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The United Kingdom has a history of getting caught up in moral panics, from the furore over the corrupting influence of the so-called Video Nasties to the demonisation of asylum seekers. 

A British mother might be attempting to start one of the silliest yet, as she has taken umbrage with one of WWE's new toy playsets. 

According to her, the Wrekkin Slambulance Vehicle is bound to incite violence against the country's emergency services. 

Speaking with LADBible, Sabrina Fitzsimmons, of Bournemouth, said: 

"This toy is massively inappropriate. I wouldn't purchase that for my child and I certainly wouldn't get behind advertising it, I just think you’re crossing a line of ethics and morals. 

Toys are supposed to teach our children, not only be fun. When I saw it I just thought 'what a time to be advertising a toy like this to children'. These people in the healthcare sector saved our lives. To advocate for a toy that perpetuates the message of violence towards the vehicles and the people that help us, I just think 'what kind of message are you sending to children here? How is that ok?'.

WWE has a huge following from little ones right up to adults, including my 13-year-old son, I think it's just such the wrong message. I wasn't trying to be a 'Karen' but I just found it really offensive given the pressure I know the services have been under and the sacrifices that they've made. I could see that the advert really upset my partner"

Karen's - sorry, Sabrina's - partner is an NHS healthcare assistant. 

Fitzsimmons complained to retail outlet Smyths, who stocks and sells WWE figures, but was not pleased with the response she got: 

"It was 'sorry it offended you'. 

I think they completely missed the message. It won't just have offended me, it offended my partner who goes to work everyday to help other people in the emergency services. A lot of her friends work there, she’s witnessed and been party to having violence against her and her friends and her colleagues like I myself have in retail. We're trying to curb that and get that message across that it's not acceptable and they're perpetuating a toy that is telling kids that it is at a very young and impressionable age. I think it's so wrong".

I'm just not even sure I can find the words anymore. 

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