Suicidal Squirrels
A little note in The Times:
Sony Television has apologised for screening a cartoon series called Suicidal Squirrels, above, which shows 100 different ways in which the furry animals might die. In one episode, a squirrel paints stripes on itself before lying on a zebra crossing to be run over. In another, a squirrel crashes through a car windscreen.
The programmes were broadcast on AXN Europe, an Eastern European entertainment channel owned by Sony. After a complaint from Romania, Sony accepted the series was unsuitable for children and apologised to the watchdog Ofcom, which licenses AXN.
Umm, unsuitable is indeed one way of describing the show.
Or Or Now I have to admit that I find these extraordinarily funny: and I'm sure many children would as well: the popcorn one is really rather inventive (perhaps it's just that I am fully in contact with my inner child?).But there's this nagging feeling I have: if I find it so screamingly amusing, and assume that children will as well (unfortunately the grandchildren have gone home, so I can't test it), should we really be describing it as unsuitable? And should anyone have to apologise to a bunch of bureaucrats for showing it?