>London – Today, PETA fired off a letter to Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree asking that the miniatures giant ban “fur” garments from all Warhammer characters.
>“From the mighty Leman Russ and Horus Lupercal to Chaos Warriors and the Sisters of Silence, Warhammer features an abundance of characters who wear what appear to be animal pelts, which just doesn’t add up”, the group says in the letter. “These battle-hardened warriors are known for their martial prowess – but wearing the skins of dead animals doesn’t take any skill.”
>Animals killed for their fur are typically kept in tiny, filthy wire cages before being electrocuted, drowned, or even skinned alive. Or they may be trapped in the wild by horrific bone-crushing steel-jaw traps – which often leave them languishing for days before they eventually die of hunger, thirst, or blood loss.
>And even though Warhammer characters are fictional, PETA (whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”) notes in the letter that “draping them in what looks to be a replica of a dead animal sends the message that wearing fur is acceptable – when, in fact, it has no more place in 2017 than it would in the year 40,000”.
>PETA is looking to generate interest in their movement as it has lost traction in recent years >Try using W40ks spergtastic fan base to spread the word I think their plan succeeded
Grayson Diaz
I don't really think they are generating the right kind of interest.
Luke Roberts
Fuck these people are psycho. >let's ban little metal spacemen from wearing what looks like fur! Normally I'd just laugh this shit off but these people are nuts, I seriously would not be surprised if they tried to make a big deal of this
Jeremiah Perez
PETA really has nothing to do eh?
Sebastian Adams
Didn't say it was, but you know the old show business adage >Any coverage is good coverage
Jordan Myers
Everyone agrees that animals gets treated like shit. But noone does anything
There are quiet animal organisations that do good work and noone gives a shit or donates.
And there are loud ones like PETA that generate controversy and act like arseholes and everyone talks about them.
Get nothing done and be nice Get something done and have your cause hated.
There's no winning for anyone here.
Hudson Collins
They're not human user, they've also shown time and again to not even be sentient, they are literally our play things, treating them like shit is still treating them better than we have historically treated other cultures
Carson Taylor
The Female Ghostbuster proved it's absolutely not true. Still, yes, a lot of people still believe it.
Jonathan Davis
Frankly user most people seem to get more concerned about animal welfare than human welfare. I hate to think of any critter suffering too, but I am put out at how some folk would step over a dying baby in order to save a kitten with a cold.
Charles Rogers
I'd call it a win for GW if they rushed a bunch of finecast/metal models covered head to toe in animal pelts. What was the turnaround time for that pfist/bolter finecast captain? Just a few months, right?
I believe in GW. They can do this.
Evan Allen
Space Furries get REKT
William Anderson
I'm a vegan and I think PETA is a bunch of moronic faggot assholes. Fuck them.
Elijah Davis
I would much rather save a kitten than a starving nigglet Only edgy faggots support human welfare as they want more bulls to be born for their wives Normal people support animal welfare so cows can live in pastures in comfy lifestyles before we eat them rather than cows living in awful factory farm conditions their entire life
Hunter Taylor
As long as felinids are still canon
Luis Flores
i get your point but it doesn't really apply to peta. they don't really care about animal rights. There shelters have some the highest kill rates, so high they're not even allowed to call themselves shelters in some states. or they pull stunts like kidnapping dogs from people's yards to euthanize.
there are genuine animal rights groups, peta isn't one of them.
William James
If you wouldn't curbstomp a baby for the sake of something like a dog, especially a brown baby, you're a bad person
Jacob Johnson
has peta not heard of fake fur?
James Hall
>PETA >Getting things done
Nathaniel Campbell
>In the grimm darkness of the far future people has to advide to what SJW and faggots believe Fuck this people already
Carson Ross
>Animals killed for their fur are typically kept in tiny, filthy wire cages before being electrocuted, drowned, or even skinned alive. Or they may be trapped in the wild by horrific bone-crushing steel-jaw traps – which often leave them languishing for days before they eventually die of hunger, thirst, or blood loss. Sounds less grimdark than half the shit the imperium does.
Jason Ross
Literally have a better life than the average human of the Imperium, the fuck?
Thomas Lopez
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA They don't even respect intelligent xenos much less fucking stupid animals PPPFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Camden Baker
Your understanding of human psychology is poor, my cringelord friend.
Jaxson Diaz
>this is actually a thing
Jesus wept
Oliver Sanchez
Yeah, it's really hard to understand retards, I try but I can't graps some of the ideas that go through their minds.
Nathaniel Green
>And while we appreciate that these are fictional characters, draping them in what looks to be a replica of a dead animal sends the message that wearing fur is acceptable – when, in fact, it has no more place in 2017 than it would in the year 40,000.
Exactly, it's about time someone finally brought this terrible injustice to light.
Alexander Wright
Isn't this game dark, grim filled with unfairness, death, racism, xenophobia, etc? why the fuck would make any sense to have equality of gender and animal rights?
Ryan Taylor
What terribly missed opportunity. Instead of "Wrath of Magnus" there had to be "Wrath of PETA", where Fenris is invaded and destroyed by peta activists.
Mason Butler
Only PETA could whine about fur in a setting where there are literally demons that rape people to (eventual) death and that's one of the tamer aspects of the Grimdark.
Plus, you'd think the fact the fur is an indication that the wearers are barbaric would go down well with them, but nope, guess if PETA had their way, the Space Furries would need to wear hats saying 'we are viking stereotypes'.
Wyatt Miller
Did these people ever read the fluff?
> People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
Adam Harris
Reminder that it is perfectly acceptable to wear human skin garments
Jacob Butler
>They're not human user, they've also shown time and again to not even be sentient, they are literally our play things I think that's taking it a little far user, after all, peta activists are at least biologically human.
Dominic Nguyen
Breaking news: By not complaining about the skulls, PETA declares that murdering people to wear their organs is acceptable in their eyes.
Jack Flores
>Wrestling a giant Fenrisian Wolf to death and taking it's pelt doesn't take any skill
Aaaayyyyy
Adrian Mitchell
It actually is for them, this is nothing new, they don't care about humans, they said more than once that animals are more precious than humans and that we're the scourge of Earth
Nathaniel Cruz
>Batshit extremist personality cult still relies on gratuitous outrage and disturbing shock propaganda to get media attention >Still hasn't and will never engage in actual, useful, productive activism instead of dedicating their resources to self-perpetuation Nothing new under the sun. Maybe one day they'll get what's coming to them. Until then I don't see the point of talking about their stupid publicity stunts.
Andrew Sanchez
>Animals They're all xenos, ALL, no animal in the grim dark of the far future, Earth has no animals, every creature that isn't human is a xeno.
Jeremiah Gray
Don't be fucking absurd, no one would ever do something that insane. Such an act of inhumane callousness would rightfully be condemned and all would make the right choice to save the child. We as a species won't just randomly murder babies on the way to some misguided goal of animal welfare. Only if it's a nigger baby.
Ethan Nelson
So, how does this work with tyranids? Do nid trophies count? Is everyone that has killed even a single gaunt in a game a shitlord?
Noah Ortiz
>murdering people to wear their organs is acceptable I don't see why it wouldn't be.
Luis Powell
I love PETA, it's nice getting up in the morning and knowing there's a sizeable group of people I'm just objectively better than.
Lincoln Kelly
>there are no wolves on fenris
Hunter Long
They look like wolves, they're called wolves but they aren't wolves
Cameron Walker
On one hand, I agree with PETA on the basis for the ethical treatment of animals. But on the other, if you're too stupid to realize that it's a fictional universe where it can literally rain blood and shit, then you really, really need help.
Pic related
Joshua Adams
PEOPLE PLEASE we are overlooking the obvious.
What if theres an Inqistorial "Ordo PETA" that goes around slaughtering thousands to maintain anti-animal cruelty laws.
Connor Cook
>last bit
Oooh, sooo shocking.
Adam Lewis
>Peta >Not a cult lead by deluded maniacs
Peta should be regarded as a terrorist organisation. There are several animals rights groups that are both more sensible and less fanatic in their approach.
Benjamin Williams
Daily reminder.
Hudson Gonzalez
In this setting they lobotomize babies and turn them into servitors and I don't see people trying to copy this in real life, why do these PETArds think because animals are treated badly in the game is going to send a bad message to people?
Lincoln Cox
>Lord inquistor! We face a threat of galactic importance! >Yes commander Fluffy-kins? >We must make a choice that will affect billions of lives. On one planet, a cult of nurgle has risen, threatening the population with the onslaught of chaos. >What is the other option? >A planetary governor has held a fenrisian puppy up by it's ears.... >Thus do I declare Traitorous Perditus upon this governor! LET EXTERMINATUS BE DONE UPON THEM! >Of course Lord inquistor... let the emperor's will be done.
Jayden Cook
Oooh, sooo reddit.
Noah Anderson
Who cares about what a bunch of terrorist-supporters want you to do?
I actually work with an evil spooky animal rights group and PETA are a bunch of fucking jokes.
Yes animals being killed for no reason other then fur is bad but just because some big mother fucking murder machine in a game does it doesn't mean it'll encourage it. It won't make any real difference no matter what happens in this situation.
Hunter Allen
>PETA People Eating Tasty Animals
Easton Gutierrez
I'm glad someone is finally checking the privilege of this misogynist, homophobic, white supremacist, nazi , fascist game.
Sebastian Jones
1) they don't give a shit about babies. 2) they're the sort of people who get duped by their own narrative so much that they think everyone else is duped by narratives as well, thus conflicting narratives must be destroyed.
The real shock will be if gee dubs responded, and says, we cant remove fur from existing minis, but in future we will respect your wishes.
Henry Bennett
Right why everyone in this game is a fucking CIS male worshipping a patriarcal God on a golden seat?
Oliver Sanders
>decorating a vehicle with the mounted heads of an endangered species
When will it end?
Carson Nguyen
so that's why all the wargamers I know go around strapping people to giant walking mechanical harnesses, their little toys told them to!
Jacob Thompson
>There are several terrorist groups that are both more sensible and less fanatic in their approach. FTFY.
Connor Morris
I'm still amazed GW didn't expand on them apart of that they are a thing.
Adrian Evans
>I'm still amazed GW didn't expand on them
Only because you're a deviant mired in his own fetish.
Angel Smith
The militant left is easier to understand than the militant right, but both are fucking batshit crazy.
Mason Brown
Hey man, I was just pointing out that people consider African babies to be second-rate humans. People have double standards. Doesn't make me /pol/ to point out that people are assholes when it comes to the impoverished products of oppressive rule.
Personally, I respect babies of all persuasions, niggers or otherwise.
Interesting question is whether one would choose two nigger babies or one White baby. Being Asian, I'd pick the duo of niglets, so I'd like for that accusation of /pol/ to be taken back senpai
James Roberts
>Hating on catgirls
Then again, they'd make them into humans with hairy skin condition.
Liam Clark
.....Are all of those Bloodmount heads alive?
Ryder Turner
Fuck you furfag. Go play Infinity with all the other faggots.
Christopher Torres
Did you just assume the Emperor's gender? You massive shitlord!
Kevin Davis
Literally "we don't like it, so let's force everyone into pretending it doesn't exist at all"
Logan James
Well, that would just be even crueller, not even having the decency to put them out of their misery.
Caleb Lee
>Horus >Caused the death of literal billions of people But God forbid he wear a fucking pelt, that's where the line is?
Colton Price
This model always makes me laugh, it is the over the top and ridiculous thing ever and I love it
Isaiah Ward
>that WoW protest I remember that one. It was hilarious when it got crashed. The one time Alliance and Horde unanimously stood side by side to slaughter as many baby seals as possible. Fun times.
Hunter Long
Obviously Tyranids are propaganda funded by the hunting lobby to shape people's minds to support the extermination of all the majestic animals on this planet.
Jack Howard
Of course. HUMAN LIFE DOESN'T MATTER. GOD HATE HUMANS. HUMANITY WAS A MISTAKE. THE GUN IS GOOD THE POONOS IS EVIL!
Matthew Morales
>Being faggot >Calling others faggots >M-muh adult wargames for an adult like me
Meanwhile, a full chapter with bats fetish, indulgement with wolf and leather hard on is totally a-okay.
Christopher Moore
Furfag catfucker webboo like you can't understand manliness.
Angel Reed
I'd choose the white, they dont bite you in the ass later
Btw I'm not white either
Blake Roberts
Welcome to the far left
Daniel Reyes
>“These battle-hardened warriors are known for their martial prowess – but wearing the skins of dead animals doesn’t take any skill.” Will someone have the courage to explain how things work to them? I always kinda assumed the pelts were from animals they had hunted for themselves, and that the animals in question would've been actually dangerous or something.
Adam Gutierrez
White people aren't exactly trustworthy. Depends on their income.
Lincoln Hall
Same thing with the no girls in 40k article. They know shit about the hobby, game or setting.
Cooper Wilson
>draping them in what looks to be a replica of a dead animal sends the message that wearing fur is acceptable >implying any of the fucked-up shit going on in the grimdarkness of the 41st millennium is portrayed as acceptable
Man, you can't even make satire of these stupid fucks, because any attempt to exaggerate their idiocy inevitably turns out to be accurate instead of funny.
Bentley Brooks
Reminds me of the batshit Christfags during the Pokemon crazed who used to claim that it encouraged theft, because Team Rocket did that. They also complained about Sabrina stealing souls.
Julian Foster
does PETA really think GW will give a shit about their opinion? removing all fur from models, art and fluff would cost shit tons of money
They very likely don't expect anything to come from it, but they want to: a) get people talking about them; and b) go "ohh, look at those evil business people, not catering to our demands.". They are still under the illusion that any publicity is good publicity.
Owen Adams
I used to think wotc didn't give a fuck about crazy feminists asking for no violence towards women of any kind in mtg...and look now, no women can be seen having anykind if fighting against a male in the art
Juan Hernandez
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Isaac Bennett
>Implying they wear fur for fashion and not as trophies >Implying they didn't do some backwater human colony a service by killing the monster whose fur they wear >Implying they didn't eat the meat and fashion tools and totems from the bones >Implying the 41st millennium cares about animals when it doesn't even care about human rights