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Disney – Ford – Nazis?

March 3rd 2008 12:52
Disney has long been at the centre of a vast number of conspiracies. A number of these are centred around Disney’s namesake – Walt Disney, famous for his capitalist passion and ability to be ‘difficult’.

Henry Ford was another Capitalist, father of the modern production line. He regarded himself a pacifist, and opposed the first world war, considering it a waste of time.

Both of these men however have been associated with some kind of Nazi connections.

Ford was the owner of the newspaper The Dearborn Independent, in which a number of articles that were right wing and anti-semantic, including the Protocols of Zion. There were published and distributed widely, including in Germany. Hitler himself was a fan of both the publication and of Ford. However when a case was brought against Ford, he spoke out against the content and claimed he was unaware of what the publications contained, though this is contested by some. He did however express a belief in the Protocols of Zion, saying they matched up with what seemed to be going on in the world.


Prior to the outbreak of World War two, Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, by the German Consul of Cleveland – the highest medal that could be given to a foreigner.

However, when he was shown the actions of the Nazi’s against the Jews later in his life, he was shocked, and, reportedly, suffered a heart attack.

Disney, who is the more famously known as an anti-Semite, is the lesser qualified to hold the title. What is confirmed is that he was a great opponent of Labour Unions, a main source of his criticism, and was a strong opponent of Communism. However where we move into allegations of anti-Semitism all we have to go on are a few reports of anti-Semitic behaviour from a few who knew him, including Ford, and an oft sited example of a Jewish looking Wolf in one of the Cartoons.


The following video is not the one oft sited, but is another cartoon brought up as evidence to suggest Disney was anti-Semantic.



There has never been any credible suggestion of Disney associating with Nazis.
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I hate my Dad

January 28th 2008 13:44
There’s a protest on. Cars are stopped at the lights, waiting for the protesters to walk by. The first comes by with a Placard and yells “Down with Howard, War Mongering bastard”. The second comes along with a massive placard – “Destroy the neo-fascist evil Capitalist system!” Then a third comes along with a placard and yells;
“I hate my Dad!”


It’s a joke, but the message does convey a certain seriousness. The idea that those in our society – protesters, dissidents and radicals are simply acting out of our own anger against authority and fighting outside wars to avoid dealing with our own issues, is, sadly, not redundant.

The difficult thing to understand about righteous battles and causes it that there is no visible difference between the man executing his actions for a noble cause, and a man doing the same for a vengeance. The eye sees the same man, whether he is in Iraq to liberate the citizens in the name of liberty, or just wants to ‘scare up dem sand niggaz’.

Anti Bush Sticker Car
Hate Bush? Or just Anything?


This is a scary concept, especially when we regard the important role rebels and dissidents play in our society. It was dissidents who gained women’s rights, gay rights, Aboriginals rights. Dissidents have fought against injustice for many years.

This raises a question; is hatred – rational or otherwise – an essential component of a shift towards positive change? Women needed to hate their oppressors, as did Aboriginals and homosexuals. Without a powerful tide of resentment towards the Howard government, we would have never seen the birth of the Rudd Government.

Do we ever push for what is right? Or does society simply wait for the right moment to push against what is wrong? It has often been said of Australians that we do not vote Governments in, but out. We vote not for but against.

Does humanity really have those who fight for what is right? Or are we just a pack of lost kids waiting to seek revenge on the eternal omnipotent authority figure who consistently slips like mist through our fingers?

Image by TJ Scenes Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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Anti-Americanism in Australia

November 12th 2007 00:58
Anti-Americanism is probably the most legitimised form of Racism in Australia. I would say that the most common is probably against Aboriginals, with anti-Asian or Arab sentiment coming pretty close to the top too.

However, these other forms of discrimination or racism are generally kept more under wraps, more secret. Unless you were an attention seeking politician, or right wing shock jock, you would not bring up these criticisms in a public forum.

There are three ethnic groups Australian’s will generally rip into loudly, proudly and publicly. Kiwis, Poms and Seppos. (New Zealanders, English and Americans). However, while the first two seem to be usually in good humor, the Yank bashing seems to have a real undercurrent of bitterness and sincere anger.

A shirt recent(ish)ly gave this phenomenon solid grounding. It was blue with white writing; “I’m afraid of Americans”. This T-Shirt was worn, out and about, in public. Had it been any other nationality – Asians, Aboriginals, Africans – it would have been deemed racist. But for Americans, it was accepted.

So what do Aussies have against Seppos? I would say two things.

Firstly, the Aussies have the same issue with America that most other nations have. Politically America appears indulgent and arrogant, oblivious to the often destructive impact of it’s foreign policy. This provokes anger internationally, and Australia is no different.

The other issues is that all races and ethnicities have their good points and bad points. Aussies for example, I love for our easygoing attitude, and I become frustrated with, for our aversion to the foreign and unknown (a trait in itself partially responsible for Anti-Americanism). Americans, as they have been portrayed in Australia by the media, personal anecdotes, and unfortunately on occasion, by themselves seem to have two predominant negative traits – arrogance and seriousness. These two negative traits are, though, two of the negative traits most passionately loathed in anyone, by Australians.

The first of these, Arrogance is so abhorred in Australia that it is widely referred to as ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome.’ This is why programs such as the Chaser, which routinely mock public figures, are so popular.



A tall poppy, it is said, must me cut down to size. When you have a view of Americans widely based on Arrogant archetypes such as these folk–



It’s not too much of a stretch to see why the cutting of tall poppies may become a bit frenzied at times.

For the second point of seriousness, Aussies are prone to discourage those who take life or themselves too seriously. This is often another source of great amusement to Aussies as can be seen in this Brittish documentary, in which a family is so worried about eating English food, they bring their own American food with them. Kind of the natural antithesis to 'she'll be right mate'.



In conclusion, Aussies, as a general rule are more prone to taking the piss, than actual hatred of another race, and usually a well placed Bush joke or ‘Yay Mum!’ will identify you as one of the good guys. However as always, there will be racist dickheads who will judge you for being a yank. Just cop it sweet and give as good as you get, and make sure you represent the very best of your nation, not the worst.
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A Stoopid Criminal (& Guess the Baby)

November 8th 2007 13:54
Every now and then somebody does a deeply amusing post on ‘guess what this stoooooooooopid criminal did? I used to laugh at them all. I still do, a lot of the time – let’s face it, some of them are pretty funny. Like the dude who threw a brick at a window of a liquor shop, which bounced off the reinforced glass, knocking him out until the cops came. Ah, how I lol.

However, there is a sour tang to the humour. Nobody plans to be a criminal. Dude who’s robbing a bank probably wasn’t seeing this down his future path when he was 5 years old.

So the stupid criminal becomes human – not just an object of ridicule. They become most likely male, low educated, little money, unhappy, bored, little prospect for the future, maybe playing with dangerous habit forming drugs, committing acts of casual violence because they have no other way to express their anger.
baby criminal
This little child had a future, a childhood, a mother kissing him on the face. Now he is better known as a mass killer.

The Criminal is an object of ridicule, much for the same reason as Nazis, Terrorists and White Extremists. That is, they are seen as the ‘bad guys’ and are therefore an appropriate object of ridicule.

Bad guys have a good side though. Even Darth Vader started out as a cute kid.

In a way, our own problems as a society are not simply caused by the presence of these individuals – but are a cause of the circumstances these individuals find themselves in, to influence such actions.
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Kiddie Energy Drinks

October 25th 2007 03:24
Remember Bad Boy, that brand with that feisty Eight year old with big muscles on T-shirts – think a white version of little boy 50 Cent. Well they’ve branched out from clothing. Now they make energy drinks.

badboy energy drink


Have a look at the can design. The image of the ‘Badass Face’, the simple lines and colour design, the anti authoritarianism, the name of the product. This is not an energy drink aimed at the adult energy drink market.

Even more profoundly disturbing is the ‘Monster Mash’ product. Turn the can on it’s side and you’ll see a list of reasons to drink Monster Mash. Number 2?


You’re too young to by alcohol. See the picky?

monster energy drink
What age group do you suspect this appeals to?


Basically the message is this – this is what you can drink to get messed up – not drunk, but you can still achieve a caffeine high; it’s cool.


Marketing is a strange beast. It’s what makes us pay $5.00 for something that has an exact equivalent at $3.00. It’s why blokes can drink mild without looking like a sissy, and why chicks will buy certain types of ice-cream that don’t make them look like a Bogan. And it’s how, right now, people in suits and ties are seducing your children into indulging in addictive drugs, right under your nose.
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Listen to Noah?

October 19th 2007 09:44
“Um, guys?” says Noah.

“What


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Run away! Run away! The politically correct people are everywhere! It seems everyone is scared of political correctness.

What is Political Correctness? Wikipedia defines it as “a term used to describe language or behavior which is intended, or said to be intended, to provide a minimum of offence, particularly to racial, cultural, or other identity groups. A text that conforms to the ideals of political correctness is said to be politically correct


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Is Racism Justified?

October 4th 2007 13:30
We treat different people in different ways. We have to. People are different. We don’t try to demand folk with wheelchairs climb the stairs, and we don’t ask Vietnamese actors to play Michael Jackson in the biopic of his life.

However, when we decide on how to treat people based on race, we run into the issue of racism. The best way to describe racism, I find, is to regard it as ‘racial discrimination’ – specific discrimination based on an individuals race or ethnicity. And there is a question of if racial discrimination is ever appropriate to which I would have to say “yes”. Now it’s very easy to get all indignant and be all like ‘that’s not cool man! We’re all the same on the inside! Don’t be hating


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Just to let you know, I oppose Bin Laden.

September 10th 2007 09:40
hippie
Individuals such as this man... send shivers up some folks spike. For all we know he could be singing about human rights, ethics, peace or other subjects today associated with Terrorism.


I’m all Anti Laden. Don’t like the fellow. Now, really I didn’t think I needed to put it out there. It just goes without saying


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Colonial, and Post Colonial Novels.

August 10th 2007 15:06
I read the novel ‘Coral Island’ not to long ago. Guess who the good guys are? The white civilized British boys, Jack, Ralph and Peterkin. Guess who aren’t? Those silly black people.
This is pretty typical of English Colonial novels. The white folk are good, smart, intelligent, civilized and Christian. The Others are typically evil, or child like and naive.

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No, YOU’RE like Hitler

June 16th 2007 09:14
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. This well accepted fact of the Internet is known as Godwin’s Law, also referred to as Reducto Ad Hitlerum.

Basically, it refers to the inevitable practice of somebody being compared to Hitler, or a group being compared to Nazis, within a debate or disagreement


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Bottled Water

May 27th 2007 11:56
Bottled Water
Cartoon by my friend Samwise
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Disney Nazi Film

May 19th 2007 06:40
Crazy stuff…

Can YOU work out the Moral of the story?
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