the bastardization of old looney tunes cartoons  

I agree with this completely, & haven't watched cartoons for a long while now. I think I actually stopped watching because I pretty much stopped watching TV because I prefer being in front of a computer instead of in front of a TV set, but this poor editing job is another reason to stop watching TV.

There was even an episode on The Simpsons where they had a voilent, "Itchy And Scratchy Show" & Marge Simpson led a protest on the voilence. Bart & Lisa felt that the new cartoons were boring & turned off the TV & started their own mischief (like calling Moe's bar with those prank calls, I think). Lesson learned from that is don't fool around with what works well.

I wonder if they ever came out with the original & unedited versions on DVD maybe. If not, they should. I remember when watching these cartoons when I was a kid, it was fun watching the 'bad guy' have his evil intentions backfire.

I think that you are absolutely right! Even though Spongebob gets his share of nonsensical cartoon violence, he is resilient and always appear unharmed. In the past we have seen Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd and countless other lovable but sinister cartoon characters wear the unmistakable ash of being exploded by the classic stick of dynamite with the letters "TNT" inscribed on it. Nobody had it worst than "Daffy Duck" when it came to cartoon violence. If these tree-hugging, politically correct wusses tried to bastardize any of his cartoons, it'll only have a collective running time of only two seconds.

...And that's my two-cents, Giggitty and good-night.