You can’t even have a pillow fight anymore

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What, more objectionable material from Canada? This has to be some kind of record. This time, it’s this Toronto Blue Jays ad with slugger Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas “engaged in a pillow fight with kids” that has offended. Apparently, it’s a little too violent for Canadian sensibilities, as it shows Thomas swinging for the fences with a pillow and knocking a kid off a bed. You may think Canada is overreacting, but here in the U.S.,

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