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Cabbage Boy on May 28 at 10:47 a.m.
“Sad thing is there are many kids who probably have learned their “history” from Disney. No need for revisionist history when you have entertainment history already indoctrinated.”
“I know, CB. Bambi ruined a lot of potential hunters, too. Bad people (not just white).”
History. Hunting. Has Disney ruined anything else?
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nic on May 28 at 1:09 p.m.
They ruined innocence. From the phallic symbol on the cover of the Little Mermaid VHS cover - to Aladdin telling The tiger to take it’s clothes off… On the flip side - it’s a win for subliminal messaging.
nic on May 28 at 1:10 p.m.
Oh, and they also ruined civil rights. The 9 Most Racist Disney Characters: http://www.cracked.com/article_15677_9-most-racist-disney-characters.html
Sisyphus on May 28 at 1:15 p.m.
Don’t forget family vacations.
piah on May 28 at 4:29 p.m.
My favorite fairy tale is, The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen - and it’s NOTHING like the Disney version.
Which is perhaps good for the kids watching…
Arpie on May 28 at 8:07 p.m.
I agree with Pia. Disney may not have ruined it, but it has put a good dent in children’s literature. Too many great stories are known by generations only by their Disney versions.
MarkU on May 28 at 8:30 p.m.
They ruined deer hunting. At least the image of hunting.
How about they put bambi in a high fence area, show some idjit handing the fence maker some cash, blasting poor bambi from ten feet, sawing off the antlers and selling them to some aphrodisiac buyer from Guam or Alabama.
Probably the only thing that would make the Idaho legislature take notice of game farms.
Escapee on May 29 at 8:23 p.m.
Well, the George W. Bush Prezzidency resulted in a Mickey-Mouse administration…