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Well, nobody is forcing you to reply to me! You've been nothing but hateful and angry ever since a few pages back. Basically, you've been insulting me for not sharing your world-view; you've portrayed me as a heartless cold emotion-less being just because I'm not high on "magic" and "spirit". And now your saying *my* posts aren't a "picnic"?!

I've always enjoyed your posts and have always liked you. You know that, as we've exchanged more than a couple PMs. But if you want to change all that because I don't want to indulge in your childish fantasies, that's fine with me, pal! Just say so and I won't bother you anymore!


And I feel sad for you that you can't face the world through the eyes of a grown-up, which you are *supposed* to be, but instead chooses to deny it by pretending you're still a pre-teen.


'Santa Claus' is an Americanized rip-off from the Dutch Saint Nicholas and it only represents Coca Cola and other forms of commercialism, which has gone way overboard the past few decades and has trumped the original meaning of Christmas.


I *LOVE* Mary Poppins! That's one of my favorite Disney-movies! Surprised you there, didn't I? See? I am not as black-and-white as you paint me. I'm into Disney because of everything you just summed up. I love that about Disney. But that doesn't mean I have to feel that way all the time! There are moments when I choose to, when I put on a Disney movie. But whenever I'm not watching them, I prefer to see the world a whole lot more realistically. Because the world is not a movie, and certainly not a Disney-movie! Disney is fiction, nothing more, nothing less. What it presents isn't real and will never be real.


Yes, David, that's what you see on the news, because it is *happening*. It is there and it's real. And that's only a very, very tiny portion of all the evil, depressing things going on in the world. And it's not going to go away by simply putting your fingers in your ears and singing "nanananana", like you seem to do. What you're saying about "staying a child" and all that stuff, is just hiding from reality. It's playing a game. And how ironic that you would say *I'm* "a slave" to anything. Aren't *you* the one who's hooked on a drug called 'fantasy'? You basically just admitted you're indulging in child-like fantasies, because reality "brings you down". So you pretend it's not happening. That's make-belief.


That's certainly true, but "news" is only news when it deviates from the ordinary. Hence why positive news is no news at all.


I happen to completely agree with that philosophy, but I don't think that's neccesarily a positive thing. It's just a fact that nobody can give your life any meaning besides you.


Now that's not true. It's simply not factual. Reailty is not "in the eye of the beholder". Reality is what's actually happening. So when you choose to not look at reality and to pretend it doesn't exist by pretending your still a "child", that doesn't mean reality *is* that way. You've simply shut it out, that's all.


Sounds like fun; let me try it. I will post the result here.


I don't even mind that we see things differently! Remember that this whole melodramatic 'fight' (which we *both* engaged in) started when I simply asked you why you think less of a movie when it has a sad ending, and I stated my own opinion on the subject. That's all. I never asked you to "defend" yourself. I explicitly told you so.


I left nothing out deliberatly. It's one thing to give a speech supposedly in defense of facts, but when you don't *act* upon them, you're being a hypocrite. Reagan could sell incredible lies and inaccurate or false statements without batting an eye (maybe because he was used to it from his actor days). So it strikes me as very hypocritical of him to abuse one of the Founding Fathers like that.


No, not *everything* is political with me, but your attitude toward it *does* affect other people. Or are you going to deny that? Again, I'm not singeling you out, because millions of people share your view that "politics is boring", and each of them is at least partly responsible for what goes wrong in politics. And politics *does* affect people's lives. Just look how nervous disneyboy20012 has been the past couple of weeks because of the debt ceiling negotiations. Because if no agreement is reached, the US will default and that will *directly* impact him. And maybe some of the extremist, crazy nut-bags who *want* to see the US default wouldn't have been in Congress in the first place if more people had actually paid a little more attention to politics!


No, it isn't, not even remotely.


I commend you for that! That's a very noble thing to do! My compliments gon out to you!


It's better to be involved than to be apathethic. Look at Bill Maher: he was a libertarian 10 years ago, and now he's strongly in favor of socialistic government measures!


Now, now... who says I do that? You seem to have a very selective view of me.


I couldn't care less about other people's interests. I don't care which books you like to read, what music you like to listen to, or what movies you like to watch. But you treat politics like it's just like one of the three categories I just listed; you talk about it like it's a hobby, and it's not. Like I said, it affects people's lives on a daily basis. And it's a shame so many people are too "bored by it to care, while people on the other side of the world are fighting and DYING in the streets to have a say in the way they are governed.


I feel bad you don't want to discuss things with me publicly ever again. As you know (and I've stated it above), I've always thought highly of you. Just because we disagree, is no reason to hate each other. And yes, I'm replying in public, because that's where this conversation started. Just like I always apologize in public whenever I did any wrong-doing in public. I just think that's the decent thing to do.

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"Hateful" and "angry"? Who's being a melodramatic drama queen now?

I didn't say reading your post wasn't a picnic. I said REPLYING, meaning finding the time and energy to reply to them wasn't a picnic. But I have to do it to defend myself and clarify my position, because of the snarky things you've said, and unflattering ways you have tried to portray me, based on your own misinterpretations of my statements. (which I discuss in greater detail below). If I did "portray" you in the way you described, it was not intentional as that is how your words made you seem, and I was only trying to defend myself.




I DID say so (not to bother me anymore). I asked you SPECIFICALLY to reply via PM, if you had to reply at all. And "Fantasy" is NOT "childish". And I never asked you to "indulge" in them. I could care less what you believe in.



I'm not "pretending" or "denying" anything, Mr. Fact-twister. I freely admit to being over 30. And the man who wrote that editorial I cited was, in fact, an "adult" - a hardened newsman, no less. And no one is "supposed" to be anything.



Cynic!



And you are jumping to conclusions that I see it that way "all the time". The point you are missing is, while the STORIES themselves may be "fiction", and the Magic might by "fantasy", the IDEALS represented in these movies (including the benefits of being able to see the world through the eyes of your Inner Child) are neither fiction nor fantasy. They are very REAL and can exist in the REAL WORLD, and in the heart and soul. If more people embraced these ideals, the world would be a better place. But if you shut them out and call them "fantasy" and "fiction", cynicism will win and the world will always be exactly the way it is today.



You missed my point, AS USUAL. I mentioned being in touch with my Inner Child, not "staying a child". Two entirely different things.

And the other point you missed - The news might not report ALL the bad that goes on, but it basically reports NONE of the good, aside from the occasional "human interest" story. I'm not "pretending" the bad stuff isn't happening, I just don't feel the need to be reminded about it, once every 24 hours. It is incredibly biased towards the NEGATIVE and is a very "half-empty" way of viewing the world.



Cynic!



Yes, it IS true, no one has time to simultaneously comprehend all of the "reality" of human existence. There is always good to be found, as well as the bad. If you live in a world of 10 PM news, you will be more conscious of the bad. Tuning out the news is not the same thing as "pretending" it does not exist. It's just adjusting your focus to have a more positive view of the world. I could just as logically say that you are pretending POSITIVE reality does not exist, by focusing more on the negative reality. You did, after all, say elsewhere in another thread that you believe humanity is inherently bad. If that isn't a negative and cynical (and arguably UNREALISTIC) worldview, I don't know what is.

And again, being in touch with your Inner Child is NOT the same thing as "pretending to still BE a child."



Why not post that in the appropriate Off-Topic thread instead. I think it's about 10 + pages back, and was started by Prudence. I'll be putting mine there, eventually.



WRONG! Check your "facts" carefully, Mr. Factual! That part of the discussion ended long ago, with my reply about that. What we are discussing now, about "reality" and "fantasy", started because you just HAD to get that condescending remark in there, quoting what I said about meeting Lotso in my critique of Toy Story 3, asking me if I really believed that the Lotso I met at WDW was "real", and even laughing at me with an emoticon, just because I posted a conversation I had with him. Maybe you don't go to the parks, but "adults" who meet the characters talk to them all the time, often "in character", and NO ONE questions their "grasp on reality". (If I had only thought to word it like that the first time, maybe all of these other replies could have been avoided *sigh*)



But the FACT is, Mr. FACTUAL, you stated as FACT that he said "Facts are pesky things" because "he was PROUD" (of not caring about facts)

But the FACT is, whether you feel he cared about facts or not, this was an honest mistake caused by using the word "pesky" instead of "stubborn", when citing a quote in defense of facts. So, whether you knew the origin of the quote or not, the FACT is that you did not present these FACTS, and instead your words twisted the FACTS to say he said it because he was "proud" of not caring about FACTS:





But YOU were the one who flew off the handle, lectured me, and got all preachy about how I am "harming" others, assumed I don't vote, and don't have opinions on issues, just because I said "Politics BORE me". And I only said that to tell you I didn't know the context of that Reagan quote. Meaning, it bores me too much to follow EVERY minute detail, every last little speech, EVERY last squabble between the Republicrats and the Democans. And even if I did, that doesn't mean I would REMEMBER the context of a Reagan quote from the 80's!



YES, IT IS. Everything you DON'T DO is theoretically "harming others", by the same logic you are using. Again, I don't agree with that logic. We have no obligation to do ANYTHING.



And for the record, I didn't mention this to toot my own horn, but to give an example of that I do what I can, in my own way. It might be too draining for me to dwell on politics on a REGULAR basis, but I do my part in OTHER ways by donating money to organizations that help sick children, the poor, no-kill animal shellters, etc.

And I also mentioned it to illustrate that I am NOT the delusional way you are painting me as "pretending" all the problems of the world do not exist, and being "out of touch" with reality. If that were the case, I wouldn't be aware of the causes that I try to help; I would pretend they didn't exist.



Nobody's perfect, I guess! (referring to being in favor of socialism now)



You give that impression because the level of details you know are the type known by people who follow these things in a very detailed, "micro", basis. But my quote wasn't as much saying that YOU do that, as much as it was explaining that just because I DON'T do that, and am not HYPER-informed like you come across as, it doesn't mean I don't have well thought-out opinions about important issues (such as being pro animal rights, pro gay rights, pro gender equality, pro privacy rights, pro environment, pro peace, and pro small government).



But that's the problem. You ASSumed that because I said I was too bored by it to know the context of that Reagan quote, or to dwell on it on a regular basis, that I was too bored by it to care about political issues in their ENTIRETY. Which should be obvious by now, is simply not true.

And that "other side of the world" bit is really melodramatic. In college I went to see a Christmas light display with another student, and they suddenly started going on and on about how they just couldn't enjoy it, because it was morally wrong because people in the third world were starving and dying, and how the money paying for the electricity should go to them, instead. Talk about laying on the "guilt trip"!



Who said anything about "hate"? Who's being the "drama queen" now?

And you're twisting the "FACTS" again, Mr. Factual! I didn't say I don't want to talk to you in public again. I said I don't want to discuss THESE things in public with you ever again. I am a private person, and to properly explain myself in the topics being discussed, I have to present a bit of info about the way I think about things, and I'd rather not do that. And you are twisting (or misinterpreting) my words to make me look bad, painting me as one-dimensional and delusional, when that is simply not the case.

But if you are truly sincere about wanting to remain "friends", you will NOT continue this discussion in public, as I already politely requested. And I would even further request that if you are willing to delete all of your replies to me in this thread, I will be MORE than happy to delete all of mine to you - starting from around the place where you questioned my grasp on "reality" simply because I talked to Lotso in the parks, like a lot of people do with the characters, including "adults" (That way the endless cycle of having to defend ourselves will end, and any negative things said by both of us will be stricken from the record). If you are not willing to do this, I will ask the moderators to do it for both of us. It really is derailing this thread, anyway.

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"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

THANK YOU very much for the kind words and support, Disney Duster!
I cannot stress enough how much it means to me!

I also appreciate that you got the thread back on topic by discussing the movies. For now I will say I generally agree with everything you wrote! I will try to give the more specific reply I would like to, when I have more time, after all this ends with Goliath. (assuming, of course, it does hopefully end.)

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"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know"- Pocahontas
"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

Geez.

Disney Duster did NOT treat Disney Geek nastily! He was defending himself!

EVIDENCE:





Even if Disney Geek was calling the "behaviour" of being upset "pathetic", and not Disney Duster himself, what Duster said in response was hardly treating her "nastilly".

And lastly, even though Disney Geek said later that she wasn't calling Disney Duster "pathetic", his emotions ARE a part of him, and if being hurt is his natural, human reaction, who is anyone here to say it's "pathetic" that he is simply being who he is?

UNBELIEVABLE

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"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

Since you guys, Goliath, David S., and the rest have de-railed the subject matter of this thread, why not take it to the PM's and discuss it among yourselfves, or start another thread about the subject matter you guys want to discuss. We are supposed to be discussing you likes and dislikes about movies that may or may not be popular with other people.

I think the Mods have been very patient, but I think it is time to upright this thread and get it back on track, and Goliath and David S. can air their dirty laundry on the PM's or on another thread.

Please, let's get this one back on track!!!

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I completely agree with you. In fact, I politely asked Goliath to do just that 2 replies ago, and he chose to post on the board again. And I had to reply again and clarify/defend myself, because he misinterpreted me and presented me in a negative way that is not true.

In fact, as stated, I would be in complete favor of the mods deleting the last several posts that were exclusively between myself and Goliath.

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"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know"- Pocahontas
"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

@ David S.: I've given you so many compliments in my previous replies (and I really meant each and every one of them); I have stated numerous times that nothing I write is intended as a personal attack; I have stated numerous times you don't have to "defend" yourself from anything and that you owe nobody any explanation; and I have said that participation in this discussion is wholly voluntarily. So why you wrote that very hateful last reply to me, I don't know. It seems like you are filled with anger directed at me because I don't always with you. I think that's a shame and I regret it, but I can do nothing to change it. If you choose to hold a grudge against me for it, so be it...


This is what I mean: why so hateful? Why call me names? Did I call you names?


That's not a rebuttal of what I wrote about Santa Claus. What I said about Santa being ripped-off from Dutch Saint Nicholas is actually factual: when Dutch immigrants in the 19th century started to celebrate Saint Nicholas in the US, Americans copied the idea. Also factual is the statement that Coca Cola was the company that created the image of Santa as we know him today and tied him to Christmas as a merchandise ploy. That's not cynical, but factual. And I had thought you would actually be in agreement with me over how the true, original meaning of Christmas has been overshadowed in recent decades by endless commercialism. Seeing how you are a religious person, I thought you would agree with me there.


I choose not to, because the politicians and businessmen in power don't either, and they will crush us all if we don't stand up to them. And that won't work when we are too preoccupied with being in touch with our inner child.


Again, what I told you about the way the news works, is factually true, and your 'name-calling' (at least that seems to be your intention) is not a rebuttal of that fact. Ask any person working in journalism: 'news' is defined as that which deviates from the normal.


It's simply not true that I deny all the positive and wonderful things going on in the world. Here's an idea: start a thread on that subject in Off-topic and you'll see me replying there about everything I think is good and great in the world. But that doesn't mean I don't think humanity in general has a tendency to do more bad than good. It's not an either-or choice. You present everything so black-and-white.


Condescending?! I simply made a little joke. And no, I don't know of any adults talking to guys in costumes as if they were the actual characters from the movies and yes, I've been to the Disney parks. But if a person can't even make a little joke anymore...


Who's being snarky and condescending *now*? Again, no need to be so hateful. I was wrong, I admitted that. Doesn't mean Reagan did care about facts. If he did, he wouldn't have twisted them so often.


Again, like I said before, I wasn't singeling you out. I was pointing to millions of others. Heck, most of my family is like that. And yes, I tell them the same as I told you. And I don't care if they think I'm "lecturing" them. I just think it's horrible that people see politics as a "hobby", but afterward always complain about how terrible the politicians are.


Democratic socialism in the past 10 years has given Latin-America booming economies; declining income disparities; lifted tens of millions of people out of poverty; has strenghtened and expanded the middle class; has decreased child mortality; and has seen tremendous increase in the number of people going to college. Unregulated disaster capitalism has done the exact opposite to the US and Europe; brought on a collossal economic meltdown and recession; has put millions out of work; has made the rich rcher and the poor poorer; and has decimated the middle class. You do the math.


I didn't say that, and I compliment you on all those stances, except for the last, as I fully agree with them.


Is this a joke?


"Twisting the facts"? Because of my wording which you took as something I didn't mean? You sound paranoid. Don't look for bad motives behind everything I write. They're not there.


Then you could've send me all of this in a PM and I would have had nothing to reply to. But I make a case of it to answer public posts in public.


I think both of us are at fault here. I'm at fault for interpreting what you said the wrong way and you are guilty of the same thing when it comes to my posts. But, like I've said a thousand times but which you continue to ignore, I don't think any less of you because of anything you've said.


So we can only be 'friends'if I cave into your blackmail? That's a ridiculous request. Again, you present me with a fake either-or dilemma. It's not "either be friends and stop replying" or "not be friends when you continue to reply". I fail to see any logic in that. In fact, I believ it's childish and unreasonable.


Out of the question. I thought you were a bigger person than this.

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The "hate" is a figment of your imagination. And you say you don't know why I appear angry in that last response? The "You're probably mad at me" PM you sent before I even wrote the reply says otherwise!

And as far as it being "voluntary" - Hypocrite! How "voluntary" is it for you when I write something that you feel misrepresents you? And I could care less if you agree with me. It was your condescending tone and belittlement that I objected to.



So "fact twister" is calling you a name? It is what you were doing, after all!



a) I never said I was "religious"; I am SPRITUAL.

b) What about the Santa Claus' that collects donations and delivers presents to underprivledged children? Or the ones who deliver presents to hospitals, where many of the children recieving them are terminally ill?

THIS is the Santa I believe in. The Spirit of Giving, the Spirit of Love, the Spirit of...Christmas. Or are they all heartless capatalists overcommercializing Christmas, shilling Coca-Cola, and "ripping off" the poor Dutch?

Good grief!

That's what I meant by "cynic". I just didn't have time to spell it all out for you because I, you know, have other things I need to do with my time!



Yes, those big bad capitalist buisnessmen are all queuing up, waiting in dark alleys to "crush" us if we get in touch with our Inner Child! Oooo, I'm scared. To quote something you said to me, you really sound paranoid about this!



So saying you're a cynic is calling you a name? Then you were calling me names as well when you called me "naive", then.



Actually, you are doing that with your black and white "facts". I am presenting the possibility of people being able to get into whatever aspects of "reality" they wish, while you insist that if they don't keep tabs on all the horrible things that go on in the world, they are "naive" and not being "realistic". And if they DARE mention being in touch with their Inner Child, you will accuse them of being in denial and believing that they still literally are a child.



So because you haven't seen it, it must not exist! And twist it all you want, it could very easily be construed as condescending and belittling.



But that still isn't what you originally said, when you twisted the facts.



Well, even if EVERYONE votes, we could still get stuck with bad politicians. The fact is, you made ridiculous assumptions about me, and lectured me, without having all of your FACTS.



I could care less what YOU think about me. It isn't all about YOU.



So asking you to take a long, off-topic derailment to PMs is "blackmail", "childish", and "unreasonable"? And frankly, I have no interest in being your "friend" whether you keep replying or not.



So now I'm a small person because I'd prefer to clean up this thread from all the off-topic bickering? And it is not your place to decide if it is "out of the question". That will be up to the mods.

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"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know"- Pocahontas
"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

As creator of this thread I request the off-topic posts be removed and if they do happen to continue afterwards a temporary lock as a final warning. Such a shame, I was having fun reading everybody's views on movies.

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Okay, that's it! I tried to be nice, I tried to be friendly, I tried to keep things sympathetic, but you keep being agressive, name-calling, and you just keep raging on. Well, agree to disagree then. Lock this thread and let's start a 2.0 version of this thread! Your hatred has polluted this thread too much. Let's lock it, mods, before this childish being starts crying!


I suggest locking this thread and creating a different 2.0 version of this thread. I would hate to see my thought, time and enegery go to waste like that.

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The "hate' is in your imagination. You are just using rhetoric again to try to make me look bad.

So "childish" isn't name calling? The fact is, you keep insulting me and then going on about how replying is "voluntary". That IS hypocritical. So now I'm a "childish being about to cry" because I called you on it?

I would think you would be on better behavior with the members in good standing here, after what you said to Julian which could have gotten you banned!



Why do you object to keeping this one open and simply REMOVING the drifting, off-topic posts, which the OP requested as well? Does it bother your ego so much that some of what you wrote would disappear? Just save a copy on your computer using cut and paste in case anything gets trimmed. Than it won't go to "waste", because you'll have a copy of your work.

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"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know"- Pocahontas
"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

Pathetic. To use something against me for which I have apologized and have been forgiven by the member in question... that's low, even for you. And then beat your own chest over being "a member in good standing"... and you're talking about other people's ego?


Has nothing to do with ego. Please don't project your own short-comings onto me. I simply don't like to erase and manipulate history. What has been said, has been said, and we should own up to that; not cowardly delete it and pretend it never happened, like you want to do.

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You apologized to Julian, but you never actually removed the offending words in question. Actions speak louder than words...

And "that's low, even for you" isn't an insult? And I wasn't "beating my chest". I said members, plural. You have been rude to several people here, and have gotten into arguements with several other members. Just because this is the first time I am experiencing it personally, does not mean I don't observe what happens in other threads.



It's not my own shortcomings. I'm not bothered by every last thing I write on the internet not being around forever. And it isn't "pretending it never happened", cowardly, or "manipulating history" to delete off topic posts. It happens regularly on most message boards I read.

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"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know"- Pocahontas
"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney

What's this? 'Naming and shaming'? Can't win it on your own You have to drag old business into it? I have had a lot of heated arguments with lots of forum members. And I maintain good relationships with all of them. They are way bigger persons that you are; they know the difference between discussion and fighting. They don't hold grudges, like you do. So if you want to drag them into this: please! Be my guest. Make a fool out of yourself.


Not on the message boards I frequent. I prefer taking responsibility for the things I wrote. But looking back at what drivel you wrote, I can't blame you for wanting to see it removed.

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I'm not "making a fool out of myself", just stating facts. That you use the word "win" speaks volumes. It isn't about "winning" and "losing". I'm not here to get into heated debates and arguments like you like to do; I am here to discuss.



So, you claim to be tolerant of others opinions, and now what I wrote is "drivel" because you disagree with it? Who's making a fool out of themselves now? You are clearly into stirring things up and pushing people's buttons. Be gone, troll!

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"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag"- Mary Poppins
"How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know"- Pocahontas
"I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether he be six or sixty. Call the child innocence." - Walt Disney