? Are the Pokemon games a touchstone of our childhood, or are they animal cruelty simulators?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57528398-235/peta-wages-war-on-pokemon-for-virtual-animal-cruelty/
That is nonsense! It's not there decison it is the parents decison if there children can play or not and no one was complaining before why complain now? It doesnt teach animal abuse, the people making a fuss are the only people who see it that way, you wanna teach them to not be animal crulters than talk to ur kids, its a stupid game meant to entertain its not real and the kids know that give it a rest already,
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