PETA Invading World of Warcraft to Prevent Clubbing of Baby Seals
Posted 04/08/09 at 03:28:39 AM by Nathan Grayson
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Uh, yeah. This is happening.
PETA has decided – in a nutshell – to grief a bunch of WoW players because they’ve taken to bonking adorable-ish piles of pixels with equally imaginary weapons. Can we do Mac users next?
“That’s right, gamers, get ready: This Saturday, World of Warcraft (WoW) players will have the opportunity to combat a team of four Horde seal killers. We need your help to stop them from bashing in the heads of any more seals!” reads a post on PETA’s blog.
“Activists from across the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are banding together to put a stop to the atrocious seal slaughter. Anyone who slaughters baby seals for their fur must surely be in service to the evil Lich King.”
So, putting aside the fact that PETA’s storming a sand castle while the real deal lies only a few feet away, what exactly is being protested here? Are we trying to teach Blizzard a lesson for granting an infinitely-respawning virtual seal utopia some form of population control? Because really, in that case, why not just stop subscribing to World of Warcraft altogether?
And, of course, if PETA’s brandishing its Rolling Pin of +10 Guilt at the players, why not do it in a less infuriating way? Honestly, if you – in the process of going about your daily WoW duties – found yourself steamrolled by a bunch of hootin’ and hollerin’ PVPers, would you immediately think, “OH MAN, THE BABY SEALS NEED MY HELP”? Personally, we’d probably take a boot to one of the big-eyed little buggers, if only to relieve our frustration.
So yeah, just donate to Sea World or something. It’ll be a much better use of your time. Unless you just love griefing other players, in which case, go right ahead. It’s a free country.
good one
Submitted by supermonkeymeat on Sun, 04/19/2009 - 7:57pm
good one
I hope that some PETA Freak
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 3:15pm
I hope that some PETA Freak does a google search and nothing but our PETA hating comments get displayed.
Submitted by mesiah on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 1:17am
This calls for one of my favorite one liners!
3 baby seals walk into a club.... BADUM CHA!
Submitted by mclovin on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 8:51pm
April Fools was a week ago!!
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 12:42am
No April Fools joke PETA actually exists.
Submitted by The Relic on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 5:55pm
Boy this whole baby seal thing brings back memories...I remember back in the late 1970s, when the clubbing of baby harp seals first hit the news big time, I had a zoology teacher. If PETA was around then, I am sure she would have been a member. She would play records of whale songs and get teary-eyed as the rest of us were bored to tears (well, except for me and a friend, who was making rude comments about the songs, which did not impress said teacher one bit...but I digress ^_^).
When the seal slaughter was told about on the news, she first proseletyzed the class on how evil this was, then tried to organize the class into writing protest letters to then PM Pierre Elliot Trudeau. I protested to the teacher about this (don't get me wrong; I do not like the idea of going out and clubbing baby seals to death; I think it's a terrible waste to kill a baby animal in this manner, then dispose of the meat. Use it ALL, not just the skin), telling her that I felt she was using her position of teacher as a bully pulpit, and trying to get students to protest on her behalf was an abuse of her authority.
Suffice to say, before that incident I got good grades in her class...Afterwards, ah, not so much...(I did graduate, but I suspect that she realized that if she kept me back another year, she was gonna hear me bitch about her unethical practices again so she passed me ^_^).
Submitted by topshooter on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 4:33pm
i am myself a vegan but this is just another example of how stupid PETA is, now for the comments here having orgasms over hurting seals for fun, you need psycho help....
Submitted by Pylon on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 1:09pm
Don't these guys have real animals to save?
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 11:19am
PETA is mostly made up of washed up movie stars and 1960's hippies and Viet Nam war protestors. Some how alot of these low lifes got rich and as they approached mid life having accomplished absolutely nothing with their lives, mostly spent high on drugs I might add, put everything they had to protect animals. These are the same people that believe the planet is better off without humans.
PETA is responsible for halting construction work on infastructure that help our growing cities support the large populations like making it impossible to build new power plants in fear that it might interfear with the mating habbits of a fucking mouse. And fixing dangerous roads because of the impact it will have on the local swallows.
I think the carabu in Alaska can screw just fine with the oil pipeline in place.
These hippies a large number of which recieved inheretance from their parents which is why they have money to live off of to somehow save the freaking planet and all it's animals.
Of course these are the same assholes that scream seperation of church and state whenever a christian in a public school prays befor eating lunch.
Same assholes that insist that abortion is the only way to go.
These hippies have no moral values what-so-ever. They were against the establishment back when they were kids and they are still against it today now that they have their parents money.
I am a Veteran. I work for a living. I pay my taxes. I am also a public servant.
Very few of these assholes that belong to PETA and the Siera Club have contributed as much as I have in my short 37years.
So why is it that these assholes have such a loud voice that gets heard and what they say gets listened to by so many and what they say and do that violate other Americans and people in other countries? Why do they get what they want at everyone elses expense? Especially since it's not the majority of the populations wants or needs in fact they tend to go against what the majority wants.
I can go on and on. I've been around aholes like these all my life and I freaking hate them. Their politics don't even make sense. They like communism but no communist country ever let a human let alone any animal get in the way of progress. In fact they paved roads with the dead of humans and animals.
I've gotta goto work. I hope you enjoyed my rant.
Seconded!
Submitted by ShadowGryphon on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 5:48pm
I really couldn't agree with you more.
and heartburnkid, please learn when someone is trolling and when they are not.
Kieth is not trolling, he's speaking his mind and doing so very well.
Submitted by HeartBurnKid on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 1:40pm
Beautiful troll attempt. Surprised there aren't any bites yet.
Submitted by habuza on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:57am
PETA are not real people. They are mutant freaks. Just like hippies, vegetarians, and tree huggers. Again, I say they can go fornicate themselves with a large loaf of day old French bread whilst jumping from a high point, then die a firey death when they land in the volcano they're jumping into.
In short. Go to hell. Nobody likes you PETA. Go QQ like that in China and see what happens.
Oh, for the sake of PETA!
Submitted by Havok on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 9:37am
This is one of the many, I repeat, MANY reasons why I do not play WoW. So many people think that it is real life!
Maybe PETA could do something in the real TANGIBLE world instead of a bunch of servers on the interweb! Or can they even do that?
OMGWTFBBQ
Submitted by Burgeo on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 9:14am
Pls continue the seal hunt. I live in a small town in Atlantic Canada and we love when the celebs show up to protest the hunt every year. Paul McCartney was a hoot...but I bet he wishes he left Heather out on the ice. I'm really hoping some of those "I rather Go Naked" celebs start showing up. Remember we just don't hunt seals, we also trap little animals for there fur as well.
I've killed over a thousand
Submitted by Netram on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 8:02am
I've killed over a thousand of these Seals, they have a high dorp chance of frozen meat and since i'm prot spec I can pull the entire coast of these in kill them all in one big group (About 100+ on each pull)
Submitted by L4ST on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 8:17am
dunno if anybody recognizes but Peta ppl obviously play the seal killers (they say there will be 4 of em exactly on that day, on a PvE server - they wont try to be lucky and get 4 ppl killing seals and all of them flagging theirselves as "PvP to be vulnerable on a PvE Server)
they organize the fun event which is sort of a symbolic ingame battle
sum ppl really think peta tries to stop blizzard let baby seals be mortal in WoW? you did some pretty funny postings here but obviously you think 100% of the time about what youre writing and 0% about what youre reading
btw: peta is not against eating animals, not even agains eating baby seals (but honestly: who would if you can wait a while and get a big fat one?) the only important thing is that they arent tortured just because theire not human and there are too few of them left ... but baby seals are tortured every day and there are only very few left, less every day
sry for spoiling the fun but it had to be said ^^
very nice event, would have wished for more of those during the time I still played WoW
Hey PETA...
Submitted by Svetty Parabols on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 7:42am
Baby seals tastes just like chicken....mmmmmmmmmmm
Submitted by Geese007 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 7:32am
Are they serious? LOL
Well. if we cant club them. Can we use them AS clubs and beat the piss outta the PETA??
Submitted by habuza on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 7:18am
PETA aren't real people. Animals are my food. If I want to club a baby seal and eat it, I will. You take my meat / animal sources away I'll just start clubbing PETA activists and eating you fuckers instead.
Submitted by DMI PC Repair on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 6:56am
Just goes to show ya that PETA are a**holes. Just like the Christian groups agaist the wolrd. I bet Pam Anderson secretly plays WOW cause no one will play with her with that whole Hep C thing. Maybe next time WOW can have horde of protesters inserted into a raid and we can club them. Mac users.... I'm waiting for the day I get to club you.
Submitted by comptech08 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 7:13am
I don't know where you got that info but Christians are not against this world.
side note,,,,,,,,,,,,
Submitted by jihnn on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 6:08am
grayson....... this artical tells a lot about you.....
you should educate yourself, actually use the internet for something useful and find out how it is just corprate and personal greed that fuels this needles slaughter.
your words have slanted the artical to get people pissed at peta....
you could have taken the high road. possibly you could have actually helped
are you proud of the words that you write?
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 5:19pm
Not true.. I hated PETA long befor this article was posted. I think I started hating PETA with their first bullshit lawsuit to protect a fucking mouse.
Submitted by MaxFan on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 6:05am
Obviously you are a PETA life member. Good for you. You have something you believe in. Thats a heckuva lot more than most folk can say.
One problem tho. What you believe in is asinine in the extreme. Supporting a cause which advocates making other people stop an activity based on your beliefs ( as opposed to actual logic and or demonstrable evidence of harm) is about as productive as pissing in the ocean.
Oh and in case you missed it. THIS IS MAXIMUMPC. We Thrive on Tech here. It is our soul, We only do "green" when green can be demonstrated to be Faster, Better, Newer or Cheaper or all 4 at once. We dont support Causes here unless it be a cause that would put the best fastest tech in the hands of those who want it for the least amount of dough or preferably free. You want to make a statement in support of a cause you believe in? Im sure that PETA and or The Sierra Club have magazines just for your output. Oh wait magazine = bad cause it uses paper... There is that whole tree hugging thing again. Ooops? Or is it Ok when Your cause prints a magazine that uses resources but not ok when anyone else does?
Yeah MPC doesnt do asinine communist sympathizing causes here jihnn. And I think its safe to say that the editors would Actively work to piss peta off. I think that the Eds would find it funny and would know that they have succeded against you rabid tree hugging bastards once again without so much as lifting a finger. It would give them much joy and much pride to know that they were so easily able to incite you to promote their magazine and website by commenting on the article.
As far as I can see Grayson took the high road. As for helping your cause? Not no but HELL no. You want to help your cause you go help it. You get in the way of my Seal Club and I can gaurantee that you will hava a busted skull and I will trod on your corpse on the way to the next seal.
the real kicker to your abortion of a comment was the last line. Of course he is proud of the words that he wrote else why publsih them?
Oh and jihnn? Baby Harp Seals in WoW != Baby Harp Seals IRL. If you want to help save a baby harp seal I suggest you go to where they hunt them and chain yourself to the snow between the Baby Harp Seals and that which would use them for food or sport. (Hopefully jihnn gets eaten by that Polar bear leaving one less PETA fanatic on the planet. At least would probably prove jihnn's father incorrect when he said Jihnn wouldnt amount to a pile of shit)
Before you commit time and energy to a cause understand what that cause effects. If it edifies the human spirit, if it advances mans knowlege of the universe around him, if it through your actions makes someone elses life (not a baby seals life who doesnt know nor cannot interpret emotions other than the most base of emotions fear, hunger) better then go for it commit all of your energy to it. If the cause makes you feel better by making others unhappy or by interfering with a persons way of life or his or her ability to make a living for himself or herself and overall decreases knowlege or turns itself away from truth in behest of the cause, abandon that cause before it burns you.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 5:24pm
Actually I think Will Smith and Dave Murphy are founding members of PETA but they are ok because they don't shovel crap down our throats..
Actually I really can't back that up. I really don't know if they are PETA members but they could be. You never know.
I mean they did like that 2TB Green Drive. They openly accepted it and liked it.
HAHAHA
Submitted by Geeksquadmyss on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 6:40am
I second the clubbing Mac users!
Oh and dude are you fucking kidding me are you actually mad at Nathan for not defending this?! I hate peta because they would sooner put the lives of animals before the lives of people and my hatred for them has been around long before this article although it has helped me hate them more.
FUCK peta, its a fucking game are you kidding me? It must be a slow day for them in the office.
It must've been a slow
Submitted by AntiHero on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 7:15am
It must've been a slow month, for them to level and find all these quests. Also, towards the defender of PETA, fuck off...you bastards ruined the Cod fishery in Newfoundland by protesting the seal hunt, and made that province go down the tubes, you fucks. The seals that died, were then completely used, the meat and the pelt, and keeping their numbers reasonable helped keep the fish numbers equal so that the cod fishery could continue strong, especially with foreign countries not restrictin what they catch, and tossing back the pre-mature fish so they could spawn more. (I did an essay on this when i was in school.) Enough of the animal rights shit in WoW, i'm going to login tonight for the first time in months, get my subscriptio going, and RAMPANTLY KILL EVERY SEAL I FIND! And I don't even do skinning. On a lighter note, that picture is one cute seal, however I'm still in full firm belief the promotional picture "Warranty Void if Seal is Broken" is way better. Now as my comment to the actual article, and for those who didn't read the Peta link, it's a joke, in a way to get people on board (killing horde...those bastards) killing 4 designated seal killers, in a way to teach gamers that it's wrong to kill seals.
I don't like Microsoft, I associate with it.
Submitted by routine on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 6:18am
Don't worry, I've been pissed at Peta long before this article.
Submitted by KaylaKaze on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 5:58am
If this were anyone but Peta, I'd be in favor of it as a simple exercise in roleplay.
Wait, WTF?! It's not even on a PVP server!? Yeah, this is gonna be a seal slaughterfest.
Submitted by jihnn on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 5:53am
way back when killing baby seals first made the news. it was horrible.
it was hmmmm maybe national geographic or maybe look magazine that had all the pictures of the slaughter.
i was young and it made an impression. i have actually sent money to save the seals
if peta can use wow to make another generation aware of this cruel and needless butchery.....GOOD
there are some things in life worth fighting for .......I TAKE A STAND FOR THE BABY SEALS!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:29am
But baby seals are so delicious. Have you even tried baby seal meat? It melts in your mouth. mmmmmmmmmm yummy. Yes people baby seal meat is the veal of the sea.
Submitted by routine on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 6:19am
And I'm guessing you won't take a stand for human babies.
Submitted by Asterixx on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 4:51am
Nunc est bibendum!
There was a PETA anti-sealing protest in Halifax, NS, Canada recently that got quite funny. A Metro Transit bus driver was going by the scene of the protest with a busload of passengers. He stopped the bus, got out of it, walked over to the protest, and proceeded to beat the holy hell out of their stuffed baby seal with a club. He then gotback on the bus and continued on, without saying a word. Everyone except the bunny huggers thought it was hilarious. Unfortunately the bunny huggers have political power, so the driver was reprimanded. Unfortunately for PETA there's nothing in the bus driver's contract that prohibits him from beating on stuffed animals, so the only thing he got in trouble for was leaving his bus unattended.
I don't play WOW, but if I did, I would make it my new mission if life to kill as many imaginary baby seals as I could, in the most creative and violent ways I could think of. If it pi$$es PETA off it's got to be wholesome, right?
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 10:27am
I salute my brother bus driver. We have the same union here in the USA and Canada. I too would have done the same thing probably pee on it when I was done. Probably that would be enough to get into trouble for.
For leaving the bus he could use the excuse that he needed a safety break to relieve the stress and wake up. We are encouraged to take such breaks as safety dictates.
Submitted by N25PHILLY on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 4:28am
...sea kittens as weapons? This reminds me of the PETA idiot at my office that goes running outside in torrential downpours with gallon jugs of water to make sure the animals out back don't go thirsty
Submitted by Vegan on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 4:24am
These people do not represent me.
Submitted by JonnyNYK on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 4:23am
Reading this article makes me want to resubscribe for a month, just to piss PETA off and club those little things. I mean, I would never do anything even close to this in real life, but PETA is just so irrational that they should be fucked with.
Submitted by chronium on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 4:15am
Another argument you could make is where in the game are there seals? I dont remember any part of the game that even has a population of seals.
Submitted by compro01 on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 8:19am
They're all over the coast of Howling Fjord in Northrend.
Submitted by dracoress on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 3:56am
This makes me want to go and club these people....next this is the animal lovers wanting to marry their animals.
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 2:07am
I am reminded of a certain South Park Episode whenever PETA is brought up in conversation or a commercial is played on TV or the Radio. The South Park Episode I speak of is the one where the PETA activists are married to animals and stuff. A very twisted episode.
I just figured I would share that with everyone. The President of PETA kissing his Yak wife on the lips.. LOL...
You sure update this site
Submitted by Yusonice on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 1:26am
You sure update this site fast!
If ion nettop or netbook comes out, could you quickly do update us about it?? :D
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