I'm all for corrupting the minds of small children. Not in a despicable capacity you understand - I'm not suggesting anyone's 3rd birthday needs to take place at McDonalds - I'm talking about mild corruption for my own personal amusement. For example, I've been known to ask my young niece and nephew who would win in a fight between them and then make myself a cup of tea while I wait for the winner to emerge.
The reality, as depicted by today's debut T-shirt donation from James at SPUK, is unfortunately quite different. Artist Pete Slight has penned this graphic to sit among the hundreds of comical and satirical designs available from SPUK. It shows a young boy sat in front of a television set being consumed by a cloud of illustrated icons symbolising the kind of visual content that should never have met his eyes. His innocent smile betrays how naive he is to what he's taking on board, leaving himself wide open to a scolding from his parents when he microwaves his cat later that evening or calls his sister a cheap hooker who's not doing her bit for the economy.
'But where are the parents in the first place?' is the question everyone is asking in this scenario. The TV broadcasters are firmly of the opinion that content filtering begins at home and are refusing to take responsibility for the programmes they transmit, so it should be up to mum and dad to switch over to Cartoon Network every time Dispatches comes on.
At the very least, it's the parents responsibility to tell little Johnny not to sit so close to the TV screen; it's all good and well learning about The World's Most Amazing Sexual Positions, but in reality, he'll never get a girlfriend if he's got square eyes.
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