{"id":489,"date":"2003-04-08T08:47:40","date_gmt":"2003-04-08T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=489"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:51:15","slug":"yahoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/04\/08\/yahoos.html","title":{"rendered":"Yahoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

People, it’s supposed to be the Happiest Place on Earth, not a location to vent your jingoistic prejudices du jour<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fearing an anti-France backlash because of the French government’s strong stance against the U.S. in the Iraq war, Disney is quietly increasing the security presence around the France pavilion at Epcot, and reassigning some of the young French nationals with French-speaking Italians and Canadians. Based on the behavior of some visitors to the area, unfortunately, park officials seem justified in having serious concerns. One MousePlanet staff member recently witnessed a group of rowdy American men storm through the pavilion as they shouted epithets and made obscene gestures at the cast members.<\/p>\n

And we’re going to get those Canadians, too, because Chretien has been snarky about Iraq! And the German pavilion is next! And China? Free Tibet! Morocco! Dirty Moslem swine! Japan? Remember Pearl Harbor! Mexico? Remember the Alamo! And Norway? Um … er … well, we’ll think of something, so you just watch yourselves!<\/p>\n

As ironic a dictate as it might be in conjunction with DisneyWorld, grow up, people.<\/i><\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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