"Him who has understanding" - programmers?

Well, certainly not English majors.

We don't force conscientious objectors to serve in the military.
We don't force religious parents to vaccinate their children.
We don't even force the Amish to pay Social Security or Medicare taxes.

About the only time we do force people to violate their belief systems is when it involves safety or imminent health issues.

So, why aren't we forcing parents to vaccinate their children?

And when the reckoning comes, you will be remembered as one who chose to support one of the evils rather to oppose both of them.

And is the warm feeling of standing up for your principles when you know, at the current moment, it's a doomed effort worth increasing the chance the 'greater evil' will win?

Do I think working toward something better is worthwhile? Absolutely. But I don't believe making a stand that only lets things get worse is the way to do it. Make your stand when it'll actually improve things. Until then, work for the future while still doing what you can for the present.

If anybody at PETA had actually bothered to play Pokemon Black and White for more than five minutes, they'd have met a group of villains named Team Plasma. This group was a parody of real world "revolutionary" groups like the Black Panthers or PETA, who attempt to present themselves as fighting for a worthy cause, when in reality they're just after personal gain and a feelings of self-satisfaction.

What makes you think someone at PETA didn't play it and then decide to attack the franchise in retaliation?