A remarkable facet of this is that the complaints seem to make sense given that spiders in Australia have a venomous reputation (though it doesn't sound like these criticisms were mediated by the reflexive, vigilante fervor of social media). But other dangerous animals have probably been used as symbolic, talkative figures in child-targeted propaganda over the decades, too -- both in public service commercials and cartoon series. Some of those animals may not be as easily accessible as spiders, though.
That Nick Jr. expressed befuddlement over the second request / incident, and declined to remove that circumstance until it attracted broader attention, brings back the expected balance of these affairs when "practical involvement in everyday life" encounters the generalizations of abstract data and robotic or ivory tower prescriptions and thought orientations that are insulated from those domains of concrete particulars and "flyover existence". IOW, the Australian version of Nick Jr. still had a management and policies network trailing back to headquarters in NYC and London.
http://about.abc.net.au/complaints/peppa-pig-received/
"A viewer complained that an episode of the animated children’s series Peppa Pig was inappropriate for an Australian audience because it said that spiders were not to be feared."
Peppa Pig spiders can't hurt you episode pulled off air in Australia again
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...alia-again
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That Nick Jr. expressed befuddlement over the second request / incident, and declined to remove that circumstance until it attracted broader attention, brings back the expected balance of these affairs when "practical involvement in everyday life" encounters the generalizations of abstract data and robotic or ivory tower prescriptions and thought orientations that are insulated from those domains of concrete particulars and "flyover existence". IOW, the Australian version of Nick Jr. still had a management and policies network trailing back to headquarters in NYC and London.
http://about.abc.net.au/complaints/peppa-pig-received/
"A viewer complained that an episode of the animated children’s series Peppa Pig was inappropriate for an Australian audience because it said that spiders were not to be feared."
Peppa Pig spiders can't hurt you episode pulled off air in Australia again
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...alia-again
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