Australian outrage at violent Naruto action figures
Paul •
According to a report in the Australian Daily Telegraph, a number of worried social groups have raised moral concerns over a line of Naruto toy dolls that could well be teaching their innocent children “dangerous” lessons. The action figures in question wield little plastic knives and imitate punching and stabbing motions.
A founding member of the Australian Survivors Association goes so far as to say that “there’s a link between playing with these toys and violent behavior later… It doesn’t happen to everyone but it can have an effect on people with problems… If they play with toy weapons does it make them more comfortable with real weapons later? At some stage there’s an imprint left on them.”
Having had the toy figures approved by government officials, Mattel (the manufacturers) claim that the responsibility for any concerns about Naruto should be shouldered by the parents buying their kids these toys in the first place.
