Sevastopol,
I’m not sure, but I think you just may have jumped the shark with that last post.
Although she has publically disagreed with the Walt Disney Company’s policies in the past, Diane Disney Miller, the only living direct blood relative of Walt Disney*, has stated that she is against Farfour- not just because it is her father’s character, but also because of his message of hate.
*Roy E. Disney, a long-time presence in the Disney company, is the son of Roy O. Disney, Walt’s brother, so he is related to Walt, but not directly.
They’ve pulled the mouse now and replaced it with a dinosaur. 
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They’ve pulled the mouse now and replaced it with a dinosaur. 
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Actually, that may be the best thing for them. I mean, honestly, who would be surprised to see Barney advocate death, destruction, and rampant evil?
I sure wouldn’t be.
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Everybody loves an underdog?
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Underdog is a Palestinian, too?
I didn’t know if anybody saw this but apparently too many western news outlets were reporting on this to their liking, and now it’s been pulled
You know, I haven’t read this thread but I keep singing “Palestinian” in the Mickey Mouse song. It really fits. Ugh.
Well, at least one of their popular video games is simply about wacking Israeli Defense Forces…and ends if you kill a civilian. That seems to be on a better track than this childrens show at least…and perhaps shows a glimmer of hope that the Palestinian’s are learning? Some hope there somewhere? Maybe?
-XT
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Underdog is a Palestinian, too?
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Well Simon Bar Sinister does sound like a Jewish name.
So does “Minnie”.
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So does “Minnie”.
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“Minnie” is Hebrew for “sexual.”
Interperate that as you will.
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“Minnie” is Hebrew for “sexual.”
Interperate that as you will.
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Minnie, Minnie tickles a parson? :eek:
Won’t even ask about Pluto.
Don’t be silly - “Pluto” is meaningless.
Now “Goofy”, on the other hand…
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Are you suggesting that in “the rest of the world” (by which I assume you mean the non-US, non-Muslim world) this television show is meeting with approval?
Because AFAICT it isn’t. Hell, even Palestinians disapprove of it:
*Basem Abu Sumaya, head of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corp., said such programming was inappropriate.
"I don’t think it’s professional or even humane to use children in such harsh political programs,‘’ Abu Sumaya said. "Children’s nationalist spirit must be developed differently.‘’*
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And yet, this is nothing than a mild rebuke for the public’s consumption. Not “professional”? “Nationalist spirit”?
Come on. The head of PBC doesn’t disapprove. That’s the sort of thing one fat cat says when another fat cat gets caught doing something that they both were doing.
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Sevastopol,
I’m not sure, but I think you just may have jumped the shark with that last post.
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That whoosh very nearly got to me, too 
The part about the metric system, at least. Then it got a bit more obvious.
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Come on. The head of PBC doesn’t disapprove. That’s the sort of thing one fat cat says when another fat cat gets caught doing something that they both were doing.
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Except in this case, the other “fat cat” is a guy in a bootleg Mickey Mouse costume, whose program budget looks to be about seven dollars. If he’s a broadcasting “fat cat,” I’d hate to see the state of Palestinian public television.
“Remember, quality test patterns like this can only continue with viewer support.”
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Don’t be silly - “Pluto” is meaningless.
Now “Goofy”, on the other hand…
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No, Pluto is the most dangerous of all. It is code for plutonium, and it’s about getting kids to think about dirty bombs.
Oh, for the good old days, when kids built wholesome CLEAN bombs.
I have some bad news my fellow Dopers. It seems another soldier of Islam has fallen, struck down in his prime by the Zionist Destroyers.
Farfour, we hardly knew ye