PETA remind StarCraft 2 players that “Zerglings have feelings, too"

11 March 2013 • 72 days 11 hours ago • Story by Julian Benson

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PETA have announced that they will be attending the StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm launch event in Irvine, California, where they will will be distributing leaflets that remind readers that “gamers and nongamers alike should have compassion for all beings—even those who are very different from us.”

Written by PETA member Joel Bartlett, a blog post on the animal rights group’s website said “when playing StarCraft, I had noticed how the Zerg were treated more like animals than like other people. I couldn't help but wonder if there would be an analog to PETA in the world of StarCraft [...] [W]hile Zerglings are not real, there are many equally "strange" and exotic animals we share this planet with who deserve our empathy. Just because crocodiles and snakes look alien to us, that doesn't make it OK to skin them alive for a handbag, shoes, or a belt.” So, if you are attending tonight's launch event in Irvine, California, spare a thought for the Zerg.

Thanks, Polygon.

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Blizzard PETA Joel Bartlett

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Treelor says: 22:26pm March 11th 2013

PETZ = People for the Eating of Tasty Zerglings

VinsanityV22 says: 11:25am March 12th 2013

While it's not a bad message at all, the PETA-ness of it immediately activates my instinct to dismiss it. Must... fight... urge.... to be cynical...

Gurgadurgen says: 21:48pm March 13th 2013

Here, let me help you a little, Vinsanity: PETA blatantly ignored the fact that everything the zerg stand for (or at least -have- stood for, prior to this most devious, Shyamalan-esque twist in the Zerg's true purpose) is what PETA is -against-. They literally have lived to eraddicate all other life, barring what species they found that seemed promising enough to assimilate them into the swarm, as a new unit. More or less, PETA is saying that we should love all living creatures, even if those living creatures hate, and would gladly (and easily, given no resistance) -destroy- all other creatures, including us.
That's like saying I should defend a man holding an innocent bystander hostage from the SWAT snipers that have a perfectly clean shot at him, but would have to kill him, or he would kill the hostage, allowing him to kill the hostage, and me. It makes NO SENSE XD