Topic: Some people!

[abnormaltoy]

The lifestyle Nazi's are on patrol again. What do they do...pay people to sit around and find what offends them?


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060821/ts_alt_afp/afpentertainmentbritain_060821171858

I mean, for crap sake!

[Willy Mammoth]

I know it sounds like a bunch of crap, but for good reason. It would be good if we could ween the public off of smoking and this starts with the kids that will grow up knowing they saw Tom and Jerry doing it so it must be OK. That is what this is all about.

Now if this was about chewing gum or something els like that it would be something to get upset about.

[abnormaltoy [OP]]

I know it sounds like a bunch of crap, but for good reason. It would be good if we could ween the public off of smoking and this starts with the kids that will grow up knowing they saw Tom and Jerry doing it so it must be OK. That is what this is all about.

Now if this was about chewing gum or something els like that it would be something to get upset about.

Oh Please! Is that why they don't show the coyote falling into the canyon anymore? Do they think the kids will try it. Is Judas Priest responsible for a kid committing suicide? This is censorship by proxy. I wish that the people who get offended by everything would develop the motor control to reach up and turn the dial.

[jimbo74]

would develop the motor control to reach up and turn the dial

haha, in todays digital, obese world, at least put the thumb on the up button on the remote

[BLACKDOG]

Guess we know why the Muslim suicide bomber really strap dynamite to themselves!  THEY SAW IT IN CARTOONS!!!


Had to be, it couldn' be that they made thir own conscious decision, could it?

Parents, if it bothers you that your child watches it, CHANGE THE CHANNEL!!

[BigMike]

 

LONDON (AFP) - Smoking scenes in "Tom and Jerry" cartoons are now banned in Britain, following a viewer's complaint to the government agency that polices the airwaves.
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In one episode of the classic US cartoon series, Tom is seen smoking a roll-up cigarette in a bid to impress a female cat. In another, Tom's opponent in a tennis match was seen smoking a large cigar.

Following an investigation prompted by the anonymous viewer's complaint, regulator Ofcom said Monday that children's TV channel Boomerang has agreed to edit out scenes deemed to glamorise or condone smoking.

"We note that, in 'Tom and Jerry', smoking usually appears in a stylised manner and is frequently not condoned," said Ofcom, recalling how the cartoons were made in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s when smoking was not so controversial.

"However, while we appreciate the historic integrity of the animation, the level of editorial justification required for the inclusion of smoking in such cartoons is necessarily high."

[brainlessfool]

OMG!  the reson I puff on cagirs is cuz I watched Tom & jerey?

if that's so, then wai can't I speel for ?

[BigMike]

wai can't I speel for ?

and why do you keep trying to catch Magic Turtles that are not alive right now?

[kneedownnate]

I tell you what man, I might be able to sport a buz cut, had I not so many lumps on my head....damn tasmanian devil!  How dare they put that on the boob tube for a slightly less mature me to emulate!  How was I to know I couldn't spin around like that without fallin?!

[abnormaltoy [OP]]

haha, in todays digital, obese world, at least put the thumb on the up button on the remote

I guess that just shows my age. Our first TV actually had power tubes and I was the remote...until my little sister got old enough!

[brainlessfool]

and why do you keep trying to catch Magic Turtles that are not alive right now?

what are you talking about? I see them every day, every where I go! 

[Rocksurfer]

What most people don't realize is most of those cartoons were made to be shown at a movie. Back in the day (before even my time) instead of movie trailers they used to play a cartoon before the feature, infact most were double features that consumed most of your day or date. The original target of the toons were adults.