PETA Likens Manu Ginobili Bat Incident to Michael Vick in Response
Posted Nov 02, 2009 4:20PM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)

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Manu Ginobili had a recent encounter with a bat at a recent Spurs game, the video of which has since been broadcast on almost every blog you can find. And in commenting sections on these sites across the world, people joked about how PETA would respond.

And now they have -- and it is exactly what you would expect from them.

From PETA.org:
Here's our take on it: To bludgeon a 4-ounce animal to death, it takes either a small man or a totally unthinking one-with no respect or consideration for lives humbler than his own. This is a time when athletes in particular need to be on their best behavior around any animal and show that they have brains and a heart, not just reactionary brawn.

Now, ordinarily, I wouldn't leave a hyperlink in a blockquote ... except PETA decided to link to their "Michael Vick" blog tag while describing one of the two things that Manu could be for "bludgeoning" the bat.

I normally have some ill-will-filled feelings towards PETA, because I tend to think they rely too much on publicity stunts and less on "actually helping animals."

But this time, they've really crossed the line; not only do they fail to realize that some fan (and not, you know, Manu) brought the bat in the arena, but they decided to compare what amounts to Ginobili's self-defense to Vick torturing dogs.

And that folks, is just a bunch of guano.
Tags: manu, manuginobili

self defense? Are you smoking crack? that bat was flying away from manu when he swatted it out of the air and killed it. The Bat was hurting no one and would have gone to a secluded area of the building but no Manu has to be a ***** and kill the bat. I hope Peta gets rags him hard. I've lost respect for him and the spurs for such an act of pointless hate toward a non human.

They said on Sportscenter the next day that the bat didn't die, that it was merely "stunned."