Exactly, which is why I brought up Eisner to begin with. As much as he "was" Disney when I was growing up (he was best friends with Mickey!) - I still have "reverence" for Walt's accomplishments. That's why the little "OHMIGOD they are ERASING WALT!" stuff is really just "fan crap" - things that only Internet message board users notice or care about. And of course, as it's all about "feelings" and "the spirit" of things, you cannot have a rational discussion about it.
Also as I said a few days back, in any case, it's not healthy for a company to be so associated with a single person anyway. Talk to the cast and crew of the The Cosby Show. While one would think that by now if there was anything really terrible about Walt we'd already know it, then again - and Cosby is a prime example - he'd been doing what he allegedly did for 40+ years.
On the other side of the coin, while I do not think this is really any intentional "parting" from Walt or any such thing, on a macro level, it's been a balance they've had to shift around. When Walt died, they were in crisis and wanted to make sure that the company didn't go down the toilet from being so closely associated with one man, and then in the Eisner years they really tried to "modernize" the image and not rely so much. So I'm sure these things are thought about on some level, but it's really asinine to think that somehow they are trying to "do away" with him in general. He's everywhere, when you really think about it.
