PETA plans WoW event to battle seal slaughterFollow

I seriously doubt Blizzard has anything to do with this. That being said, I always did want to train up a horde death knight... hmm, Wisperwind sounds like a good server...


Also, I've asked several times: Are there seals in Howling Fjord??

Edited, Apr 8th 2009 1:15pm by digitalcraft

Only certain species of seal are endangered. There are some species which are overpopulated, and are VERY destructive toward some fish populations.

Exactly what I was thinking. There are too many seals in some places. I don't find it a crime at all that a few get clubbed.

The fishing one disturbed me. I'm a fishing guide during the summer months, and I have absolutely no problem with pulling fish up and putting them back into the water time and again. And no, they don't die from a simple fish hook in the mouth most of the time(especially since my province in Canada is a barbless province, specifically to hurt fish less during catch + release). The only fish we actually kill are the ones we bring in for lunch, which are happily devoured. I understand that the sport of catch and release can be looked down upon, especially since you are toying with fish and might be causing them pain.(Although I would like to see if this is actually true, as fish certainly don't have a nervous system like we do. Its hard to see how they "feel" pain.) I am not ignorant of that fact.

However, I met a person who was strongly for the PETA not long ago and I openly told him I loved to go hunting. He told me it was unjust, cruel, and I was some sort of barbarian for doing it. Curious thing though. He wasn't a vegetarian, and had no problem with farms as a means of feeding humans. Funny. Animals living out "lives" in the wild being killed for food at a ripe age isn't bad, but farm animals being crowded, imprisoned, and hurt to follow the farmer's will(read: cattle prod) during their whole lives as and packed as closely and efficiently as possible doesn't bother.

I hunt for FOOD. I fish for FOOD. I've passed up a doe with two fawns before simply for preservation of the population. I do not smile at the sight of blood, nor do I not wince at the thought of pain towards animals. But I will NOT shy away from killing animals because of notions of morality.

Lastly, the PETA seems to center their focus on the method of killing and handling animals, rather than the argument of killing ANY animal at ANY time. They do know how to pick their battles, but the way they go about it is ridiculous.

I say we have a seal kiklling day where we go out of our way to kill seals. Then take the blood and throw it on the PETA people.

These people are nut jobs.

Or people. (Dun dun dunnnn)

Edited, Apr 9th 2009 7:16am by Micros

Usually I play alliance characters, admittedly, but nothing makes me want to create a Horde Death Knight and line up on the shore to slaughter the seals more than simply the fact that PETA is there. No, I don't usually do things like that, but come on, its PETA! I gotta start throwing something in their face. I'm betting there will be a 200:1 ratio or something ridiculous of horde to alliance. If I don't create a horde toon, I'll create an alliance and start slaughtering seals along with the horde and support cross faction unity. Hippocrates like PETA are fun to (mess) with.

I do agree that the best thing we could do is completely ignore them because they are looking for a reaction, but honestly where is the fun in that?

And to the guy that had the comment about hunting being cruel because the animal suffers until you walk up to it and shoot it in the head to finish it off??

I have been hunting for 30 years, yes I am old, and I have never had to do that one time. Take ethical shots they go down fast!

I know I would rather live my life free and die quickly from someone that is unseen that to live on a feed lot like a prisoner to go through the slaughter house. That is the closest thing I can think of the the holocaust in Germany.

Every time a human eats meat an animal died for that, so unless you are a vegan that never uses any animal products you are just as guilty as I am.

I... I don't even know where to begin. The amount of sheer stupidity concentrated in such a small sentence... It's...

I'm in awe.

wow. That is the most disturbing thing I've seen in awhile. If one of my chldren ever came home from school and told me they had been given that in class, there would most certainly be hell to pay. I am a pet owner and I have actually gotten into physical confrontations before over animal cruelty. But I also used to hunt (now I'm too busy/lazy to be bothered to freeze my *** off) and coming from a rural Appalachian state, I can tell you first hand that although alot of hunters may be in it for the trophy, hunting seasons on whitetail deer are so vital to the survival of the herds that not hunting them would be catastrophic.

The losses per year due to traffic collisions, disease and lack of food due to over population would far excede the annual losses due to hunting.

But enough about that. Is anyone putting together an official Allakhazam hit squad for the protesters or anything? I'll roll up a DK and get him out of the starter zone in time to join in if anyone wants to join up.

Stop clubbing baby seals.
My shirt is 100% organic.

Getting back to WoW instead of PETA, being a meatatarian, nuking the gay baby whales, etc.

Are people actually going to roll new toons to participate? I doubt it. A buncha level 1-10 toons defending/attacking the seals in Northrend? Yeah, right!
Are people going to do paid transfers to bring in their high-levels in order to participate? You would have to be a hard-line PETA member to do that, in which case you'd probably use your money to better effect by contributing directly to the organization. ...or you would have to be a hard-line anti-PETA person, but I'm sure that you have better uses for your cash, too.
Are people that are currently on the server going to participate? Ha! Most of them will never even have heard of it.

I predict a big fizzle.

It _is_ useful. Now I know where to go eat next time I am in Denver.

ahh the Nagrand slaughter lol. Killing 30 of each creature was so excessive. I hated those quests. And of course that precious ivory...