Thanks for all the great, intelligent responses:

I'll keep my reply brief as I don't want to rehash a bunch of things everyone has already said, but I'll say a few things:

As to the first world creating the third world: I don't think there's anyone who would debate that it isn't true. Obviously, some people have a lot and some people bust their asses their whole lives to get not much of anything at all. As free-thinking, liberal-minded, open-hearted people, I think we have an inherent aversion to mega corporations which propagate this type of environment, and I think we should certainly do everything we can to change it, to free our minds as much as possible, and to try to keep our world equal for everyone. That being said, I'm going to play the devils advocate/pragmatist and make 2 points:

1. there's a difference between unfair and morally wrong - I think that in a universe where everyone is looking out first and foremost for their own self interest, there are bound to be quite a few assholes who only value power (or its vehicle in our society, money), and will get everything they want, and have some measure of control, while others will toil, struggle, and fail. This isn't fair. No one thinks it's fair. But, if everything unfair is morally wrong, then everyone who has anything more than anyone else would technically be in the wrong. We would all be oppressors because we have computers and internet access. Sure, that's a viable worldview, but not exactly tenable. So, I guess the point is that corporations should be judged on the basis of an individual ethical basis, but yes, we should also remember these corporations are run by human beings, but generally these are the douchebags you knew in college who had useless dreams and majored in something like "Business Management" so yes, they're bound to make dumb choices.

2. Our art has always been, in a sense, corporate - someone may challenge me on this and I welcome it, but the unfortunate thing about art is that as any artist, writer, actor, painter, dancer knows, it doesn't pay. Artists have always needed to seek out benefactors and patrons in order to create their art. These days, with the internet, we finally have the capability to get widespread distribution, but still very little chance of making a living, plus now we get art unfiltered, so there's a lot of BS to sort through before you find that diamond in the rough. The point in all of this is that the story tellers, animators, whomever, behind disney movies are not these scummy corporate people, they're artists who said, "I'm not going to wait tables, I'm going to do what I love and get paid for it. How can I do that? Oh, disney is hiring? deal." Is their art somewhat subjugated to disney's interests? Sure. But here's a disgusting question no one wants to deal with: in the end, what's the difference? Art is art, movies are movies, books are books, whatever is whatever, regardless of where it comes from and who influences it. If it's good, enjoyable, whatever, then it simply is. Final summation, if you find a viable substitute for disney your kids can enjoy, more power to you, but it seems unlikely. Also, as corrupt as culture can be, we do LIVE IN culture, so, not having those pieces of cultural literacy could be a bit socially off-putting for someones life. Ever tried to talk to someone who never saw the movies and cartoons you saw as a kid? It weirds you out.

just food for thought.

well, ive already said way more than I intended. Adios.

Hi Bored --

I'm not sure if you got a chance to read the blog, but this decision isn't arbitrary at all. There was a reason to choose Disney instead of many of the other issues you've listed, based on my personal interests and a specific incident involving Disney. That being said, I do understand your point, and I do make decisions based on my personal beliefs and not simply because something is corporate.

Lisa.

Disneys place in the world is not do to one or even a few peoples dreams, it's run as a corporation, to maximize profits. Yes their are artists who do what they do because they love it whether it's drawing, painting, or film, but the majorities only goal is to make money. They don't care about anything else. Why else would they own as much as they do. ESPN? nascar.com? and buying marvel just gave them a huge power boost, not to mention completely ruining that! The corporation is part of the problem and should be blamed to a degree. It has taken over, controling as a huge part of the world, constantly bombarding us with advertisements and children with toys after toys, theme parks, shows and movies. But as individuals we are responsible and can resist them. The entire corporation must be boycotted, because every piece of it adds to the overall profit making it stronger. Resisting one place and not another won't change anything.