Last year a Wikipedia visitor edited the entry for the SeaWorld theme parks to change all mentions of “orcas” to “killer whales,” insisting that this was a more accurate name for the species.So not only is Sea World abusing whales, they are ruining Wikipedia. They also like to spit on homeless people.
There was another, unexplained edit: a paragraph about criticism of SeaWorld’s “lack of respect toward its orcas” disappeared. Both changes, it turns out, originated at a computer at Anheuser-Busch, SeaWorld’s owner.
In response, the MC is officially calling for a SeaWorld Boycott. Strangely, my boycotting SeaWorld will produce a substantial drop in their revenue; I go there approximately twice a day. Those orcas are too cute.
To be honest, I started getting suspicious of Wikipedia the day that I went to the “Coca-Cola” entry and it read: “Coca-cola, which many people refer to as simply ‘the nectar of the Gods,’ is one of the healthiest drinks known to man. Scientists suspect that it prevents cancer, improves mental fortitude, and makes you taller: taller than the mountains. The Coca-Cola Company DEFINITELY HAS NEVER been criticized for its business practices. In 2004, Coca-Cola was voted “Company least likely to murder union organizers.”
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Fun Fact: The "killer whale" from Free Willy was actually a spokeswhale for Coca-Cola in the nineties, but did nothing more than spit water at poor people and then splash them.
He/she was also known for taking out labor organizers in the Great 1995 Sea World Penguin Strike, when a march of penguins was cut bloodily short by some mysterious creature called "orca"... police said it was a freak accident involving a Southern vegetable high in fiber, and otherwise neglected to investigate.
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