The head of Egypt's Information Service has blamed Tom and Jerry for the rise of ISIS - claiming the characters encourage extremism and teach children that you can blow people up.
Ambassador Salah Abdel Sadek said the cartoon as well as video games and 'violent' movies helped to spark violence and extremism across the Arab world.
He told an audience at Cairo University that Tom and Jerry contributed to the notion that violence was a 'natural' part of life.
According to Egyptian Streets, he said:
Ambassador Salah Abdel Sadek said the cartoon as well as video games and 'violent' movies helped to spark violence and extremism across the Arab world.
He told an audience at Cairo University that Tom and Jerry contributed to the notion that violence was a 'natural' part of life.
According to Egyptian Streets, he said:
'[The cartoon] portrays the violence in a funny manner and sends the message that, yes, I can hit him…and I can blow him up with explosives. It becomes set in [the viewers’] mind that this is natural.'He added that it has become common place for young men to spend hours playing violent video games and that the gamer will be 'happy and content'.
lol....very silly excuse and assertion
ReplyDeleteMtchew! How we read meaning into every single thing nowadays. Life was so easy and simple growing up and things were seen for what they really were
ReplyDeletePure Foolishness..
ReplyDeleteRubbish.....
ReplyDeleteVery dumb and foolish excuse! Tom and Jerry, na today????
ReplyDeleteWell... it's possible. We are what we watch. This generation do not see certain things as shocking. We have become numb to horrors.
ReplyDeleteThe guy is correct. Iam surprised at how lack of depth those calling his assertion are. Those violent cartoons add to the mentality of anyone watching it. Though its made for fun it traumatises those who have what you call 'innocent' heart. It will continue to taunt their hearts to go commit what they have read. I read a book when I was 12 years old in secondary school, 20 years after iam still struggling from the torture of reading that book.
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