Surprise! Cause of Mideast violence is 'Tom & Jerry'
'Sends the message that, yes, I can hit him ... I can blow him up with explosives'
05/05/2016

The head of Egypt’s State Information Service isn’t pointing the finger for Mideast violence at his own repressive government, ISIS, al-Qaida, Sunnis, Shiites or – heaven forbid – Islam itself.

No, the waves of beheadings, bombings and beligerance can be laid at the feet of two American cartoon characters, Tom and Jerry.

“Tom and Jerry” 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,” SIS head Salah Abdel Sadek said in a Cairo University speech this week, reported the Washington Post.

“It becomes set in [the viewer’s] mind that this is natural.”

Social media was quick to respond with references to the Egyptian military’s crackdown on dissenters.

“Egypt’s rulers must have been watching a lot of Tom and Jerry if this is the case,” tweeted Sarah Birke.

But Sadek also received support for his view, with the newssite Egyptian Streets noting an article published following Sadek’s speech titled, “Five Accusations Tom and Jerry Face in Egypt.”

The author added that “Tom and Jerry” “warps the idea of justice, helps children come up with sinister plans, and encourages violence and the use of sharp instruments such as knives, guns and chainsaws.”

With the terror group Hamas bragging of one knife attack against Israelis every three days, that Tom and Jerry are responsible for the current “Stabbing Jihad” will come as a surprise.

The Islamists are coming for everything — including our cartoons. It’s time to push back. Read “Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance.”

This is not the first time the lovable American cartoon characters have been blamed for problems in the Mideast.

In 2006, WND reported the cat and mouse stars were accused by an Iranian official of being part of a Jewish conspiracy.

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