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p2pnet news | Movies:- The Christian Filmmakers Academy which, “trains aspiring filmmakers and promotes the making of films with ‘biblical values’,” is unhappy with the Walt Disney company, says Reuters.
It’s became an, “engine of cultural decline after Walt’s death,” says the group, quoted in the story.
A two-day analysis of Disney came as part of the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival and Third Annual Christian Filmmakers Academy.
“Christian filmographers will be taking a hard look at the influence of Disney on American culture,” said the Canada Free Press before the festival, going on:
“During a three-lecture symposium on Disney, the CFA’s faculty will dig deep into the corporate and artistic legacy of the communications giant often accused of being the most anti-family media conglomerate in the world.”
Disney’s relationship with the US Christian community, “has been strained over the past decade over issues such as Disney policies considered friendly to gays, although Christian groups in 2005 halted a nine-year boycott of the compan,” says Reuters.
“What we really see is a decline in the ethics and standards of where (Walt) Disney was coming from,” the story has Academy founder Doug Phillips saying. “We are making the case that there is a departure toward politically correct filmmaking that has a negative effect on family.”
Also See:
Reuters - Christian filmmakers praise Walt, fault Disney Co., October 22, 2007
Canada Free Press - Christian Filmmakers to Discuss the Influence of Disney on American Culture, October 17, 2007
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October 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 am
Jeez! The only thing I dislike more than rabid IP-fundamentalists, is rabid religious fundamentalists.
I guess an all-out war where they utterly destroy each other is too much to hope for.
USA don’t need more “family values”, ethics or even morality. It needs some god damned common sense first! (and a president with an IQ above 30)!
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:41 am
“USA don’t need more “family values”, ethics or even morality.”
That, my friend, is where you are completely wrong. Without those you don’t have any hope for common sense. Lets try for some better education too.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:57 am
I sincerely hope the ‘American Taliban’ doesn’t get any more powerful than they are right now. I don’t like most of the junk they put out either, but Disney is 100% harmless.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:08 am
“That, my friend, is where you are completely wrong. Without those you don’t have any hope for common sense. Lets try for some better education too.”
This is gliding out of topic, but anyway.
Common sense is what tells you that a mountain is higher than a hill, and thus is harder to climb; coal-14 slowly breaks down over time, and thus you can use it to age dead tissue, that no longer replaces it’s coal-14, etc. etc.
Ethics, morality and the precious “family values” are tied to abstract concepts like idiology, politics and the rantings of a millenia-old fictional book called the bible.
Now, when the self-appointed “morale elite” (the religious nut-jobs) say that Intelligent Design is a valid scientific theory, they don’t say it because they lack ethics; no, they say it because they lack common sense!
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:21 pm
“millenia-old fictional book called the bible”
+1!
http://www.dankimball.com/vintage_faith/2006/06/bible_warning_l.html
WARNING: This a work of fiction. Do NOT TAKE it literally.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
Contains verses descriptive or advocating suicide, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, sexual activity in a violent context, murder, morbid violence, use of drugs or alcohol, homosexuality, voyeurism, revenge, undermining of authority figures, lawlessness and human rights violations and atrocities.
EXPOSURE WARNING: Exposure to contents for extended periods of time or during formative years in children may cause delusions, hallucinations, decrease cognitive and objective reasoning abilities, and in extreme cases, pathological disorders, hatred, bigotry, violence including but not limited to fanaticism, murder and genocide.” endanger your mental health and life”.
October 29th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
The San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival has “biblical values”? There are numerous reports that the founder of that organization, Doug Phillips and his “Vision Forum” are lacking in not just biblical values but even just good business ethics.
There are a lot of exposes on Doug Phillips’ film frauds, like this one for example, Raising the Allosaur. You can also click my name for a link to a page with more Doug Phillips film fraud articles.