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Why do people attack characters?
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Don L Duck
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Ok next topic on the Disney Insider.
*Teenage Squirrel Suicide*
Have you noticed lately that there are more and more dead squirrels lying in the middle of the road?
What drives these poor gentle creatures to commit suicide.... any thoughts? :lol:
*Teenage Squirrel Suicide*
Have you noticed lately that there are more and more dead squirrels lying in the middle of the road?
What drives these poor gentle creatures to commit suicide.... any thoughts? :lol:
Don L Duck
New Member
Originally posted by WDW1971
They get killed sneaking into the roads to pick up lit cigarettes to smoke! Seriously! Those darn adolescent squirrels are sneaking smokes and dying! :lol::lookaroun
Yeah you know how kids are they think they can live forever nothing will hurt them,,, then there's peer pressure brought on by some rouge possom, and hell the next thing you know,
***WHAM*** IT'S ROADKILL STEW.:lol:
WDW1971
Member
You know, if the young lady didn't have a problem with it, why should anyone else care? I agree that what he did was stupid, but is it really worth all the hubbub? It should be a personal thing between him and the girl. If she forgives and forgets, then we should, too.
As Bill Clinton would say, if he wants to slam the sausage, it's his personal business!
:lol:
As Bill Clinton would say, if he wants to slam the sausage, it's his personal business!
:lol:
tigsmom
Well-Known Member
Sorry. He is a role model for kids whether he likes it or not. If baseball let him get away with this it would send a very bad message to kids. No criminal charges were filed. Remember when the fans attacked the 3rd base coach? (sorry can't remember the team). They were arrested and fined. What about the football players who threw Ice balls at ther players...they were arrested and fined and are banned from the stadium. Sorry I cannot condone this type of violence whether he meant it as a joke or not! Who gets hit with the bat next?
WDW1971
Member
I'm not condoning what he did, by any stretch of the imagination. The funny thing is, if the media hadn't made a big deal out of it, most kids in the USA wouldn't have known about it. Now you'll have kids goofing off doing it because they saw it on ESPN and thought it was funny. Most parents probably didn't sit down and say, "Junior, what that man did was wrong. We do not act like that." No, the average parent probably laughed in front of their kid when they saw it. What I'm saying is, by making a big deal of this, it's actually made more kids notice what he did.
Now, if what we're upset about is teenage brats viciously attacking innocent people working at the parks, I'm right there with you. Punish those kids to the full extent allowable for their ages. But this baseball player (and I have no love for overpaid pro baseball players) and the woman in the suit have evidently worked things out on their own. He's been "punished" by baseball (did he also get docked 3 games' pay or does he get three games off with pay?) and been shown to be a fool on ESPN constantly since it happened. I think he's gotten what he deserved for it. I'm sure he'll never hear the end of it from his teammates, either. In short, let's not waste anymore time in which we could be talking about a wonderful place like Disneyworld talking about a baseball player that's obviously never grown up.
Of course when I'm on the Peter Pan ride, I don't want to grow up, either!
Don L Duck
New Member
Originally posted by WDW1971
I'm not condoning what he did, by any stretch of the imagination. The funny thing is, if the media hadn't made a big deal out of it, most kids in the USA wouldn't have known about it. Now you'll have kids goofing off doing it because they saw it on ESPN and thought it was funny. Most parents probably didn't sit down and say, "Junior, what that man did was wrong. We do not act like that." No, the average parent probably laughed in front of their kid when they saw it. What I'm saying is, by making a big deal of this, it's actually made more kids notice what he did.
Now, if what we're upset about is teenage brats viciously attacking innocent people working at the parks, I'm right there with you. Punish those kids to the full extent allowable for their ages. But this baseball player (and I have no love for overpaid pro baseball players) and the woman in the suit have evidently worked things out on their own. He's been "punished" by baseball (did he also get docked 3 games' pay or does he get three games off with pay?) and been shown to be a fool on ESPN constantly since it happened. I think he's gotten what he deserved for it. I'm sure he'll never hear the end of it from his teammates, either. In short, let's not waste anymore time in which we could be talking about a wonderful place like Disneyworld talking about a baseball player that's obviously never grown up.
Of course when I'm on the Peter Pan ride, I don't want to grow up, either!
And It's all because MOM HAD TO GO OUT AND GET A JOB. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lookaroun
PhotoDave219
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Be vedy vedyt quiet, we're hunting ducks. Its duck Season!
:lol:
Wckd Queen
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I just had to stick my two~cents in here, going back to the original topic of character attacks, since I actually witnessed one!
Back in '97, we were having lunch at the Chrystal Palace. Eeyore, Tigger and Pooh each make their way around the room in what I would guess is a pre~determined pattern. We were sitting next to a lovely family from the UK having a wonderful conversation when all of a sudden the father started stammering "Oh my gosh! Hes punched Pooh!" Everyone turned around to see Pooh on the ground and a big commotion ensuing. Disney security came from seemingly nowhere and grabbed the guy. It was an adult and he was escorted from the Chrystal Palace. Everyone was just shocked that someone would have the all out audacity to hit a poor character. The kicker was that this guy was actually sitting on the other side of the room from where this all happened, so he had to have headed over to Pooh for some reason or another!
We were told by a CM that he would be kicked out of the park, and I truly hope that he was.
Now to get onto the thread drift (you knew that I would
). What is sad here is that this was someones father. We saw the family run out after the man was taken away by security. The wife looked mortified. When children see adults acting in this manner, is it any wonder why they act out in similar ways? As adults, we should be setting examples to children about how to act. What must they think when they see an adult attacking a defensless character at an amusement park, or when one father beats another father to death at their childrens hockey game over a controversial call?
Im not a parent (havent found the gene pool that I want to dip into just yet...well, maybe... but I do understand that being a responsible parent is a very difficult thing. I used to have my twin nieces quite a bit when they were smaller. I always tried to be aware that "Aunt Eesa" had to be responsible while she had these children with her and set an example for them, be it controling that finger when I got cut off on the road, or monitoring what was on television. I set rules and boundries when they were with me, and there were repurcussions for breaking them. There were times the girls werent happy with my rules, but I held fast on them, because the rules were there for their own good. Of course, this is not the same as being a parent 24/7, but it gives one the general idea of what its like (hmm...maybe THATS why I dont have kids? :lol:
Whats my point here? Im drifting myself :lol: Oh yeah...the point is that I think as adults, we are all responsible, in one way or another, to set good examples for children. If we cant behave as adults, how can we expect our children to?
Back in '97, we were having lunch at the Chrystal Palace. Eeyore, Tigger and Pooh each make their way around the room in what I would guess is a pre~determined pattern. We were sitting next to a lovely family from the UK having a wonderful conversation when all of a sudden the father started stammering "Oh my gosh! Hes punched Pooh!" Everyone turned around to see Pooh on the ground and a big commotion ensuing. Disney security came from seemingly nowhere and grabbed the guy. It was an adult and he was escorted from the Chrystal Palace. Everyone was just shocked that someone would have the all out audacity to hit a poor character. The kicker was that this guy was actually sitting on the other side of the room from where this all happened, so he had to have headed over to Pooh for some reason or another!
We were told by a CM that he would be kicked out of the park, and I truly hope that he was.
Now to get onto the thread drift (you knew that I would
). What is sad here is that this was someones father. We saw the family run out after the man was taken away by security. The wife looked mortified. When children see adults acting in this manner, is it any wonder why they act out in similar ways? As adults, we should be setting examples to children about how to act. What must they think when they see an adult attacking a defensless character at an amusement park, or when one father beats another father to death at their childrens hockey game over a controversial call? Im not a parent (havent found the gene pool that I want to dip into just yet...well, maybe...
but I do understand that being a responsible parent is a very difficult thing. I used to have my twin nieces quite a bit when they were smaller. I always tried to be aware that "Aunt Eesa" had to be responsible while she had these children with her and set an example for them, be it controling that finger when I got cut off on the road, or monitoring what was on television. I set rules and boundries when they were with me, and there were repurcussions for breaking them. There were times the girls werent happy with my rules, but I held fast on them, because the rules were there for their own good. Of course, this is not the same as being a parent 24/7, but it gives one the general idea of what its like (hmm...maybe THATS why I dont have kids? :lol: Whats my point here? Im drifting myself :lol: Oh yeah...the point is that I think as adults, we are all responsible, in one way or another, to set good examples for children. If we cant behave as adults, how can we expect our children to?
Re: Policy On Protecting Characters?
Well... as one of the people who DO this job, let me tell you... its a lot harder than it looks.
NO ONE wants to believe that their little angels are capable of harming the characters. No one wants to believe that the characters generally have at least 5 extra pounds strapped to their necks so that even the littlest jostle could do severe neck injury.
Truthfully, 90% of all people that I catch abusing my character friends either deny their actions or threaten to send me to guest relations for "being rude." No matter how professional the cast members are, the guests always feel right - even when doing wrong.
And yes, we can have you, in Disney terms, escorted out of the park. Its not something we like to do, but it can be done.
Be careful when harassing the characters, even the cutest girl in pigtails can turn into a bulldog when you hurt her friends. Most of us know exactly HOW bad it hurts when hit or shaken.
Matrinka
Originally posted by ntn_haqqer
Isn't there a cast member that walks with the characters when they're out in the parks? Isn't it there job to make sure that if the characters are attacked by kids that they can say, "Please don't hit <character name>."
And, if you assault a character, doesn't that get you an automatic one way ticket out of the park?
Any policies, rules, regulations in place? After all Disney characters are hard working people, too
As for me.. I'm just hardly working (posting this from my office)
Well... as one of the people who DO this job, let me tell you... its a lot harder than it looks.
NO ONE wants to believe that their little angels are capable of harming the characters. No one wants to believe that the characters generally have at least 5 extra pounds strapped to their necks so that even the littlest jostle could do severe neck injury.
Truthfully, 90% of all people that I catch abusing my character friends either deny their actions or threaten to send me to guest relations for "being rude." No matter how professional the cast members are, the guests always feel right - even when doing wrong.
And yes, we can have you, in Disney terms, escorted out of the park. Its not something we like to do, but it can be done.
Be careful when harassing the characters, even the cutest girl in pigtails can turn into a bulldog when you hurt her friends. Most of us know exactly HOW bad it hurts when hit or shaken.
Matrinka
SpongeScott
Well-Known Member
Nice post. One day, when you take the BIG PLUNGE into parenthood, you'll do a great job of raising children with the philosophy you already are holding to.Originally posted by Wckd Queen
I just had to stick my two~cents in here, going back to the original topic of character attacks, since I actually witnessed one!
Back in '97, we were having lunch at the Chrystal Palace. Eeyore, Tigger and Pooh each make their way around the room in what I would guess is a pre~determined pattern. We were sitting next to a lovely family from the UK having a wonderful conversation when all of a sudden the father started stammering "Oh my gosh! Hes punched Pooh!" Everyone turned around to see Pooh on the ground and a big commotion ensuing. Disney security came from seemingly nowhere and grabbed the guy. It was an adult and he was escorted from the Chrystal Palace. Everyone was just shocked that someone would have the all out audacity to hit a poor character. The kicker was that this guy was actually sitting on the other side of the room from where this all happened, so he had to have headed over to Pooh for some reason or another!
We were told by a CM that he would be kicked out of the park, and I truly hope that he was.
Now to get onto the thread drift (you knew that I would
Im not a parent (havent found the gene pool that I want to dip into just yet...well, maybe...
Whats my point here? Im drifting myself :lol: Oh yeah...the point is that I think as adults, we are all responsible, in one way or another, to set good examples for children. If we cant behave as adults, how can we expect our children to?
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Er Scott, dude.... you told us to let it die over on that other thread tonight man, so snappy snappy! E-Nuff! :lol: