Finland's Ovi

A children’s TV channel is going to edit scenes from Tom and Jerry cartoons where characters are shown smoking. The move follows an investigation by media watchdog Ofcom into a viewer’s complaint that the vintage animations were not appropriate for young viewers.

Wait, a viewer’s complaint, ‘a’, not many viewers’ complaints, but one person has single-handedly managed to get smoking censored from classic cartoons. The power of the individual truly is awesome.

Has anybody ever been encouraged to smoke because a cartoon cat lit one up? “Excuse me sir, why did you smoke your first cigarette?” “Well, it all began after seeing Tom trying to impress a female cat by rolling a cigarette, lighting it and smoking it with one hand. I thought to myself, ‘that could be me!’”

Don’t these people have anything better to do with their lives, such as switching off the television and taking their kid outside. I guess they are too busy writing their next complaint letter trying to rewrite history.

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