Another Victory for the PC Brigade

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:20 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/smoking/Story ... 38,00.html

one tithead viewer complaint later and possibly the best-loved 50's cartoon duo will never be the same again

it's ridiculous. kids aren't tempted into smoking by a comedy cat, it's peer pressure, bike sheds, ice cream van men selling them that causes it

i'm gutted the next gen of kids won't get to see tom and jerry as it should be, i fret for this world at time

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:35 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/smoking/Story ... 38,00.html

one tithead viewer complaint later and possibly the best-loved 50's cartoon duo will never be the same again

it's ridiculous. kids aren't tempted into smoking by a comedy cat, it's peer pressure, bike sheds, ice cream van men selling them that causes it

i'm gutted the next gen of kids won't get to see tom and jerry as it should be, i fret for this world at time

It was probably the same tit that complained that Donald Duck is naked from the waist down!!

Lennon · Post by **Lennon** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:37 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:

That's some sort of whistle, not smoking paraphenalia.

notlob · Post by **notlob** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:38 pm

I hope they edit out the scenes which endorse braining your chums with a frying pan next. Honestly!

That being said, T&J can't hold a candle, or lit cigar for that matter, to the Looney Tunes gang. In the words of Daffy Duck, "It is to laugh."

Harry Genshaw · Post by **Harry Genshaw** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:41 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:one tithead viewer complaint later

You're right there. They should make said tithead appear on telly in front of a studio audience and try to justify their pathetic reasoning. Mind you I'm not sure who is worse. The knob for complaining or the clowns that took any notice of it.

I can safely say T&J has never unduly influenced me, although when my wife disagreed with this, the urge to smash her in the face with a frying pan was overwhelming.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:42 pm

it's only taken the guardian 3 days to catch up with the bbc

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:43 pm

Harry Genshaw wrote:
hisroyalgingerness wrote:one tithead viewer complaint later
You're right there. They should make said tithead appear on telly in front of a studio audience and try to justify their pathetic reasoning. Mind you I'm not sure who is worse. The knob for complaining or the clowns that took any notice of it.

I can safely say T&J has never unduly influenced me, although when my wife disagreed with this, the urge to smash her in the face with a frying pan was overwhelming.

As notlob would say, in the words of Daffy Duck, You're desssspicable, Harry.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:49 pm

communistworkethic wrote:it's only taken the guardian 3 days to catch up with the bbc

i saw it on TV last night for the first time tbh and finally got round to venting my anger now

i'm gutted, it'll put the price of the DVDs back up to full whack an all

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:07 pm

i want to know why, when I put the cat's paw in the electric socket, can't I see its skeleton, like in Tom & Jerry??

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:36 pm

I would truly love to meet these perfect citizens of the pc brigade. What a happy bunch of barstewards they must be. Imagine getting up in a morning and spending the day looking for something to ban. What are future films going to be like when they pertain to be "warts an all" yet have such lily white characters who never do wrong?

Bah bah rainbow sheep my ass.

Don Alonso · Post by **Don Alonso** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:55 pm

We had the political correctness brigade in 16th Century Spain.

We called them heretics.

And handed them over the Inquisition.

It never really caught on.

I understand the modern equivalent of "heretic" is "Unamerican" or "undemocratic".

Henrik's fan club · Post by **Henrik's fan club** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:45 pm

Don Alonso wrote:We had the political correctness brigade in 16th Century Spain.

We called them heretics.

And handed them over the Inquisition.

It never really caught on.

I understand the modern equivalent of "heretic" is "Unamerican" or "undemocratic".

Or "Scouse"

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:59 pm

Future children targets for the pc brigade:

Snow Rainbow and the seven height challenged persons. (Formally Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
The Lady and the Big Issue salesperson (Formally Lady and the Tramp)
Richard Whittington (No explanation necessary)
Beauty and the visually challenged animal. (Beauty and the Beast)
Little Boy Blue (left alone for now, because we haven't found any blue people yet who may be upset by it)
Apersonin. (Formally Aladin, but a suggestion of sexism here)
Little Native American Riding Hood. (Not American we know, but there may be Native Americans in the audience)
Senior Citizen Hubbard. (NEN)
Mentally Challenged Simon (Simple)
Peter Kitchen Utensil. (Pan)
Electric Fire Bar Ella (can't have anything that remotely refers to smoke)
Rainbow Tooth (formally White Fang)
Tweedle dee and his Brother (dum is offensive)
The unfortunate bell ringer of Notre Dam.
The Unfortunate Eggperson.
Rainbow Beauty.

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:50 am

Couldn't agree more, your royalness.

Poor Noddy and Big Ears. Banned - not for the terms Noddy and Big Ears but because they are depicted as sleeping in the same bed. I note though that PC Plod was left alone.

'Tis sheer madness. I can, to an extent, understand concerns about some movie content and also some of the computer games available for children - but innocent childrens stories and cartoons? Let's be honest; in most cartoons and books aimed at children the goodie usually triumphs over the baddie or, if there is no baddie, then the hero does something good.

What a load of 'do-gooding' poppyrooster.

white blood · Post by **white blood** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:56 am

Its outrageous, they will be taking golliwogs off jam jars next!

norm the jedi · Post by **norm the jedi** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:31 pm

So.... Grand Theft Auto Vice City... v .... Tom and Jerry?
Which one is worse for child development and soceity.... tough one?

davroduk · Post by **davroduk** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:34 pm

white blood wrote:Its outrageous, they will be taking golliwogs off jam jars next!

You know the real reason they had to take Golliwogs off jars.

They were using them as Fecking Passport Photos.

Ill get me coat.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:10 pm

communistworkethic wrote:i want to know why, when I put the cat's paw in the electric socket, can't I see its skeleton, like in Tom & Jerry??

I just dropped an an anvil on to next door's cat. Can someone please explain how come the flattened remains didn't then pop up and form a circular coffee table with Queen Anne legs? I'm perplexed !!