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   From: hughe@frontiernet.net   
      
   wrice05@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > I really, really, really hate Disney.  Many others have cited their   
   > human rights violations, which are deplorable.  The way they control   
   > their employees, including children, is like some Nazi empire on   
   > Prozac.  But what I hate the most is Disney's calculated campaign to   
   > systematically short circuit children's imaginations by telling them   
   > what to think in every possible media.  TV, movies, theme parks, video   
   > games, books, toys, CDs, concerts--kids and tweens are flooded with   
   > upbeat, shiny, pretty bullshit that destroys their self-esteem when   
   > they realize they can never live up to the perfect Disney life they   
   > see.  Kids feel abnormal for having normal problems, they feel out of   
   > place for not looking like the kids on TV or in the magazines, and   
   > they forget or never even learn how to make up games or have imaginary   
   > friends or play outside.  Their imaginations are stunted, and their   
   > minds and characters are permanently molded by Disney to remain   
   > lifelong loyal consumers of the Disney empire lifestyle, spending   
   > their money and herding their own children faithfully into the trap of   
   > the "wholesome" Disney world.  Kids might be asking:  where was Mickey   
   > Mouse when my house was washed away in Hurricane Katrina?  What about   
   > the kids in Iraq?  Do they get to see Lion King on Broadway?  How come   
   > my mommy doesn't love me enough to take me to Disneyworld?  Is it   
   > because we're on welfare?  Disney has the answers:  just close your   
   > eyes, stop asking questions, and sing!  Soon everything will be   
   > covered in bright primary colors and your problems will be over--you   
   > won't have to think anymore.   
   I have to ask for more details. Seems like a bitching instead of real   
   problems   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)