Disney books? No thanks.

[Moonliner]

Headliner has been invited to a Bar Mitzvah. The invitation requests that she bring "gently used kids books" to be sent to school kids in Israel who are learning english. A note on the invite adds "No Disney Books".

I know the rumors of Walt's history but still, this just seems petty. What other companies are they boycotting because sometime in the last 50 years a company exec might have had unfavorable views?

[Alex]

Are you sure that is the reason as opposed to such charities getting to many of the cheap mass and poorly-produced Disney books that are out there?

Kind of like how when I was a kid the local Goodwill wouldn't take Robert Ludlum books. Not because they had anything against Robert Ludlum, they just knew they couldn't offload them in the volume they received them.

But yeah, if that is the reason then it is stupid.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Or it could simply be that they (or the people they tend to distribute to) object to the particular themes in Disney books, rather than anything Walt might or might not have done.

[Moonliner]

What I do know is that the kid in question is the same one that implied Headliner was antisemetic when she wore the mousekteer outfit.

[Morrigoon]

Hmm... does Headliner really need to attend the Bat Mitzvah of such a girl?

[Kevy Baby]

<Joke deleted because it just went too far>

[Betty]

<Joke deleted because it just went too far>

Showing some restraint nowadays? What's up with that? :D :p

[lashbear]

Maybe the Children's Book version of "The Producers" would be nicely appropriate instead of a Disney Book.

[Disneyphile]

What I do know is that the kid in question is the same one that implied Headliner was antisemetic when she wore the mousekteer outfit.:eek: :rolleyes:

I like Lashbear's suggestion, except in pop-up book form. :evil:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

What I do know is that the kid in question is the same one that implied Headliner was antisemetic when she wore the mousekteer outfit.:rolleyes:

I don't think you need to make a big deal out of it by not going or bringing something to annoy them. If the kid brings it up, I'd go ahead and defend Walt (as I'm sure Headliner would), but I'd just attend the party and bring another used book and let it go.

[Alex]

Go to their house in the middle of the night and burn a swastika wearing Mickey ears into their front lawn. Then mail them a letter saying "if you're going to be a paranoid pansy I'll give you something to be a paranoid pansy about."

This will provide a valuable life lesson to your daughter. Namely, how do deal with it when you're on the evening news for committing hate crimes.

[RStar]

How about sending a copy of "Heather Has Two Mommies"

http://www.goldengatebookstore.com/rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=333&upc=1555835430&affnr=-2610

That should raise a brow or two.....

:evil:

[Strangler Lewis]

Disney books are junk. Any excuse for not reading them is a good one.

As to your daughter's friend, it's no accident that Mickey Mouse came out shortly after "Mein Kampf," and that the character was originally a vicious rat known as Shmuel the Bolshevik. Politics aside, Disney realized that America did not have the same rich tradition of antisemitic caricature that Europe had. So Shmuel became a Negro parody, and Mickey Mouse was born.

[Not Afraid]

Disney books are junk. Any excuse for not reading them is a good one.

As to your daughter's friend, it's no accident that Mickey Mouse came out shortly after "Mein Kampf," and that the character was originally a vicious rat known as Shmuel the Bolshevik. Politics aside, Disney realized that America did not have the same rich tradition of antisemitic caricature that Europe had. So Shmuel became a Negro parody, and Mickey Mouse was born.


Shouldn't this go in the Disney Rumors thread?;)

[Moonliner]

Shouldn't this go in the Disney Rumors thread?;)

We have a rumor thread? I thought that was just hearsay.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Every Disney rumor thread ever created on the internet was actually created by Disney itself, just to keep people guessing.

[RStar]

So, have you asked them why no Disney books? I'm just wondering what the thoughts are.

[Moonliner]

No. I don't have any direct contact with the parents and I expect it would just lead down a bad road if I was to press the issue. So we'll donate some books, Headliner will dance with her crew and life will go on.

Of course I might suggest that she requests a few Disney songs from the DJ....

[Kevy Baby]

Of course I might suggest that she requests a few Disney songs from the DJ....Or the Lords of Acid

[BarTopDancer]

Or the Lords of Acid

They have a great song about a cat.

[Kevy Baby]

Yeah, cat: let's go with that

[Morrigoon]

No. I don't have any direct contact with the parents and I expect it would just lead down a bad road if I was to press the issue.
Probably right not to take on someone that small-minded. You know what they say, "Never wrestle with a pig. You'll only get dirty and the pig likes it."

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hmm, nice how everyone's quick to judge the parents with absolutely no hard info.

[Morrigoon]

Yup. It's a hobby. :P

(Sorry, but calling a little girl anti-Semitic just because she dressed up like a Mouseketeer rubs me the wrong way)

[Ghoulish Delight]

That was the kid, not the parents, and definitely not the charity.

[katiesue]

Or you could bring books that aren't actually Disney books like "Mary Poppins", "Pollyana", "The Jungle Book", etc.

[wolfy999]

Which most Disney books aren't authored by Disney anyways

[Strangler Lewis]

Or you could bring books that aren't actually Disney books like "Mary Poppins", "Pollyana", "The Jungle Book", etc.

I'm not familiar with "Pollyana," but giving "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book" would be a tad ironic.