It must be wonderful to have so much time on ones hands.

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: Animal rights group PETA has condemned the Pokemon media franchise
: and video game series, saying it " paints a rosy picture of
: what amounts to thinly veiled animal abuse ."
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: The Pokemon series tells the stories of young " trainers
: " who befriend wild critters called Pokemon, help them grow
: stronger, and coach them through a series of non-fatal sparring
: matches against other trainers.
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: In a statement released on October 8, the day after Nintendo
: released Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, the latest games in the
: franchise, PETA blathered:
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: Much like animals in the real world, Pokemon are treated as
: unfeeling objects and used for such things as human
: entertainment and as subjects in experiments. The way that
: Pokemon are stuffed into pokeballs is similar to how circuses
: chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to
: perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught
: using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods �if
: PETA existed in Unova, our motto would be: Pokemon are not ours
: to use or abuse. They exist for their own reasons. We believe
: that this is the message that should be sent to children.
: Aside from the fact that this is clearly a lame attempt to
: attract publicity on the back of a major video game release
: (which is why I�m not linking to their site, and you shouldn�t
: look for it, either) PETA seems to have missed the single
: biggest theme of the Pokemon series: That Pokemon should be
: treated humanely and live as our equals. The games are loaded
: with an endless stream of characters who go on and on about true
: friendship between man and Pokemon. It�s so saccharine and so
: completely the opposite of what PETA suggests that it boggles
: the mind.
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: As part of the campaign, PETA also developed and released a
: flash-based parody game which it calls " Pokemon Black and
: Blue ." It is awful.
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: Last November, PETA attacked video game icon Mario for wearing
: " fur " - the Tanooki Suit, a frequent power-up in
: Mario games that grants the ability to fly.
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: PETA did not disclose in its statement how many actual, living,
: breathing animals died waiting for rescue while the organization
: spent its time and money campaigning against fiction.
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