tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post3032093395722233482..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: DISNEY DISQUISITIONBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-66730548438591907702008-12-02T15:36:00.000+00:002008-12-02T15:36:00.000+00:00Exit from any large cathedral and you end up going...Exit from any large cathedral and you end up going through the 'Gift shop'. Spend, spend, spend, and save your soul with the reading of improving tomes. I keep looking for a 'relic' to buy but they seem to have run out of pieces of the true cross ~ awaiting the delivery of a fresh supply, no doubt. As for buying an indulgence ~ no chance. This is not to say that Disney is not commercial and don't peddle goodness and 'family values'. So does the 'church' so I expect the Fr. speaks from a position of great authority on the subject.<BR/><BR/>But why limit himself to Disney though? What about the exploitation of all those other marketeers who peddle trashy souvenirs and memorabilia?<BR/><BR/>STORICA: The use of the past to sell to the future.David Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274046456243875879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-7085248189112440692008-12-01T00:15:00.000+00:002008-12-01T00:15:00.000+00:00LISAH - I've always liked St Andrew (a genuinely g...<B>LISAH</B> - I've always liked St Andrew (a genuinely good egg by all accounts); sorry to have missed his day...<BR/><BR/>Grumpy or Dopey, but certainly <B><I>NOT</I></B> Happy...<BR/><BR/><B>ANDY</B> - I'm not excusing religions, but the meaning of "God-fearing" probably had less to do with 'fear' than with 'respect', 'reverence', 'piety' or 'awe'...<BR/><BR/><B>BOLL</B> - Like Andy, you make a strong point but, of course, most organisations (spiritual or secular) can be criticised for the behaviour of their adherents... <BR/><BR/>'Coupbonf' I like!<BR/><BR/><B>SUZANNE</B> - Yes, 'Gedgzl' is <I>exactly</I> what Grumpy had to say on the matter!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-51561573389758535462008-11-30T22:32:00.000+00:002008-11-30T22:32:00.000+00:00Tut! Another example of ridiculously extreme react...Tut! Another example of ridiculously extreme reaction to modern day stuff! Reminds me of those people who thought Harry Potter was an encouragement to dabble in witchcraft.<BR/>To be perfectly frank, I think he's talking out of the wrong orifice (excuse my French!)<BR/>GEDGZL: an expression used frequently by Grumpy to express contempt...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-68439928141943603122008-11-30T20:35:00.000+00:002008-11-30T20:35:00.000+00:00So a corporation is peddling family values and a p...So a corporation is peddling family values and a priest has a problem with that ? So the alternative is ? The church has a monopoly on morality which, as its current impoverished state shows, it nevers takes any money from at all....<BR/>Perhaps its easier to attack people who show some sort of regard for the quality of their product and where it will end up rather than go after big corporations who put profit above all else.For example,I could name you a large global organisation that is renowned for setting up and enriching itself, often supporting expensive headquarters in very poor countries as it increases its market share whilst living off money collected from the impoverished population of those areas. It's an extremely rich business too and has been for the past couple of thousand years.Can you tell what it is yet ? <BR/><BR/>Coupbonf : A person or organisation who, owing to their public profile, feels they have a duty to inform the world of their own predjudices and that these will, because of their status, be somehow interesing or important to the rest of us.Boll Weavilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03858122220880954456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-30659599739185794002008-11-30T18:43:00.000+00:002008-11-30T18:43:00.000+00:00Hmmm indeed. He could well be describing his own r...Hmmm indeed. He could well be describing his own religion there. Or indeed any religion. At least Disney doesn't tell us we will all go to hell if we don't act a certain way.<BR/><BR/>I hate religion. I detest it. I think the single phrase that encompasses everything I hate about it is "God-fearing". What this essentially boils down to is the fact that religious types act nicely (or in some cases not nicely) to their fellow men, not because they want to, but because they feel they have to for fear of what will happen to them if they don't. It's nothing less than blackmail. They don't act out of their own free will. It seems to me that at least Disney teaches morals that people should excercise because they want to.<BR/><BR/>Bloody priests.Andy Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404988861331264759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-3099026733867685852008-11-30T17:32:00.000+00:002008-11-30T17:32:00.000+00:00Wot - no 'Happy St Andrews Day to all my Scottish ...Wot - no 'Happy St Andrews Day to all my Scottish bloggers'?<BR/><BR/>Re the Disney tirade - I wonder if you were caught between using Grumpy or Dopey.SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.com