Subj : Re: Saturday morning cart To : Angus McLeod From : Tracker1 Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 07:25 pm Angus McLeod wrote: >>> What ever happened to the wonderful, gratuitous violence that shows like >>> Tom & Jerry and Speedy Gonzales taught us to enjoy? >> >> Both had racial slurs as part of their comedy, and we can't have that.. ;) > > Something was racially inappropriate about Tom & Jerry? Think about the original black lady (not sure if it were her house, or she worked there), the "Tom cat" references, as well as some of the other skits... personally I think it was all in good fun, but some take it too seriously. -- Michael J. Ryan - tracker1(at)theroughnecks(dot)net - www.theroughnecks.net icq: 4935386 - AIM/AOL: azTracker1 - Y!: azTracker1 - MSN/Win: (email) --- þ Synchronet þ theroughnecks.net - you know you want it .