From: Ed.Sterrett@f157.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Ed Sterrett)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Re: Parody; A Forum?
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:52:04 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:363/157 - Compu-Link II, Orlando FL


      
   >>thing that has no place in this newsgroup is people who try to force
   >>their morality down my throat.  I have my own values that I'm quite
   > 
 ES>So you would also force us to partake of your drivel, attempting to 
 ES>justify your lack of taste?
 
 KK> attention during this whole conflagration, you would know that Greg was *
 KK> the person that wrote or posted the X-rated (R-rated) parody, but rather 
 KK> someone else. Greg's posts to rec.arts.disney are informative and insight
 
  I never said, as you can see above, anything about who said what.  
It doesn't matter.  None of that "drivel" belongs here.  In case you 
haven't figured it out, this newsgroup's purpose is to discuss Disney 
related topics..  Sure, parody and satire have their place.. rec.humor 
for example.  You must draw a line somewhere.
 
 KK> someone else. Greg's posts to rec.arts.disney are informative and insight
 KK> for the most part. As someone who clearly knows a great deal about Disney
 KK> Disney events, Greg's posts would have value to new and old fans of Disne
 KK> the other hand, there is you. What I have seen of your 
 KK> dubious contribution is insult and invective.
 
I never said a word, not one word, about any of his posts in the 
past.. the only one I take exception to is the one to which I replied. 
Specifically, it supported the notion that the parody that started 
this entire discussion was something that belonged here, rather than 
the newsgroup(s) designed for it.  Anything posted to an area devoted 
to a subject that holds family values in such high regard should be 
able to be read by or to anyone in the family, correct?  With that in 
mind, would you have read that to a 3 year old daughter?  Would you 
have posted it on a school bulletin board?
   I don't know Greg, I don't know how much he knows about Disney, so 
I can't attest to the value of any posts he may make in the future. As 
far as my contribution..  that's for you to decide.  I have been 
working for Disney now for almost 10 years, in an area that plays a 
critical part in ANY activity. My finger is, so to speak, on the pulse 
of operations here.  Anything that is on the horizon, I am in a 
position to be one of the first to know about it, with the facts- not 
rumors.
 
 KK> To throw my two cents into that little debate momentarily, I think there 
 KK> ample warning that this was a Not For The Kiddies post, and ample opportu
 KK> to bypass the offending lyrics. Perhaps a post saying that the song exist
 KK> and interested parties could send email to request it would have been bet
 KK> but to say, as some have, that reading it was forced upon them, is ludicr
 
   If you have any children around that can operate a computer (and 
thats easily assumed nowadays)  a "warning" like that would only 
encourage them to read, rather than deter.  
 
  You are correct in stating how it should have been handled. That's 
what I said as well, take it somewhere else.  Had it been posted in 
rec.humor it would have been well recieved, and a simple note here 
would have let those interested in it know where to find it.  And all 
this bickering would have been avoided.
 
 KK> parody any less ridiculous? I don't think *anyone* should have to take th
 KK> act *elsewhere*, and I think the implication by those quoting scripture a
 KK> pleading Family Values that those that defend the posting of such materia
 KK> to rec.arts.disney are of weak moral character, immature, disgusting, wha
 KK> are *way* out of line. I'm not sure which God they're following, but the 
 
    Would you also see nothing wrong with the president of 
Anhauser-Busch extolling the finer points of his product at a AA 
meeting?  Would someone cleaning up a fuel spill light up a cigarette 
while doing the job?   That's the entire point!  Some things just 
don't belong together.  Period.  If family values do not interest you, 
mean anything to you, or are not worth protecting..  why even bother 
with a disney newsgroup?
 
 
 
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