From: cscon134@uoft02.utoledo.edu (John Heiden UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Why I love Disney, Part 47
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:02:55 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

In article <Rich_Koster.0ovy@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>, Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster) writes:
> This is to reply to sherw@ocf.berkeley.edu (Gregory Sherwin) Message
> -ID: <18903dINNadk@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 5 Sep 1992 00:47:41 GMT
> Re: Why I love Disney, Part 47 To All, pointing out environmental and
> other infractions made by the Disney company, critical of fandom
> surrounding the Disney company despite the infractions made by this
> and other American companies, as an example of what sender believes is
> "what's wrong with America":
>  
> This reply comes from my wife, Carol:
>  
> (Did you know that Disney hired a
> few hundred kids from South Central L. A. after the turbulence there?
> See their 3rd Quarterly Report.)
>
No I didn't.  Can you elaborate?  For some reason, the company is not
sending me ANYTHING since May!!  Another to check into now.

>  
> BTW, an article along the environmental and other criticism lines you
> discussed appeared a couple of years ago in a magazine called Insight,
> I don't remember what year and issue, though.  One thing it mentioned
> was how a child fell off the castle bridge at WDW Magic Kingdom and
> drowned in the moat, and sued Disney for damages, and it also
> mentioned ome infractions involving sewage waste treatment.
>
One small problem.  I read an article on this sewage infraction
recently.  They were supposedly releasing very low level wastes into
the water system at the southern edge of "property".  There were NOT
toxic wastes.  Just normal "bio wastes".  (I hope you get the idea.)
Anyway, the state EPA gave them permission to do this.  And they figured
that by the time the wastes had washed into the everglades and other
public areas south of WDW, the stuff would have biodegraded.  It turns
out that they were ALMOST correct.  It just didn't degrade quite as
much as they had hoped.  The national EPA disagreed with this idea, and
cited them for it.  But the state EPA still stood behind Disney's
actions.  (Darn, I wish I knew just where I had read this.  But it
was not too long after the first reports surface I remember.)

> Enjoyed conversing with you.  I am glad you offer such challenging
> viewpoints.  You're free to express yourself here, but you'll find
> pleny of differing opinion, due to the nature of this conference.
> We can differ in our opinions and still coexist.  That's another thing
> right with America!
>  
> --Sincerely, Carol Koster
> 
> -- Via DLG Pro v0.992
> 
> Internet: rich_koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US
>     UUCP: rex!agwbbs!rich_koster
-- 
Carol, this was and EXCELLENT article you wrote!  I hope that you are a
freelance writer right now!  If not, please consider it.  I'm just not
sure this person was really worth a posting 185 lines long.  But still
quite excellent!


John Heiden
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John Heiden

                                       Dept. of Computer Services

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