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-The ''Anti Neopian Movement'', as it has dubbed itself, is a group of societies that disagrees with what they believe to be the [[Neopets, The Website|Neopets.com]] philosophies, seeking to reveal some of the problematic issues associated with the Neopets website. The movement has about 1,000 members and dozens of websites. However there is widespread discontent on Neopets, so much so that some studies say that 20% of Neopians harbor similar views privately. Below are several complaints and their counter points.
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-==Scientology==
-Anti-neopians claim that [[Wikipedia: Scientology|scientology]] has influenced Neopets, via [[Doug Dohring]]s involvement, making advancement and any work within the company requiring people to convert. [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/neo-pets/inside-the-cult-of-neopets-141826.php] Some fear conversion to Scientology is promoted in Neopets itself. It is also held Neopets plays favoritism with certain religions, such as [[Wikipedia: Satanism|Satanism]], [[Wikipedia: Wicca|Wicca]], Devil-Worship etc. while spurning others such as [[Wikipedia: Christianity|Christianity]], [[Wikipedia: Judaism|Judaism]], [[Wikipedia: Buddhism|Buddhism]], [[Wikipedia: Islam|Islam]], etc. Anti Neopians see Scientology as not a cultural religion per se but see it is more of a new age cult which claims to have ties to an ancient inter-galatic conspiracy. In terms of commonly acccepted history and science this is nonsense for there is no evidence of Extraterrestrial civilizations or Extraterrestrial intelligent life for that matter.
-===Counter Point===
-The links with Scientology are tenuous at best, and used mainly for business purposes. And although it is a religon that has been criticised, so has every other single religon in history. By using tenuous links to this faith as an argument, the arguers are not embracing multiculturalism and are expressing a prejudice. Also, Neopets does not promote or enforce any type of religion or school of thought on its users, and any user blatantly spreading such information is likely to be suspended or [[Frozen]], to keep Neopets free of it.
-Scietologists would argue that, while there may be no evidence for extraterrestrial civilizations, neither is there for God or gods in monotheistic and polytheistic religions. Besides which, extraterresitrial references bare little part in the religion, and what this has to do with Neopets.com still has not been clarrified.
-==Australian Gambling Contraversy==
-In October of 2004, while McDonald's Corporation was promoting Neopets plushies in their Happy Meals, a story on the Australian news show Today Tonight featured a nine-year-old boy claiming that the site requires one to gamble in order to receive enough Neopoints to feed one's Neopet, or else it is sent to an orphanage.
-===Counter Point===
-''Phenylalanine'' wrote an article for [[PinkPT]] in response to the Australian Today Tonight story. The article can be found [http://www.pinkpt.com/rr_defendingneopets.htm here].
-==Advertising==
-Immersive advertising which is seen by many to be immoral and unethical especially when the target demographic is children.
-==Chat Boards==
-Crude chat boards are started with talk of Satanic rituals, sexual conduct, and violence.
-===Counter Point===
-Allegations of ''crude chat boards'' (talks of Satanism, sexuality and violence) cannot be used in argument as [[The Neopets Team]] not only do not endorse and support this use of their chatboards but do everything in their power to stop these discussions from taking place. Their website is family orientated, and they have moderators to keep it clean, thereby keeping them from closing the boards down altogether.
-==Freezing==
-Users are unfairly Frozen frequently and with little pretense or none at all, sometimes with the use of freeze-bots/ice-bots. [[The Neopets Team]] claims freeze-bots do not exist, However TNT is not always honest especially when directly asked by Neopians (i.e. Neoschool, [[The Return of Sloth]] plot). Furthermore, the staff generally ignores players' appeals or [http://www.pinkpt.com/yourenotalone.htm rudely replies]. Finally by putting Neopets on the web, as a free service TNT made it basically publc.
-===Counter Point===
-Freezing never takes place without pretence. So-called ''Ice-Bots'', programs which freeze users automatically, have been confirmed to not exist. Only employed moderators at Neopets can freeze players, and a player can appeal to the staff via e-mail if he or she thinks they were frozen unfairly. Also, the website is not a public service: no one has the inherent "right" to use it.
-==External Links==
-*[http://www.antineopian.org The AntiNeopian]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/neopets_mae_noelle/ DWN: Down with Neopets!]
-*[http://www.freewebs.com/antineopets Anti Neopets]
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