Encourage Turner Network's late-night network "Adult Swim" to end their professional relationship with web-content creator This Is Pop (www.thisispop.com) after the creation of a disgusting and very unnecessary marketing campaign for PeTA.
To whom it may concern,
We, the undersigned, feel that web content producer This Is Pop has created an offensive, vulgar and disgusting video game in support of an organization who exploits human suffering and misery to supposedly protect animals (PeTA). The undersigned believe that PeTA is an organization that markets and profits off of ridiculous displays of violence and through vulgarly produced propaganda to further it's out-reach of so called "animal rights".
The content in question, "Mario Kills Tanooki", parodies the Nintendo franchise of Super Mario in an effort to to convince young people that wearing fur is wrong. The connection is that Super Mario is a Japanese franchise, and the Japanese kill and skin an animal called a Tanooki. therefore the parody insists that the two are related through the fact that since 1989 Super Mario has included a "Tanooki Suit" as an in-game item. PeTA believes this encourages children to wear fur (albeit the costume-item in question comes via a floating leaf.)
The content of This Is Pop's creation contains violence too far out to be considered "cartoonish", and portrays a children's icon in the stolen pelt of a skinned animal. Upon completing the game, the message "@#$& YOU MARIO" appears on the screen. This Is Pop has also created content for Viacom's Nickelodeon website, specifically engineered for young children.
We urge you to complete your business with producers at This Is Pop, and terminate a professional relationship with the company.
Thank You,Your fans, followers and supporters
