From: Cassie Wilson <cassiewilson>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:45:00 -0400

Good for you for having the courage to speak up in the face of these rather vicious outpourings! I wish that someone would take the time from the name calling to express more clearly what they don't like about Disney, aside from the changes to Pooh and the extension of the copyright time limit. I can remember receiving a great deal of pleasure from Disney films over the years, especially considering the music. And they are a treat for someone who loves color as much as I do. And honestly, I think you're giving the man too much credit for single handedly wrecking the American culture.

And, as a child, I hated every version of Alice and Wonderland i saw, but as an adult, I enjoyed the movie.

Consider that Mr. D did probably have a huge effect on building an audience for children's movies and literature. Furthermore, don't we applaud anything, including "GooseBumps" that gets kids to read, hoping that with practice, they'll read better and branch into something deeper or better?

Finally, was the Disney movie or the original book that made the incidence of hunting and killing animals for fun drop dramatically? I really can't remember the answer, but I'm sure the movie had a huge effect.

Just another humble Texas opinion,

    Cassie Wilson
Received on Thu 20 Jul 2006 09:45:00 PM CDT