Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I mean, people were implying that the family were hicks and coal miners (because of their accents) and that bothered me. And it also bothered me that people would attribute negative things to coal miners. I don't believe coal miners are hicks or would sue Disney, etc. I don't know any coal miners but the only thought I've ever had about them is that their job seems like a difficult one.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> That kid must be getting some serious ribbing from friends and other kids at school. Can you imagine the teasing? If he didn't hate his Dad before, he surely does now. << If I were this young lad I would be trying to convince my mother how I really wanted to give home schooling a try.
Originally Posted By Disney_Blonde I think that people are taking it "over the top" as a way to vent on how they are sick of America & the people who continue to ruin the world for everyone else. People act selfishly for their own purpose & way that they think will benefit their life. Thanks to terrorists, we can no longer say good-bye to people at the gates of airports, worry about what will be taken away from us when we travel, & have security check us anywhere in the world we go. Thanks to kids who bring guns to school, there needs to be metal detectors in schools. Thanks to people who steal identities, they have to have extra security with credit cards. Thanks to someone who sues a California business for checking his ID when using his credit cards, businesses are no longer allowed to ask for ID unless stated on their card. Now, thanks to this shmuck, I'm sure something will happen with characters & contact with people. Parents are even to afraid to take control of their children, because God forbid, they misbehaved. "It must be the teacher's fault or the other kids fault. My child is an angel & how dare you think other wise". Or if they do take actions like "punishing" their child, or, gasp-dare I say "spank". It clearly is child abuse. The world is no fun anymore, the more & more people who don't get their way. We are all a bunch of babies living on this earth screaming to each other "It's not fair".
Originally Posted By DlandJB We've been seeing a lot of examples in the media lately where people who are being criticized for their actions are being upbraided for their looks, their weight, their accents, etc... Feels like we are back in grade school. The media is feeding it too. As a mom, I look into this kid's eyes in the video and I just get a gut feeling he was up to something. I've nothing to back that up. Just a gut feeling. I don't know the kid. I don't know the cast member. I think the Dad is pushing this. Not based on the accent though, because I actually found it kind of charming -- but I love New England accents. I do know coalminers -- one of my sisters was married to the son of a coalminer. Great guy. Worked his butt off and ended up with black lung disease. Decent man and hard working. Clothing -- it does make a statement. People do judge - It is human nature to do so. Is it always a good judge of the person? Nah...but it does happen. I am as guilty as anyone of it. An interesting topic maybe for another thread...
Originally Posted By GalDisney The Manacco's address is on the hospital report or police report or whatever it is that is available online. I say we all get together and get a gigantic box and fill it with stuffed toy tiggers and send it to them with a nasty letter! lol
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I'd want a giant spring underneath all the stuffed Tiggers, so when they open the box, the Tiggers would all come flying out, hitting them in the face.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Now now...why not send the tiggers to a children's hospital or someplace positive -- in honor of them?
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"It's also interesting to note how dlkozy, cinderella's mother is here defending her."<<< My daughter is an adult. She has a right to her opinion as do I. In this case I totally agreed with her and I feel that you are totally out of line, Mele.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka You only quoted part of what I said. I also said "Most of us would defend our children if we thought someone hurt them." This whole thread is about a father (supposedly) defending his son which is why I mentioned that you were doing the same. It wasn't an insult. I might have used harsher language than was necessary (yet it was no harsher than anybody else in this thread) but I'm not the only one who felt that things were turning into a feeding frenzy. I've already apologized to your daughter for implying that she wasn't a good teacher but I'm not going to apologize for participating in this thread and for turning people's comments back onto themselves. If everybody is entitled to their opinions and that also includes me. BTW, I looked at the original video and the boy was wearing a t-shirt in both parts, one brown, one blue and his hair pretty much looked the same too. I see nothing wrong with the clothing he is wearing to an amusement park. I wasn't going to mention the fact that he was still wearing a t-shirt but since my apology wasn't enough for you, I guess we can keep hashing out why this kid is clearly a dirtbag.
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"This whole thread is about a father (supposedly) defending his son which is why I mentioned that you were doing the same. It wasn't an insult."<<< No. I was not defending my daughter. I was agreeing with her-as I have stated. I don't need to be taught a lesson, or be told what I was doing. >>>"I guess we can keep hashing out why this kid is clearly a dirtbag."<<< Your words. Not mine.
Originally Posted By dlkozy I agree with those that say that Disney will more than likely give something to this family-I wish they wouldn't give them a thing. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out.
Originally Posted By Labuda Anybody want a snow cone? fodd was here earlier and left me in c charge of them. I have every flavor under the sun! dlkozy - for you, a peppermint sno cone! For mele - peppermint for you, too! Anyone else?
Originally Posted By sweetpea70 ^^^ I'll take cherry, thanks! I have written down the Monaco's address from the report. I hope its valid. Next week I'll be at DL and I am going to send them a Tigger postcard. Seriously I am. I agree with everyone that this kid did something to Tiggers backside causing the entanglement (hardly a punch) now this dad is milking it to get the keys to the castle.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Personally, I've always been kind of partial to sour grape snow cones... ;-)
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"Hey, mine too! Truce?!"<<< OF COURSE! You are one of my best LP friends! :0)
