Mickey Mouse penniless in France

SFGate ^ | August 7, 2003 | Edward M. Gomez

[Cultural Jihad]

"Mickey [Mouse] hasn't got a cent," Lib

[Antoninus]

Schadenfreude bump.

[Centurion2000]

At the same time, he argued, homegrown cultural expression like body odor, rudeness, belching and farting "must be defended externally in the face of the American

[Cold Heat]

the amusement park and all that it symbolized about corporate-fueled American cultural imperialism, was an unwelcome interloper

Well, so much for repairing the rift.

Dig up our dead and bring them home from the sludge pit.

[doug from upland]

We should all go visit Euro Disney --- when they move it out of France and perhaps to Spain, England, or Poland.

[Cultural Jihad]

Agreed.

[God luvs America]

You know why they don't light off fireworks at EuroDisney don't you? Cause every time they do the french surrender!!

[Cold Heat]

Spain or Italy would be nice.

The French SUCK!

[txzman]

Let them ask their gay clients for help - I wouldn't spend a dime on any of the Disney properties.

[DPB101]

Yeah...turn it into a homosexual brothel. Legalize dope too. Sure Eisner would endorse the move. He's been destroying the Mouse for years, why not go for it all now? Turn it into the type of cesspool which prompted Walt Disney to open up a theme park for families in the first place.

[stboz]

I got NO sympathy for anything Disney anywhere. Blow it out your a$$ Michael Mouse.

[Taiwan Bocks]

I will boycott and lobby every single soul I meet to boycott anything Disney, especially the parks.

Until the homosexual activities and promotion of all immoral that has been smeared into the fabric of Disney in the last fifteen years,

is apologized and repented of. Until that time we should be Jonah screaming at that Ninevah.

Never go there, never buy a thing from them, always be ready to tell why you avoid all things Disney. Because you fear and love God.

[Psalm118]

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0041890

The above link puts into evidence the abyss separating what Walter Elias Disney of Kansas City, Mo. intended and was all about, and waht it all became a mere few years after his brother Roy's passing.

Since many here admit the degeneration and loss of original purpose (WHOLESOME family entertainment) I submit it would be A SERIOUS MISTAKE TO THINK THAT DEFENDING THE MONSTROSITY is the patriotic thing to do. I speak as a once-long-ago employee, 1971-1981.

The reason for the nasty evolution is very simply greed, and the US Corporate conscience-free driving spirit.

So there.

[xzins]

They don't mention it, but one of the most faithful group of visitors to Euro-Disney is the American military stationed overseas.

Every base I knew of had morale trips, family trips, individual trips, unit trips...etc.

The troops are gone and they're not visiting. The rest of aren't going out of sheer distaste of things French.

[Porterville]

If Walt could see what Disney has become, he would have burned it to the ground and bleached the earth, before he died. If I were his family, I would sue every board member and sue for his name back.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Now if we can just have the same results with the queer guy/gal loving Disney corporate jerks here in the states. I hope they go bust belly up, and soon.

[John Lenin]

F Disney and F the French !

[singletrack]

This post reads like right-wing porn to me. How much better does it get than "disney losing money in France"????. Say it out loud. "Alec Baldwin bedwetting trial" is the only thing that sounds nearly as good as "Disney losing money in France"...................

[Sloth]

"Tom Daschle in Bestiality Scandal"