PETA asks GW to ban Fur from Warhammer characters

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**Ginjitzu**

I decided to post a comment on the page, but just in case I get censored, I'll repost it here verbatim.

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is supposed to portray a cruel and malevolent setting utterly devoid of any humanity or kindness, as summarized in the phrase "grimdark," which is commonly used to describe the setting. It seems to me, that in a universe composed entirely of immoral villains, hell bent on exterminating literally everything they cannot enslave or exploit, expecting the characters to suddenly stop wearing fur out of moral considerations in entirely missing the point.

Scratch that. I didn't realize there were other comments until after I posted. It seems that at least 50 other people made the same point that I did

**Ginjitzu**

MFW I opened up my copy of White Dwarf last night, only to see all of those new Stormcast models covered in animal pelts.

**Ginjitzu**

Spoiler:

They're like the Westboro baptists of animal welfare, if the Westboro baptists secretly engaged in homosexual orgies.

**Ginjitzu**

Azazelx wrote:
Gaming (tabletop, minis, video) skews young, often passionate, and to an extent immature. It's no surprise that their admitted trolling got them the reaction that they were after.

They admit as much (to the trolling/"awareness campaign") and it got them a lot of hits and a bunch of media attention.
http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/peta-warhammer-40000-cant-serious/

They've closed the comments on that post, disallowing further discourse. I get the sense that in spite of their claim that they were simply trolling to highlight a more serious issue, inwardly they know they dun goofed and made themselves look like lunatics. And by they, I mean Dan Howe.