PETA goes after Manu!!!

[Samr]

I know there's about 10 threads on the front page about Manu, so if the mods want to combine this go ahead. But 48MoH just posted PETA's official response, and it is absolutely f-ing hysterical.

I mean, we all joked about PETA saying something, but did anyone really think they'd make a statement?


Via PETA.org:

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.

Bats always try to avoid contact with humans, and there are plenty of easy ways to keep bats out of a basketball arena (or your home). We hope that the next time someone’s life is on the line, Manu Ginobili will take just a few seconds to think before he acts.

[seth210]

:lol

[I. Hustle]

It wasn't "someone's" life. Those stupid idiots.

[spursfan09]

:lol this is pathetic.

[MannyIsGod]

:lmao

You know this shit was coming. Fucking PETA.

[Muser]

Jesus christ, PETA can be picky bastards.

[Spurminator]

:lmao

I'm starting to appreciate PETA's sense of humor.

[AussieFanKurt]

Fuck sake,
PETA are always those dickheads who value animal lives over humans arent they?

[ElNono]

Somebody needs to post this in the comments section:

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/y_so_srs.jpg

[Bukefal]

:lol I can't stand PETA, what a joke. Always on top of everything with their stupid arguments.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

i think its just some idiots posting on the PETA BLOG, not PETA per se ...oh wait there is no difference...

[Bukefal]

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/manu_ginobili.php

[Samr]

I submitted a comment, which I am confidently assuming will not be approved. But I did put my real email address so we'll see what kind of PETA-spiel I'll get.


First, it wasn't a "smack" it was a "love tap."

Second, I'm pretty sure the bat was flopping.

Third, it was delaying the game. If you were delaying my game, I'm pretty sure I'd love tap you too.

[BlackBellamy]

But the bat "lived", right? I am convinced that PETA must have Onion writers on staff, "someone's life". Pffft. Do they hold a wake when they hit a squirrel with their Smart cars?

[Fpoonsie]

:lmao

ginobili is godless and doesn't value life

:rollin

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I don't remember them raising a stink when Bruce squashed a hornet a few years ago. What a bunch of hypocrites to accuse Manu of placing a bat beneath him when they clearly think that mammals are somehow superior to insect life. We all must share this planet PETA! We don't just get to pick and choose which lives are precious enough to protect! Just because something has more legs than fur doesn't make them worthless, you bastards!

[JudynTX]

Some of the comments are :lol

[TheProfessor]

Did PETA just implicitly compare Manu Ginobili to Michael Vick? Wow.

[Man In Black]

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/manu_ginobili.php

Not that I agree with them. Short-sighted at times, the intention isn't malicious from Ginobili.

Had he have been able to do that without harm to the bat, then those PETA peeps would've bowed down on one knee and called him a hero.

I guess you got to say something to bring attention to your group, even at the expense of a man who just wanted to curtail a swooping bat.

Whatevs Peta Peeps....whatevs.

[rjv]

from the same organization that got on obama for swatting a fly to death.

[rjv]

does this mean manu is the new michael vick ?

[JudynTX]

does this mean manu is the new michael vick ?

Oh good grief, no. :lol

[angel_luv]

I don't know that they will allow my comment to be posted:

The bat should have known better than to trespass in Texas. AT&T Center is the home of the Spurs, after all. :)

Serious answer:
While I did not wish the bat's death, I would rather see the bat perish than see of of the PEOPLE in the building suffer injury.
There were numerous children in the stands. What if the bat had flown into one of them instead of Manu?
The injuries to the children could have been serious.

All things considered, the scenario did not end that badly.

[Sausage]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/11/2009/11/03b317bb26ee3a994c8198db949aa089/340x.jpg

[Obstructed_View]

On behalf of everyone that didn't get bitten by the bat, I'd like to thank Manu for risking disease to clear a pest out of a public place. I'm unsure why there isn't more hate directed toward the person that chose to bring a bat to a basketball game on Halloween.

[SpursWoman]

OMG. :lol

[angel_luv]

I wonder, how does Peta feel about our Coyote macot? I am surprised they have not cited us for our mocking portryal and explotation of coyotes.

[Man In Black]

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/manu_ginobili.php


http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithBats.asp
Your little link doesn't provide an escape route plan that's applicable to bat trapped in a crowded sports arena. So please, if you're going to post a link
Amanda, give us a relevant link.
How in the hell does the AT& T center provide the bat with the following:


In any encounter with a bat, stay calm and keep children and animals away.

Hey you're in an arena!!!! Not going to happen.


If the bat is indoors, he or she will probably try to find an opening, taking a U-shaped flight path that is higher near the walls and lower toward the middle of the room, so when you are in a room with a bat, try to stay near a wall.

Hello, it's an arena, and the walls are sloped and full of noise.



After closing interior doors, create an escape route by opening a window or door to the outside.

IT's AN ARENA, the doors are always open to the outside gathering areas but how can that bat find it when there are 18000 people yelling?


If the bat disappears before exiting, he or she may have landed on hanging clothes, behind curtains or upholstered furniture, or in a plant—anywhere where hanging is possible.

No plants or clothes or upholstered furniture there.


Try to catch the bat in a net.

Did that, bat had a chance to fly low into a net. He didn't co-operate.


Or cover him or her with a wide-mouthed jar or plastic tub and gently work a piece of cardboard between the container and the surface from which the bat is hanging.

Sorry, can't do that in a crowded arena.

SO again,Amanda, if you're going to give us a link and say this is how you handle a bat, give us one that works for the given situation. A bat in a house is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than a bat in a crowded sports arena.

Say, if that bat had bit an innocent, what would you have said then?

[spursfan09]

Whatever that Coyote is loved.

:lol

[Obstructed_View]

We had a bat in our warehouse once. It was swooping at people so I shot it with a bb gun. The greatest shot I ever made. We threw a box over it and fire ants cleaned it to a skeleton by the next morning.

[rjv]

this whole thing is batty.

[angel_luv]

If the bat disappears before exiting, he or she may have landed on hanging clothes, behind curtains or upholstered furniture, or in a plant—anywhere where hanging is possible.

That will help me sleep better--- NOT! {shudder}
:lol


J/K. Your post was informative and helpful.

[panic giraffe]

that had to be a joke, no way peta is that batshit crazy. and i'm usually pretty supportive of them.

[ElNono]

I don't know that they will allow my comment to be posted:

The bat should have known better than to trespass in Texas. AT&T Center is the home of the Spurs, after all. :)

Serious answer:
While I did not wish the bat's death, I would rather see the bat perish than see of of the PEOPLE in the building suffer injury.
There were numerous children in the stands. What if the bat had flown into one of them instead of Manu?
The injuries to the children could have been serious.

All things considered, the scenario did not end that badly.

http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/think_of_the_children.jpg

:lol

Sorry angel... thought it was hilarious...

[hater]

I don't understand why ppl are surprised at this. It's fukcing PETA, they live for this

[spurs_2108]

Should have read

All things considered, the scenario did not end that baldly.

[angel_luv]

http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/think_of_the_children.jpg

:lol

Sorry angel... thought it was hilarious...

:lol :lol I wish I had had that in time to submit it with my post!

[angel_luv]

Should have read

haha :)

[angel_luv]

I am tempted to post a pro bat comment under a different name just to confirm my opinion that PETA only allows comments that line up with their philosophy.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

reports say that the bat flopped when manu touched it.

[rjv]

i think PETA's response was a bit rabid.

[Bruno]

I wouldn't go as far as the article's writer but I didn't find what Manu did awesome, great or even funny. I find that quite stupid.

[Spursmania]

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[in2deep]

I wouldn't go as far as the article's writer but I didn't find what Manu did awesome, great or even funny. I find that quite stupid.

why???

smacking a bat down, in halloween, in front of 20+ thousand ppl, on the first try, while everyone else was running scared on a televised pro game = awesome, great and fucking hilarious

[jb4g]

lol PETA, they always blow everything out of proportion. Im an ardent animal rights supporter, but i would never send a dime to them. They get too hung up on farm animals and stupid shit like this

[Baseline]

All bats are Laker fans. He got what he deserved.

[SKINNYPIMP210]

why???

smacking a bat down, in halloween, in front of 20+ thousand ppl, on the first try, while everyone else was running scared on a televised pro game = awesome, great and fucking hilarious

+1

I really hate peta. I don't deny that they help out and look out for animals, but they can be ridiculous sometimes.

[superjames1992]

Wow... I hate PETA.

[lefty]

Shit

Now we'll get the Stern treatment because of PETA

[Spurs Brazil]

:lol

[Drachen]

Well, I see one possible positive to this: maybe PETA will send some of their model-protesters to the games from now on.

[Kermit]

I'll give them this; at least they're consistent.

[lefty]

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/2/26/633712771257851010-peta.jpg

[Kermit]

http://theworstpageintheuniverse.com/images/animal_shirt2.jpg

[lefty]

http://s2.buzzfeed.com/static/imagebuzz/web02/2009/8/26/16/and-i-mean-it-32690-1251317357-24.jpg

[BlackBellamy]

If the animal did die, then it went quickly. PETA needs to pick it's fights better if it wants credibility. When those hicks hung a mama pig on a fork lift until dead (it taking 15 minutes or so), that is cruelty and it's time to step in. Manu swatting a bat dead instantly? The bleeding hearts need to quit smoking pot in the sweat-house, 'cause they're tripping.

[lefty]

Fuck



Kermit was faster :lol

[Kermit]

I'm a pre-mature epostulator.

[#2!]

I posted a comment as well. Lets see if it shows up....

[TIMMYD!]

This is dumb, it's just a fucking bat and what were they talking about in putting a life in danger?

[angel_luv]

I bet they call for Manu to be deported and the remainder of Manu's salary for the games he'll miss with the Spurs to go to bats everywhere as restitution.

[angel_luv]

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/manu_ginobili.php



GIINOOOOOOOBLIIIIIIIIII


Posted by: Charles Barkley | November 2, 2009 04:31 PM


:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[Sausage]

Next thing you know there will be protesters outside the AT&T Center and he'll get the Mike Vick treatment.

[lil'mo]

lol PETA, they always blow everything out of proportion. Im an ardent animal rights supporter, but i would never send a dime to them. They get too hung up on farm animals and stupid shit like this

What are you saying bitch? Farm animals don't also have rights?

[Crookshanks]

This is so silly. PETA is such a joke - it's a stupid little bat. I have a real problem with people who put more value on animals than they do humans.

[NRHector]

I don't see them complaint when Odom is doing that cow, isn't that beastiality?

[SpurNation]

Next thing you know there will be protesters outside the AT&T Center and he'll get the Mike Vick treatment.

Just swat them out of the way.

Seriously. I guess it takes all kinds. The response was more assinign than the action itself. Ginobili just swatted the bat down. He didn't kill it nor had intention to do so. And what if the bat landed on somebody? I guess to these people it would be OK to have human life in jeapordy more so than this single animal who got released anyway after the incident.

[symple19]

Down with PETA!!!!!!!!

[lil'mo]

I don't see them complaint when Odom is doing that cow, isn't that beastiality?

:wow

[Pero]

I wouldn't go as far as the article's writer but I didn't find what Manu did awesome, great or even funny. I find that quite stupid.

Me too. Except for the "stupid" part. Unless if you meant that you find that other people found it "awesome, great or even funny" in which case I agree. For me it's just something uncommon that happened. What I did find funny though was how Dejuan Blair (I think) jumped away from it in fear. :lol

[kace]

It was funny. Indeed. there was no intention to hurt or cruelty from manu, he just wanted to let the game be played. the situation was funny.


The stuff like "the legend grows" that you see all over the place, here in ST, on the net or from some journalists, and even from pop or tony in interviews, is a little bit too much tough.

but that was definitely funny and really nothing stupid or nasty from manu.

[quentin_compson]

PETA is just priceless.

:lmao

[ElNono]

Will they press charges? :lmao

[jag]

PETA doesn't do this cause they actually care about people slapping bats out of mid-air...they make outrageous statements so that they're constantly on the public conscious. It keeps them relevant.

[EricB]

I wouldn't go as far as the article's writer but I didn't find what Manu did awesome, great or even funny. I find that quite stupid.

You french need a sense of humor.

[thispego]

yall are dumb, Blair was just doing that to be funny. Also, manu swiping the bat from the sky wasn't extraordinary, but it was awesome and great.

[jag]

The French are more predictable than PETA.

[whottt]

If that bad had swooped at people in the stands it's possible someone could have gotten injured or even died trying to avoid it, and it's also possible the bat would have been dealt a very severe and grisly certain death had it encountered the wrong fan.

Manu probably saved someone's life and the bats as well(there is no body and no blood so it must be assumed the bat is only missing, not dead).

[Fernando TD21]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=149&pictureid=987

Manu risked his own safety to protect thousands of people from potentially getting bitten by the bat and PETA treats him like if he was a bad guy? Also, the bat could have been serisouly injured in that arena. Manu only stunned it. He should be treated like a hero.
And why those PETA people spend their time bashing Manu in a blog, because of a bat, while they could be saving animals out there?

PETA was lucky it wasn't a threatened species delaying the game.

[SpurCharger]

Peta Can Kiss The tip of my D1cK!! Someone needs to smash PETA....

[Bukefal]

why???

smacking a bat down, in halloween, in front of 20+ thousand ppl, on the first try, while everyone else was running scared on a televised pro game = awesome, great and fucking hilarious

Because, if the bat carried any diseases and he bited Manu, Manu would be out for some weeks again. Do you want that? That's a risk, and not such a smart move by Manu.

Anyway, it was nice to see and a cool action of Manu, but not the smartest thing he could do.

[thispego]

Manu probably saved someone's life and the bats as well(there is no body and no blood so it must be assumed the bat is only missing, not dead).

ROFL :lmao whittt does it again

[ElNono]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=149&pictureid=987

:lmao

[mogrovejo]

Hilarious punchline for a superbly delicious episode.

[angel_luv]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=149&pictureid=987



That's very clever! :)

[samikeyp]

Fuck PETA. :)

[DJB]

I mean, we all joked about PETA saying something, but did anyone really think they'd make a statement?

Absolutely.

[Whisky Dog]

What's up with all the dark knight joker references? That movie is a year and a half old already - even Cinemaxx is tired of playing it.

[Thompson]

Manu sent them a note.

Dear PETA:

Lo siento, my bad. Please enjoy with best wishes.

-Batmanu









http://www.pizzahutpizza.com/menu/_images/3_pizzas.jpg

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I don't think our societies treat animals with the respect they deserve, but PETA are a bunch of fucking morons.

Also, Manu said he'd just stunned the bat because he could still feel it moving, and I take his word on that, why don't they? An open-hand slap of a bat would only stun it. They are tough little critters.

I once captured a mouse in my 2nd floor apartment and thought I had it well-contained in my hand, started to walk downstairs with it before it bit me and, totally by instinct, I lobbed it out the window. It fell two stories, bounced about a foot in the air, and when I got down there to check it out, it was just fine. In fact, I tried to recapture it and it evaded me.

Little critters are a lot tougher than you think, and there's no way Manu killed that bat... the guy he handed it to, who knows? I guess he's getting shots as well? :lol

[EmptyMan]

Somebody needs to post this in the comments section:

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/y_so_srs.jpg

lmao, I wish cats looked like that.

[Spursfan092120]

I left a comment as well..mine probably won't get posted..


First off, Manu does a lot of work around the community, including charities for PEOPLE!! Do you value the life of a bat over the life of a human? Sometimes I wonder about that. If a person attacks another person, you guys aren't up in arms..why does it need to be an animal for you to get all activist on us? Manu did not mean to kill the bat, and he did apologize for it. If a possibly disease infested rodent flies into my face, I'm swinging at it too..out of reaction. Insulting Manu is just childish...the guy did what every human being would do..react...and he did apologize. You people need to get a life.

[easy7]

Did PETA just implicitly compare Manu Ginobili to Michael Vick? Wow.

I can see Manu slapping a couple of dogs if they delay the game... :lmao

[Interrohater]

Do you think PETA values Dejuan Blair's life over a normal human's?

[z0sa]

Manu saved the entire arena from vampirism

[Kermit]

I don't think our societies treat animals with the respect they deserve...

, totally by instinct, I lobbed it out the window. It fell two stories, bounced about a foot in the air. In fact, I tried to recapture it



:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Spursmania]

Manu sent them a note.

Dear PETA:

Lo siento, my bad. Please enjoy with best wishes.

-Batmanu









http://www.pizzahutpizza.com/menu/_images/3_pizzas.jpg

Peta can kiss my ass.
However, I would think the Pizza and a few beers should take care it.:lol

[DMX7]

That pizza looks good.

[ElNono]

I'm fucking hungry.... +1 on that pizza looking great...

[jalberto]

I have a mosquito on my foot and I don't know what to do... He is an animal too !:wow

[ElNono]

I have a mosquito on my foot and I don't know what to do... He is an animal too !:wow

:lmao

Oh noes, he has feelings!!!

[z0sa]

That pizza looks fuckin marvelous, fuck that bat

[PDXSpursFan]

http://img442.yfrog.com/img442/669/n0l.jpg

[Stringer_Bell]

That bat could have gone to any other area of the arena or left completely on its own free will. No one forced it to be there. PETA treats animal like they have brains, and if that bat didn't use his brains to avoid Manu...screw that bat!

Bats are scared of people and try to avoid them, what about vampire bats?! Geez...

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

This is so silly. PETA is such a joke - it's a stupid little bat. I have a real problem with people who put more value on animals than they do humans.


Just swat them out of the way.

Seriously. I guess it takes all kinds. The response was more assinign than the action itself. Ginobili just swatted the bat down. He didn't kill it nor had intention to do so. And what if the bat landed on somebody? I guess to these people it would be OK to have human life in jeapordy more so than this single animal who got released anyway after the incident.

Hear, hear!
I think it's stupid that Manu's action is "controversial" shows how lame some aspects of our society has gotten. :lol

It's stupid to see some comments that go out of the way to come off as "sensitive"towards the bat's well being. Why? It's just an animal. If you don't want to kill an animal fine, if you incidentally kill the animal without meaning to be needlessly cruel, then who the hell cares.

Manu shouldn't have to apologize for anything. It's inconsequential, you smash things that go into your home, and this is no different.
It's a fucking rodent with wings.

The whining from the PETA retards, and bat apologists over a tiny bat's life, reminds me of a scene in the movie PATTON, where the novice subordinate troops are held up because there's two mules stuck in the road holding up the jeeps and tank infantry and the troops are exposed to enemy fire because they're hitched to a cart blocking a narrow bridge. The troops are so ineffectual in getting the mules to budge, General Patton finally comes up to see what's the hold up, "Jackasses? You let a whole column get stalled and strafed on account of a couple of jackasses?
What the hell's the matter with you?" , pulls out his gun and shoots the two animals and commands the troops drag the carcasses out of the way, toss them over the cliff, and move on.
Problem solved. That should be everyone's philosophy.

. . .But it's not because in the 21st century, the Animals Rights people would cry foul at that cinematic scene, because some humans are as stupid as they please.
Some people spend too much time worrying about animals' well being over their own species'. :rolleyes

[td4mvp21]

Fuck PETA

[Sean Cagney]

:lol
I don't understand why ppl are surprised at this. It's fukcing PETA, they live for this

They live for little things like this, therefor they have no lives at all :lol

[senorglory]

The Manu I know, wouldn't hurt a fly!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

It bit me, as I said it was instinctual. I'm not proud of it, but it was funny.

And my comment about respecting animals was more about the industrialised meat industry, which reduces animals to meat machines. Free-ranging at least gives them some kind of life.

[JustinJDW]

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.

Bats always try to avoid contact with humans, and there are plenty of easy ways to keep bats out of a basketball arena (or your home). We hope that the next time someone’s life is on the line, Manu Ginobili will take just a few seconds to think before he acts. :lmao

[Spursfan092120]

We hope that the next time someone’s life is on the line, Manu Ginobili will take just a few seconds to think before he acts.
Depends on if they're between him and the basket or not.

[cornbread]

did anyone really think they'd make a statement?

Absolutely. They seem to enjoy wasting the money provided to them by donors.

[Samr]

For only $6 (plus shipping and handling) you can own your very own piece of history!!! (http://www.StuffedAnimals.com/product_p/80533.htm)

You can even have it directly shipped to the ATT Center as a token of your appreciation!!

[sassystriker]

this is real? i thought the news about PETA was some kinda joke from someone. Don't get me wrong, i totally respect their advocacy but throughout the years their beliefs had just become perverted and out of hand.

They are freakin' annoying, violent and distasteful! Bludgeon a 4-ounce animal my crap! Manu just stunned the bat, exaggerated morons! The bat was delaying the game, they should be happy Manu swatted it with his soft hand rather than it be hit by the ball or something.

I'd say, PETA should also be sensitive, their killing humans with their stupid comments.

[cornbread]

Next thing you know there will be protesters outside the AT&T Center and he'll get the Mike Vick treatment.

If people showed up at the AT&T Center to protest Manu they would be met with violent opposition from some SA cholos. Bring it on.

[TMTTRIO]

I understand trying to advocate for animals and wanting to save them but PETA is way to extreme with their views and especially what happened in this case (by the way the bat didn't even die like they said). They're more concerned about the safety of the bat then they would be with Manu or any other person there. Say what they want to say about how bats are so harmless and all this stuff but what if the bat did go bite someone and had rabies? It shouldn't of been there in the first place. By the way they should know that Manu loves animals:). These were on his other facebook page .

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs208.snc1/7523_1216176279632_1085595162_686889_2953424_n.jpg


http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs175.snc1/6575_1176174359609_1085595162_542477_2640677_n.jpg

By the way it's interesting now to hear Manu say on his facebook that it wasn't a good idea and that bats are a good part of our ecosystem :lol.

Manu Ginobili (http://www.facebook.com/ManuGinobili?ref=nf)

Update Bat deal // Actualización tema murciélago (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=168400394525&ref=nf)
Just wanted to give you guys an update on the bat situation. As many of you already know, it wasn't a great idea. Not only for the fact that bats are great part of the ecosystem, but also, because some carry rabies, which is an incurable disease...

[SenorSpur]

And folks thought PETA was hard on Michael Vick.

[Rummpd]

Manu you go man! PETA - you fail.

[buttsR4rebounding]

But the bat "lived", right? I am convinced that PETA must have Onion writers on staff, "someone's life". Pffft. Do they hold a wake when they hit a squirrel with their Smart cars?

No, the car needs $3,000 of work and squirrel runs off with his nuts intact.
:bike: :makemyday :yield
Smart squirrel peta
car............. driver

[duncan228]

It was bound to happen (http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/courtside/2009/11/it-was-bound-to.html)
By Jeff McDonald

PETA is not happy with Manu Ginobili. Not surprising, considering the group also once protested President Obama swatting a fly.

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/manu_ginobili.php

Three points we'd make on Ginobili's behalf:

1) The bat wasn't going to leave the arena on its own. Somebody had to do something.

2) In the immediate aftermath of what PETA calls "the bludgeoning," Ginobili seemed generally concerned about the bat's well-being. He didn't mean to kill it (and now it appears he didn't).

3) Judging by the needle marks in Ginobili's body today, with more to come, it would appear the bat got the last laugh.

[thispego]

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs175.snc1/6575_1176174359609_1085595162_542477_2640677_n.jpg
ginobili's got a handsome lookin dog there.

[mytespurs]

I imagine if Many made a generous donation to PETA they'll forgive him soon enough. :hat

[NRHector]

PETA is nothing more than attention whores

[ClingingMars]

http://www.mediawhorenetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DoubleFacePalm.jpg

[ClingingMars]

PETA - People Embarrassing the Tidewater Area

sad to say their HQ is my hometown

[SouthTexasRancher]

PETA and their goofy followers. They will kill a human to save an animal. I bet if you could go behind closed doors with them they probably eat rats for breakfast, jelly fish for lunch and top off the evening with a deep fried laughing hyena. :nope

The crazy thing is why no one thought to keep the bat for testing. :ihit

[lil'mo]

Who's that in your avatar?

[Darkwaters]

Did PETA just implicitly compare Manu Ginobili to Michael Vick? Wow.

Clearly Manu is worse than Michael Vick. Hes a voyeuristic mammal murderer. I mean, how many thousands of fans did he slaughter that poor precious soul in front of?

:lol

[urunobili]

You french need a sense of humor.

[hater]

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs175.snc1/6575_1176174359609_1085595162_542477_2640677_n.jpg


how do we know that is not Manu before making a bbq out of that puppie?

[Blackjack]

PETA's adorable..

Can you imagine the response they'd have if someone were to say, waterboard a koala and post the video on YouTube? (Not that I've thought about it or custom hand-crafted a device, complete with restraints, with the necessary dimensions to accommodate said koala; just sayin'..)

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

What is this BS? This PETA wankers should be thankful that Manu didn't have some charcoal or wood near him, otherwise it would have been the first asado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asado) broadcasted on American TV.

When it's time for asado, the grill must be completed with anything.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Argentinean_asado.jpg/800px-Argentinean_asado.jpg

http://www.folkloreando.com/images/parrilla.jpg

If ever mooed, walked, breathed, swam or flown, then it's in the menu.

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-kills.jpg

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

http://www.deviantart.com/download/103219755/Simpsons_Food_Chain_by_SpacePlatypus.jpg

[Borosai]

What a Pain En The Ass.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

aging hippy liberal douchers suck ass

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-peta.jpg

[DAF86]

aging hippy liberal douchers suck ass

He's on the latest stage of his career but he doesn't suck ass, besides he can swat a bat on the first try.

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-bat-2.jpg

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

He's on the latest stage of his career but he doesn't suck ass, besides he can swat a bat on the first try.

:wtf

Are you the Argentinian answer to ducks?

[DAF86]

:wtf

Are you the Argentinian answer to ducks?

:lol I'm just bored.

[Blackjack]

:wtf

Are you the Argentinian answer to ducks?

If he were, I think it would look a little more like:


He's on the latest stage of his career
but he doesn't suck ass
besides he can swat a bat on the first try.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7352/leavemanualone.png

[CubanSucks]

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/manu_ginobili.php

That's my favorite pic of Ginobili. :toast Glad they showed the "long haired Ginobili" and not the nightmare that is the bald spot that seems to grow day by day.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/31500/Barbecue-Bat--31989.jpg

[CubanSucks]

aging hippy liberal douchers suck ass

:lol pissed off white trash redneck conservative

[Tp9gospursgo]

PETA just sucks. This should if anything fire Manu up if he hears about it.:flag:

[BillMc]

I am a big animal rights supporter, and was a little sad that the bat died. (If indeed it did, we're getting conflicting reports now.)

But no matter your stance on the issue, Peta needs to pick its battles better. The Manu incident and the Obama fly incident just make them look unreasonable and extremist. I do want someone looking out for animals, and wish to support groups like this, and they undermine themselves when they are petty. This was hardly clubbing baby seals...

[BillMc]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-peta.jpg

Hilarious, though they all should be thinking about the HOF!

[Obstructed_View]

On behalf of all the innocent insects that were spared a terror-filled and painful death, I'd like to thank Manu Ginobili for taking out that thoughtless, blood-thirsty carnivorous bat.

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/bat-manu2.jpg

[Agloco]

Via PETA.org:

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.

Bats always try to avoid contact with humans, and there are plenty of easy ways to keep bats out of a basketball arena (or your home). We hope that the next time someone’s life is on the line, Manu Ginobili will take just a few seconds to think before he acts.
:rolleyes

[Agloco]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-peta.jpg

:lol

[WalterBenitez]

I understand trying to advocate for animals and wanting to save them but PETA is way to extreme with their views and especially what happened in this case (by the way the bat didn't even die like they said). They're more concerned about the safety of the bat then they would be with Manu or any other person there. Say what they want to say about how bats are so harmless and all this stuff but what if the bat did go bite someone and had rabies? It shouldn't of been there in the first place. By the way they should know that Manu loves animals:). These were on his other facebook page .

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs175.snc1/6575_1176174359609_1085595162_542477_2640677_n.jpg

By the way it's interesting now to hear Manu say on his facebook that it wasn't a good idea and that bats are a good part of our ecosystem :lol.

Manu Ginobili (http://www.facebook.com/ManuGinobili?ref=nf)

Update Bat deal // Actualización tema murciélago (http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=168400394525&ref=nf)
Just wanted to give you guys an update on the bat situation. As many of you already know, it wasn't a great idea. Not only for the fact that bats are great part of the ecosystem, but also, because some carry rabies, which is an incurable disease...

If I were that dog I wouldn't feel comfortable in Manu's hands ... I see that dog is scared for Manu's smile

[WalterBenitez]

BTW ... did that bat pay the ticket? or just be there for free, Mr Stern should consider that some revenue is flying around.:wakeup

[mountainballer]

Via PETA.org:

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.

Bats always try to avoid contact with humans, and there are plenty of easy ways to keep bats out of a basketball arena (or your home). We hope that the next time someone’s life is on the line, Manu Ginobili will take just a few seconds to think before he acts.

didn't they watch the scene?
Blair's life was on the line.
or the life of his of his teammates.
one more turn of the bat an he either is scared to death or he bolts in panic. you know what could happen when the 260lbs beast stampedes.
people get hurt. see Pamplona!
Manu just did what had to be done.

[Sobe_Kucks]

Oh PETA... they continuously try to compare human lives to those of animals. I'm all against cruelty to animals; but let's put this in perspective. Bats are disease carrying mammals and this one was trapped in an arena. Several methods were used to get said bat out of the arena (none worked). So if a flying rat that may have rabies is flying towards your baby do you...

a) Try and reason with it
b) Sing a "happy" song to it hoping it will calm down
c) Let him bite your baby because we are all God's creatures
d) Check him for rabies before he bites and then buy him lunch

Times like these, show how out of touch PETA is with normal human logic. Can't have much respect for an organization that puts half naked people on street corners to try and get attention. Go home PETA and eat some tofu turkey... Now I'm leaving to enjoy my stay at the top of the food chain with some Rudy's BBQ and that does NOT make me a bad person.

Note: no animals were harmed during the writing of this message

[ForeignFan]

PETA's comments are ludicrous, but so are most of the posts here.

and I did not know there was such thing as a "sense of humor" concept in the USA (well, I've just lived there for three years)

[spursfan09]

Oh PETA... they continuously try to compare human lives to those of animals. I'm all against cruelty to animals; but let's put this in perspective. Bats are disease carrying mammals and this one was trapped in an arena. Several methods were used to get said bat out of the arena (none worked). So if a flying rat that may have rabies is flying towards your baby do you...

a) Try and reason with it
b) Sing a "happy" song to it hoping it will calm down
c) Let him bite your baby because we are all God's creatures
d) Check him for rabies before he bites and then buy him lunch

Times like these, show how out of touch PETA is with normal human logic. Can't have much respect for an organization that puts half naked people on street corners to try and get attention. Go home PETA and eat some tofu turkey... Now I'm leaving to enjoy my stay at the top of the food chain with some Rudy's BBQ and that does NOT make me a bad person.

Note: no animals were harmed during the writing of this message


:lol

d sounds pretty cool

[VivaPopovich]

Peta can go after Manu when he dunks on Kobe's face

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm a huge animal supporter..my long-time GF is in school to be a vet, and I've even enrolled in a month-long course in Africa studying wild animals next Summer..but PETA does really annoy me, and they make animal supporters look bad IMO..

With that being said, I didn't find the Manu incident funny, especially not as funny as so many people found it..I didn't see the big deal though..the bat could have had rabies, it could have potentially hurt some people in the arena, and the people involved tried different ways to capture it..

Whoever brought the bat in the arena is clearly an idiot though..

[VivaPopovich]

In the context of what happened, it meant nothing.

These PETA idiots are making it sound like Manu kills bats for a living.....

[picc84]

Motherfuck a bat and peta.

[The Great Fantastic]

Peta funds arsonists. F*ck PETA!

[Sportcamper]

That bat totally flopped, Manu barely touched it.

[Blue Jew]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-payback-2.gif

[Muser]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/manu-payback-2.gif

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[8FOR!3]

It's going to be hard to lose a healthy Ginobili, but there's no way he's not going down for murder. 30+ years if he's lucky.

[TMTTRIO]

This was on Shaq's twitter. Yeah I can see PETA going all out riot against Shaq especially stepping on the poor little bat with his big fat foot http://www.spursreport.com/forums/images/smilies/laugh.gif. The poor little bat wouldn't even have a chance to survive.

http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ
Would people b mad, if I woulda stepped on that bat, that manu ginobli knocked out the air.

[urunobili]

:lol Shaq!

[10-tka]

fuck ginobili
he shouldn't kill poor thing