Corrus said:
Ahh... I forgot... this is Your thread...
And about the interlectual conversation, as you call it nicely is IMO more a story full of nagging from a custodian who isn't happy with himself and his job... and if this is your way of life... so be it... but don't bother people who mean well... and still feel the Magic...
IMO you should be glad to be in custodial... but alas you're only an instigator...
If you even are in custodial... but for that, I'll check the employee locator...
Wow, apparently someone has developed a personal vendetta. Nothing like turning a simple phrase ("my thread") against the person who has a differing opinion from you. I may not own the website, but I started the topic, facilitated many of the discussions, and read and participate every day. Do I possess legal ownership of this thread? No. But I have put a lot of my time and my opinions on the topic into it. Opinions on
the topic, I reiterate, not on other people. By the way, I appreciate the fact that you have taken it upon yourself to attempt to double-check my credentials.
To answer the question you never asked: yes, I am very happy with myself and my job, and I do still feel the magic. I am also not blind to the fact that Disney is a
Company, and as such is prone to the same difficulties any company this size would have: miscommunication or lack of communication, budget restraints, egotistical executives, devotees and defectors, etc. I feel the magic so much that to see the company make so many mistakes and lose so many devotees emotionally pains me. Perhaps it's nostalgia - the simple idea that Disney could never be as magical to me as an adult as it was as a child. But now I see a new door opening with new ideas from renouned idea-people and I'm excited again...but that still doesn't erase past and current mistakes.
You're taking this thread, and my comments in it, way too personally. You are beginning to attack me, not just on my opinions, but now on my personage. I would like to point out to you that I have neither attacked nor insulted anyone on this site (or at least not intentionally). I also have not said nor implied that anyone's opinion was wrong. I have felt the need to correct a few errors in the facts that have been presented by you and others, and I have expressed a view that is contrary to yours, though just as valid; but I have not done it to imply that you are any less of a person. The bottom line is Disney may mean a lot to a lot of people, but in the long run it's only entertainment, and nothing worth fighting over.
As I said before, perhaps this isn't the right thread for you. Maybe you need to find one where everyone agrees with you and debate is not a major part of it. I personally like debate. I feel a passionate but polite and intelligent debate opens the minds of the people involved and allows us to see things from other perspectives, though not necessarily changing our opinions. If you wish to participate in this discussion, obviously I can do nothing about it, as you have repeatedly brought to my attention. Nor would I do anything about it if I could, unless you were truly being offensive to myself or others, which thus far you haven't been. All I ask is that you keep an open mind and either double-check your facts before you present them, or be prepared for someone to challenge them.