If they are, don't give them good drops so people have no reason to hunt then, so nobody can say "You're encouraging the death of endangered species" etc. etc.
I don't see the point in pandas. People shouldn't say killing pandas in a video game is encouraging death of real pandas, because you already can kill other people in minecraft. I'm sure killing other people is worse than killing pandas.
... Yeah. PETA is serious about this stuff.
One fish's life apparently has the same value as a human life in PETA's eyes.
An endangered species would make them flip out.
Were pandas ever happening? A developer saying, "I'd like to add [x] in some day" doesn't really mean much. I believe it was Dinnerbone right after he was hired, if I remember correctly, back before he was officially a full-time developer for Minecraft.
... Yeah. PETA is serious about this stuff.
One fish's life apparently has the same value as a human life in PETA's eyes.
An endangered species would make them flip out.
Quite honestly, it shouldn't matter if PETA doesn't like it. PETA picks a fight with everything that shows some form of cruelty towards animals, like how they recently targeted Pokemon for animal abuse.
I honestly don't believe in the whole "Oh a panda's life isn't worth as much as a human's" idea at all. How exactly is some useless drug addict's life (let's also say he's a child molester and lives on your tax money because he's too lazy to get a job for the heck of it) worth more than an endangered animal's that has emotion and a decent level of intelligence for an animal that wasn't fortunate enough to be born a human? Every panda is important to the survival of the species.
With the billions upon billions of humans in this world, we have plenty of useless people. =P Not counting those with useful jobs and such.
Buuut not going to go into a lot of detail on that debate, as that's a whole nother thing entirely.
I think it's silly to get 'butt-hurt' over people killing pandas in a game. They aren't real, and I doubt it'll influence people to go out and shoot pandas lol.
I bolded that because I'm sure people are going to read the first two sentences of my post and be all like, "Oh jeez, she's one of those crazy peeta people mentioned in previous posts that believe a fish with no real mind of it's own is super important to save and yada yada" (which I don't btw, fish are stupid creatures. Although I do wish fishing could be less of a horrifying way to die). But no, I'm not that crazy about animals that weren't fortunate enough to be born as a person. c:
But it's not a big deal to me. Mo' Creatures has adorable panda mobs as it is.
And yes, I'm well aware that this post was written terribly and I apologize for it. :[
Who cares about pandas? All Minecraft really needs is gerbils. Little rodents that live in the desert that can be "tamed" and thrown into a large glass container. Best pet ever!
Who cares about pandas? All Minecraft really needs is gerbils. Little rodents that live in the desert that can be "tamed" and thrown into a large glass container. Best pet ever!
I would abuse the heck out of that. And I would put them into glass containers and make gerbil molotovs.
Away with ye, creeper! Face the wratch of my gerbil jar!
I don't see the point in pandas. People shouldn't say killing pandas in a video game is encouraging death of real pandas, because you already can kill other people in minecraft. I'm sure killing other people is worse than killing pandas.
How are pandas the only thing encouraged to kill in a video game?
You can kill people in it, does that encourage people to kill eachother?
You can kill cows in it. Have you ever gone around murdering cows because of Minecraft?
... Yeah. PETA is serious about this stuff.
One fish's life apparently has the same value as a human life in PETA's eyes.
An endangered species would make them flip out.
What purpose could pandas have besides killing them for being in your way? They're not small like bats. Although they would make nice atmosphere, which is definitely something Minecraft is missing.
I would abuse the heck out of that. And I would put them into glass containers and make gerbil molotovs.
Away with ye, creeper! Face the wrath of my gerbil jar!
What I meant was surrounding an area with glass and throwing them in there, unless you're talking about stuffing them in a small area and releasing them.
Was there a time when anyone cared what PETA thinks?
Personally, I don't care about what mobs Mojang is adding to the game as long as they aren't lag intensive or intrusive. I'd prefer terrain improvements personally.
... Yeah. PETA is serious about this stuff.
One fish's life apparently has the same value as a human life in PETA's eyes.
An endangered species would make them flip out.
Uh, this is Minecraft, not the Socialist Republic of PETA, so we can always tell them to shut up. And honestly, I probably wouldn't even kill any pandas if they are added. I'd probably keep them as pets because pandas are awesome.
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When will Minecraft stop updating? When pigs fly over the frozen plains of hell, twice in a blue moon, while Taylor Swift sings a song called, "Maybe I'm the Problem".
So I guess peta believes that a fish is more important than a human.
I don't want to start a debate, but I have been vegetarian for 7 years now, and I haven't starved because I haven't eaten fish...And if you mean in Minecraft, I've never even crafted a fishing rod. I eat bread. Bread and cake
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"Pointy end up, flamey end down. If both ends are flamey, we call that a 'minor error'." -A very wise rocket scientist
So this ended up being a noob chat about how some heartless people think a human life is worth more just because they're selfish and human, because they can think. Frankly I think a human life is worth less than animals, 'cause we can defend ourselves, they can't against us, so if I would defend someone, it would be the animal, if a human can't defend him/herself, then that person is just an idiot and probably deserves what he/she gets. Now frankly I don't see a point in a useless mob that only looks cute and has no real use, that's why I don't like ocelots.
I honestly don't believe in the whole "Oh a panda's life isn't worth as much as a human's" idea at all. How exactly is some useless drug addict's life (let's also say he's a child molester and lives on your tax money because he's too lazy to get a job for the heck of it) worth more than an endangered animal's that has emotion and a decent level of intelligence for an animal that wasn't fortunate enough to be born a human? Every panda is important to the survival of the species.
With the billions upon billions of humans in this world, we have plenty of useless people. =P Not counting those with useful jobs and such.
Buuut not going to go into a lot of detail on that debate, as that's a whole nother thing entirely.
I think it's silly to get 'butt-hurt' over people killing pandas in a game. They aren't real, and I doubt it'll influence people to go out and shoot pandas lol.
I bolded that because I'm sure people are going to read the first two sentences of my post and be all like, "Oh jeez, she's one of those crazy peeta people mentioned in previous posts that believe a fish with no real mind of it's own is super important to save and yada yada" (which I don't btw, fish are stupid creatures. Although I do wish fishing could be less of a horrifying way to die). But no, I'm not that crazy about animals that weren't fortunate enough to be born as a person. c:
But it's not a big deal to me. Mo' Creatures has adorable panda mobs as it is.
And yes, I'm well aware that this post was written terribly and I apologize for it. :[
It's a PANDA, it's not a human.
Crazy people like you who think that animals are the same/better than humans need to get their priorities straight.
I'd have no guilt shooting a Panda if it was attacking me (more specifically with a PS90).
What I have to say about PETA, this is AMERICA.
If I want to shoot a stupid animal I can.
If I want to make a game based on violence towards animals I can.
If I want to hang taxidermy trophies on my wall I can.
An animal is not a human.
An animal is an unintellegent life form that can't add two numbers together, or experience higher emotions that humans can.
U MAD PETA?
U MAD ANIMAL-WORSHIPERS?
Anyway, you say that an animal was not 'fortunant to be born as a human'.
So I'm assuming that we stood in line before we were born, and drew from a hat what kind of creature we would be born as? Oh, brother.
And it's heartless btw to say a drug-addict or welfare-milker is not worth as much as you. I don't like what they do, but as long as we are not perfect, we can't judge other people because of the things they struggle with, we are all not perfect.
So this ended up being a noob chat about how some heartless people think a human life is worth more just because they're selfish and human, because they can think. Frankly I think a human life is worth less than animals, 'cause we can defend ourselves, they can't against us, so if I would defend someone, it would be the animal, if a human can't defend him/herself, then that person is just an idiot and probably deserves what he/she gets. Now frankly I don't see a point in a useless mob that only looks cute and has no real use, that's why I don't like ocelots.
It's a stupid animal, it eats, it sleeps, it poops. Animals don't have much of a purpose for living, they don't have dreams, desires, or even complex emotions. An animal doesn't even grasp the concept of ownership much less the concept of math. The only purpose animals have is to provide for humans. It's not heartless or mean, that's just what animals are. If you want to worship stupid animals, you can do that with your own pets, but I will still eat meat, and I will not provide my cats with their own house because they are 'worth as much as me'. People who think that animals are worth more than humans are desensitized and crazy.
People complain about animal violence in games, yet they turn around and play games like COD MWII and Grand Theft Auto, in which you do nothing but murder and abuse humans. PETA LOGIC.
Anyway, it's a game, a 'panda' in minecraft is really just a simulated panda represented by bytes in system RAM.
If they implement pandas, I would like panda steak btw.
It's a stupid animal, it eats, it sleeps, it poops. Animals don't have much of a purpose for living, they don't have dreams, desires, or even complex emotions. An animal doesn't even grasp the concept of ownership much less the concept of math.
While true, that most animals do not have the complex abilities of humans, they do have emotions; they do feel pain. Higher animals can actually use tools, namethemselves, and even have limited ability for math. Elephants in particular have grasped the concept of altruism and death. Some animals are even self aware (assuming that the mirror test is valid).
The only purpose animals have is to provide for humans.
Well that's quite an anthropocentric statement you have there! Especially when you fail to remember that for hundreds for millions of years, there have been no humans; however, there were (other) animals. And it would be ludicrous to believe that a random caecelian in the Amazonian jungle would have the responsibility to provide for you and me. In addition, we are not the only things on earth to think about; we also have the natural environment, which all non-domesticated animals are part of. Said natural environment may or may not be greater in extent to our human-made world. (Oh, and please don't confuse me with the people who think that humans should die in favor of the aforementioned natural environment, mkay?)
It's not heartless or mean, that's just what animals are. If you want to worship stupid animals, you can do that with your own pets, but I will still eat meat, and I will not provide my cats with their own house because they are 'worth as much as me'. People who think that animals are worth more than humans are desensitized and crazy.
If treating animals humanely and notlikethis is not what you mean by "worshiping animals," fair enough. Otherwise, we have a problem.
People complain about animal violence in games, yet they turn around and play games like COD MWII and Grand Theft Auto, in which you do nothing but murder and abuse humans. PETA LOGIC.
When did you assume that the same people who play violent video games are the same people who go out and make a stand about "animals>humans"?
Anyway, it's a game, a 'panda' in minecraft is really just a simulated panda represented by bytes in system RAM.
Fair enough. Just be sane enough that a bunch of bytes in system RAM != real life.
If they implement pandas, I would like panda steak btw.
Yeah, I wished that they implemented pandas in the April Fools' release. Regardless, I am not interested in how panda steak tastes like, just saying.
... Yeah. PETA is serious about this stuff.
One fish's life apparently has the same value as a human life in PETA's eyes.
An endangered species would make them flip out.
Quite honestly, it shouldn't matter if PETA doesn't like it. PETA picks a fight with everything that shows some form of cruelty towards animals, like how they recently targeted Pokemon for animal abuse.
With the billions upon billions of humans in this world, we have plenty of useless people. =P Not counting those with useful jobs and such.
Buuut not going to go into a lot of detail on that debate, as that's a whole nother thing entirely.
I think it's silly to get 'butt-hurt' over people killing pandas in a game. They aren't real, and I doubt it'll influence people to go out and shoot pandas lol.
I bolded that because I'm sure people are going to read the first two sentences of my post and be all like, "Oh jeez, she's one of those crazy peeta people mentioned in previous posts that believe a fish with no real mind of it's own is super important to save and yada yada" (which I don't btw, fish are stupid creatures. Although I do wish fishing could be less of a horrifying way to die). But no, I'm not that crazy about animals that weren't fortunate enough to be born as a person. c:
But it's not a big deal to me. Mo' Creatures has adorable panda mobs as it is.
And yes, I'm well aware that this post was written terribly and I apologize for it. :[
Praise be to Spode.
I would abuse the heck out of that. And I would put them into glass containers and make gerbil molotovs.
Away with ye, creeper! Face the wratch of my gerbil jar!
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
How are pandas the only thing encouraged to kill in a video game?
You can kill people in it, does that encourage people to kill eachother?
You can kill cows in it. Have you ever gone around murdering cows because of Minecraft?
Since when did anyone care what PETA thinks?
What I meant was surrounding an area with glass and throwing them in there, unless you're talking about stuffing them in a small area and releasing them.
Praise be to Spode.
Personally, I don't care about what mobs Mojang is adding to the game as long as they aren't lag intensive or intrusive. I'd prefer terrain improvements personally.
When will Minecraft stop updating? When pigs fly over the frozen plains of hell, twice in a blue moon, while Taylor Swift sings a song called, "Maybe I'm the Problem".
If anyone wants to port/remake this, feel free to do that! Or don't. It's up to you, really.
I don't want to start a debate, but I have been vegetarian for 7 years now, and I haven't starved because I haven't eaten fish...And if you mean in Minecraft, I've never even crafted a fishing rod. I eat bread. Bread and cake
"Pointy end up, flamey end down. If both ends are flamey, we call that a 'minor error'." -A very wise rocket scientist
It's a PANDA, it's not a human.
Crazy people like you who think that animals are the same/better than humans need to get their priorities straight.
I'd have no guilt shooting a Panda if it was attacking me (more specifically with a PS90).
What I have to say about PETA, this is AMERICA.
U MAD ANIMAL-WORSHIPERS?
Anyway, you say that an animal was not 'fortunant to be born as a human'.
So I'm assuming that we stood in line before we were born, and drew from a hat what kind of creature we would be born as? Oh, brother.
And it's heartless btw to say a drug-addict or welfare-milker is not worth as much as you. I don't like what they do, but as long as we are not perfect, we can't judge other people because of the things they struggle with, we are all not perfect.
The new Discovery: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2151442-an-amazing-discovery/
It's a stupid animal, it eats, it sleeps, it poops. Animals don't have much of a purpose for living, they don't have dreams, desires, or even complex emotions. An animal doesn't even grasp the concept of ownership much less the concept of math. The only purpose animals have is to provide for humans. It's not heartless or mean, that's just what animals are. If you want to worship stupid animals, you can do that with your own pets, but I will still eat meat, and I will not provide my cats with their own house because they are 'worth as much as me'. People who think that animals are worth more than humans are desensitized and crazy.
People complain about animal violence in games, yet they turn around and play games like COD MWII and Grand Theft Auto, in which you do nothing but murder and abuse humans. PETA LOGIC.
Anyway, it's a game, a 'panda' in minecraft is really just a simulated panda represented by bytes in system RAM.
If they implement pandas, I would like panda steak btw.
The new Discovery: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2151442-an-amazing-discovery/
While true, that most animals do not have the complex abilities of humans, they do have emotions; they do feel pain. Higher animals can actually use tools, name themselves, and even have limited ability for math. Elephants in particular have grasped the concept of altruism and death. Some animals are even self aware (assuming that the mirror test is valid).
Well that's quite an anthropocentric statement you have there! Especially when you fail to remember that for hundreds for millions of years, there have been no humans; however, there were (other) animals. And it would be ludicrous to believe that a random caecelian in the Amazonian jungle would have the responsibility to provide for you and me. In addition, we are not the only things on earth to think about; we also have the natural environment, which all non-domesticated animals are part of. Said natural environment may or may not be greater in extent to our human-made world. (Oh, and please don't confuse me with the people who think that humans should die in favor of the aforementioned natural environment, mkay?)
If treating animals humanely and not like this is not what you mean by "worshiping animals," fair enough. Otherwise, we have a problem.
When did you assume that the same people who play violent video games are the same people who go out and make a stand about "animals>humans"?
Fair enough. Just be sane enough that a bunch of bytes in system RAM != real life.
Yeah, I wished that they implemented pandas in the April Fools' release. Regardless, I am not interested in how panda steak tastes like, just saying.