Comments on: PETA on Manu: ‘No respect for lives humbler than his own’

By: boxer dog

boxer dog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:02:12 +0000

Crazy PETA better used their money to really help animals instead of this circus …

By: jun

jun — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:18:47 +0000

for goodness sake, PETA. Give the man a break. OR should i say, give the manu a break.

By: Pretty Ricky

Pretty Ricky — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:30:59 +0000

Let this be a lesson to all bat kind, stay out of our gyms. We will tolerate cute little possums scampering across our football fields. We can put up with pigeons flying down the field to cover kickoffs, the Raiders need all the help they can get anyway. Pigeons have learned what happens when they get directly involved with a sporting event though. Just ask the one that exploded after interfering with a Randy Johnson fastball. They know now that they are only are nothing more than a side show, not the main event. It would serve all bats everywhere well to know that when they disrupt our blessed sporting events, there’s a price to pay.

By: Pau Kozdi

Pau Kozdi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:24:37 +0000

Also, best comment on PETA’s post:

“Poor bat. Revenge will be mine!!!!

Posted by: Bruce Wayne | November 2, 2009 02:31 PM”

By: Pau Kozdi

Pau Kozdi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:20:38 +0000

This is great. Thanks for digging this up, guys. Wrote about in on my blog. My take:

Saw this one coming from a mile away. PETA’s capacity for outrage is unrivaled. Mostly this is just hilarious, though linking to their own blog’s archived posts on Michael Vick goes beyond silly righteousness to me; it’s downright misleading and pernicious to equate Manu (killed a bat that was holding up an NBA game) with Vick (ran a dogfighting ring in which dozens of dogs were tortured and killed for sport, some likely by his own hand). I know these are sensitive times, and it’s PETA’s job to provide knee-jerk condemnation to this kind of thing, but I feel like at this point Lewis Hamilton could splatter a bug on his racing helmet and get crucified.

By: VespaGuy

VespaGuy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:17:22 +0000

The one thing that nobody is picking up on is this– in PETA terms, their reaction to the Ginobili incident is a slap on the wrist. They haven’t demanded apology, they haven’t called for boycotts or protests– they’ve just basically said “you big brute!” For a group that lurks in bushes to throw red paint on fur-wearing starlets, I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that even the nuts are letting this one slide. The only real downside to this story is the series of shots Manu’s going to have to take, and if he has a reaction to one of the three remaining series. I’d hate to lose Manu for a critical game down the road b/c he’s laid up from rabies shots…

By: Rodrigo

Rodrigo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:54 +0000

lol PETA failing to understand that the bat flew away…

By: Zeus

Zeus — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:57 +0000

I’d like to see Manu “temporarily stun” this PETA windbag.

By: Tanjavur

Tanjavur — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:44:20 +0000

I can’t wait to see Barkley’s take on the bat when the Spurs play Utah on Thursday.

By: b1gdon

b1gdon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:39 +0000

I noticed the bat flying around there before the game and yes, I’ve seen those thing flying and birds get in and fly around the insides of domes and arenas all the time.

Remember, these guys are rats with wings and in central Texas we have millions of them around this time of year, so I see no problem with what Manu did. PETA should be more worried about the ecosystem and protecting bat colonies (which we do here in Texas) than an individual pest problem.

P.S. The rabies thing is way overstated.

By: krista

krista — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:07:47 +0000

Yes I do believe it flew in on its own. Just as the one that flew into one of my HS classrooms, Hemisfair Arena years ago, a previous game at the current arena and like all the birds that have flown into the Alamodome over the years and the one that flew into the GM Building in Detroit when I was there in Sept.

So, I’m “precious” for believing something I’ve seen before over believing someone captured a bat and brought it to a game?

By: Rey

Rey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:23:40 +0000

Yes, we should take very seriously the words of an organization that places naked people in streets to “attract” attention to their cause, when they could just do fun runs and documentaries.

Seriously though, I must admire their consistency in condemning every single person who gets involved with animals: from Obama swatting a fly to Manu hitting a bat.

I do wonder how they would act on termites, cockroaches and spiders in their own houses. Or maybe they also live 0n trees.

Then again, wouldn’t that mean competing with ants and birds for territory.

These people never fail to confuse me…

By: Jaythejay

Jaythejay — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:24:11 +0000

You’ve never seen bats interrupt a Spurs game before? I can think of at least two games in the SBC Center and a ton at the old Hemisphere Arena that had to be stopped at points because of them.

By: Andrew A McNeill

Andrew A McNeill — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:53:57 +0000

At least Manu’s post on Facebook wasn’t really an apology. It was less “I’m sorry” and more “That wasn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done.”

By: LPM

LPM — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:17:08 +0000

Christian Slater is now terrified. If Spurs do not extend Manu next year we have a real Batman, that can jump, slice and if with a healthy ankle (his kryptonite) he can pass by a couple of “jokers”.