The Steampunk World

Being the continued explorations of a living steampunk.

The steampunk world is all around us, lying just out of sight, in a continuous thread of steampunk builders and culture that extends from the Victorian era to the present. You'll find no science fiction here: This is real life steampunk.

Tuesday, April 09, 2002

I was poking through the boycott index linked to above, which is nice because they list ALL boycotts, not just ones with a particular political leaning. I was checking out the Disney Boycott Official Page, because I hate Disney, yet the Baptist church says they're bad, and the Baptist church has also condemned things that I highly enjoy, such as premarital sex.

Okay, the site makes a wide range of accusations. Disney supports Planned Parenthood. Okay, if you're pro-life, you're anti-Disney. No problem with that. Disney has a homosexual agenda, with films like Priest and shows like Ellen. I tell ya, every queer I know just can't stop talking about how they'd all be tied to fencepost and pistol-whipped if it hadn't been for the progressive politics of the Disney corporation! I think what's really going on here is that Disney is just accepting we're here/we're queer like the rest of the world is. But hey, if you're against that, you're against Disney. I can handle it. Racism? I'd believe it. Sweatshops? Definitely. Corporate Greed? Undoubtedly. Anti-Union? Yep. The site makes no mention of the fact that ABC suppresses bad news about its parent company, or the prisonlike conditions that the employees endure, such as curfew and behavioral restrictions- heck, the employees had to go to court for the right to wear clean underwear after catching scabies from the Disney-issued dirty drawers!

But folks, if you want people to listen to you an join your boycott, drop the witchcraft charges. I mean, you had me up until you accused Disney of promoting witchcraft in- get this- the Sorcerer's Apprentice, and the movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" starring Angela Lansbury! BWAAAA HAAA HAAA! The greatest threat to our children and souls and society is an Angela Lansbury movie??!? "I was straight with the Lord until Angela Lansbury convinced me to turn to Satan in some old movie." Ah, can't tell you how many times I've heard that one.

I leave it to you, the reader. Ex-Christian? What caused you to lose faith? Was it Angela?
Christian parent? Would YOU let your kids watch "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"?
Boycott participant? What lynchpin issue caused you to sign up?
Hemorrhoid sufferer? Would YOU talk to Angela about your discomfort?

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