Old saying: Never ascribe to malice when plain stupidity suffices.
In a Disney/MS world that would be the explanation. larry At 03:12 PM 8/12/2003 -0500, Raymond Camden wrote: >As much as I believe MS has wrong in the past, I think it is completely >ludicrous to believe they actually want to take over the world. MS may >be wrong (at times), but evil? This is not to say evil doesn't exist in >the world, of course it does, but to say (or imply) that an entire >corporation actually wants to rule the world.... just plain silly if you >ask me. > >Do you really, truly, _honestly_ believe Disney is out to get you? Sure, >that talking Mickey tracks you (and do you have info on this, I haven't >heard of it). I assume they do that to gain data on where people visit. >They _don't_ do in order to plot their take over of the country. > >Now getting off topic - we must remember that many things we lump >together w/ evil are just plain stupid. Take the record companies - many >people think they are wrong for jacking up the price of CDs and not >offering (well, not till lately) sales of singles. That is in no way an >evil act. It's just an act of stupidity for not realizing the gains they >could make cutting prices or offering digital downloads. > >-ray > > > There is a story that I once read where a thinly disguised MS > > and Disney merged. Step by step the gained virtual control > > over America and there was nothing to do to stop them. They > > first set up play areas in shopping malls where parents could > > leave their children. While there, the children were > > entertained and taught. The teaching was both to teach and to > > get information on what kids wanted answered. They then > > offered the same teaching service to parents at home over the > > net. Free computer and all. Next was teaching in schools, and > > taking over more and more essential services. Got to the > > point where they basically rules everything. That was a > > story. The reality is the talking Mickey at Disney world > > that's tracked through the park and can answer questions > > about different parts of the park. Just what I want. To have > > Disney track my every move. But that's separate from my rant > > at the manipulation of media content by news outlets. I think > > I posted here watching the same news piece on 3 channels > > about an anti-Semitic incident. A swastika with the words > > kill Jews was painted on parts of a building. 2 channels > > showed the whole thing while a third (channel 9 in NY) > > digitally altered the report to remove the word kill from > > every picture. Why? Because they had some agenda that I can > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
