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Smoking is bad, m'kay? Disney says so.


LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. will eliminate smoking from all its films released under its label and will discourage smoking in films released under its Touchstone and Miramax brands, the company said Wednesday.

Disney chief executive Robert Iger made the pledge in a letter to U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass, chairman of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, who last month held a hearing in Washington, D.C., on the topic.

"The Walt Disney Co. shares your concern regarding deaths due to cigarette smoking," Iger wrote.

Iger also said that a public service announcement will be included on any DVD of a film that includes smoking and that the company would encourage theater owners to show an anti-smoking message before screening films that depict characters lighting up.
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Well how spiffy. I had no idea smoking was bad. Thank you, Disney. You are such a thoughtful megaconglomeration. Now, how about you do something else for your viewers? How about you stop it with the SuperBrat kid character, ala McAuley Caulkin? See, kids watch this sawed off little shit and conclude that if they just scream and look cute they'll get anything they want from us bumbling, stupid, inane adults. You know, the ones who didn't realize they left their damn kid at home? Yeah, us...the ones who actually PURCHASE your nonsensical crap. Cuz kids don't have an income yet, ya see. How about portraying adults as something besides well meaning blithering idiots for a change? I mean, to watch your movies and your television networks, we have kids who are international spies while Mom and Dad are just so clueless. Think that don't teach kids to consider their own parents as stupid and clueless?

Oh, and all your kid characters live in these fabulous homes with anything and everything they could possibly want right there at their fingertips. Think that puts a little pressure on the working parent? Kids watch this shit and wonder why they don't have their own computer and cell phone and 14 video game systems and designer clothes (which get thrown all over creation by your clever little brats you adore so much) and then (after this brief commercial break) there stand Dad with a BBQ grill flaming up 20 feet and this helpless look on his face while the hero kid, the only one with any brains, calmly solves every crisis, all the while rolling them damn eyes up in their heads in frustration for these idiots they must tolerate.

So in short, kiss my ass with your well meaning propoganda. You do more to screw up kids' perception of the world than any Marlboro Man could do in 50 years.









Christ, I think I need to switch to decaf...
 
I tried to raise my kid to be the Marlboro man.

Not some homo metrosexual that Disney advocates.
 
It all started going downhill when they named thier hockey team after one of thier stupid movies.
 
Isn't it interesting that the year they drop "mighty" from the team's name is the first time I can remember the team actually being mighty?
 
The more exposure middle school students have to anti-smoking ads, the more likely they are to smoke, according to a new University of Georgia study.
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AJC

Cruella without a cig? That's cut 40% of the movie.
 
I wonder when they'll concentrate on alcohol...I also wonder if they removed Underdog's "Super Energy Pill" in their latest live-action cartoon fiasco...
 
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