This is a criticism on the youtube video accessed at this link

www.saintbirgitta.com is overlaid across the bottom of the video. This is a web site run by Swedish monks promoting the writings of the Roman Catholic Saint Bridget.

Here is a list of the accusations that the speaker makes against Disney. The small bullet points are my responses.

· There are levels of Satanism, Witchcraft, Pornography and Spiritism present in Disney’s videos

· The Little Mermaid, 3rd column from the right is and erect phallus – a video of child pornography

o See http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/mermaid.asp. I would not have notice that resemblance. Did you notice that when the film was in the cinemas?

· The Little mermaid, a Jamaican group is singing words to curse every child listening to the video.

o I can find no evidence for this assertion.

· Aladin: if played in slow motion a voice can be hears saying “Good teenagers, take off your clothes”, which cannot be made out at normal speeds

o See http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/aladdin.asp. It is an odd piece of sound but I can’t make out the word Teenagers. In any case, who would ever notice it an normal speed?

· Pocahontas is an ‘Indian’ word with two meanings” Poca mean ‘Spirit’ and Hontas means ‘Abyss’. If you say Pocahontas you are invoking the Devil from the Abyss to the side of your children.

o I can find no evidence for this assertion.

· That TIME magazine called the Lion King “the most dirty, most perverse and most cgarged with violence than any other video Disney has produced”. That children who watch the Lion King today will be the murderers of tomorrow.

o I’ve searched on TIME magazine’s website and can find only complimentary reviews of The Lion King.

· John Smith, the producer of the Lion King is a homosexual man who died of AIDS in New York, and made the lion walk effeminately.

o Nobody called john Smith was involved in the Lion King at all. (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/fullcredits and http://www.lionking.org/endcredits.html ) .

o The Lion King was produced by Don Hahn assisted by Alice Dewey , Sarah McArthur and Thomas Schumacher.

o Kevin Smith animated the adult Simba, and he is happily still alive and working. (See http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1918990/)

· The music for The Lion King is “of the new age of Shirley Mclain”, hooks children to the screen, is from Hell, and is dedicated to the devil.

o I can find no evidence for this assertion/rant. Tim Rice is a successful Lyricist and Elton John is a successful performer. I’m not a big fan of either but I have no evidence the score is from hell.

· The Lion King a cloud of dust can be construed to spell out the word SEX.

o See http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lionking.asp. It doesn’t look like letters to me. If anything the theory that it says SFX as a self-congratulatory message from the Special Effects department is more convincing.

· James Dobson, of Focus on the Family has written a report concerning a Disney video “Growing Up Gay’ introduced by Mickey Mouse. That Disney has created two gay Mickey’s and two lesbian Minnies. In the video a Disney spokesman invited all male teenagers to explore the “wonderful world of homosexuality”.

o I can find nothing about this on Focus On The family’s web site. One comment I found on FotF is their support for an end to the boycott against Disney! I have emailed Focus On The Family’s information line for further comment.

· Michael Eisner owns 60% of Disney stock; left his wife (in Burbank) and married a homosexual man at Disney World, Orlando FL 3 months ago.

o In truth, Michael Eisner is married to Jane Breckenridge and has been since 1967. He was very well paid during his 20 years with Disney, and I don’t know his stock holding but it’s not credible that a single private individual owns 60% of this giant publically traded stock. He doesn’t work at Disney any more.

· Disney is a satanic empire, intent on destroying your home and children.

o This is obviously one opinion. My opinion is that they are an essentially worldly family entertainment company. I prefer Veggie Tales myself.

· His advice is to destroy all copies of Disney videos you may have.

o I don’t condone ‘book burning’. What entertainment we allow in our homes is something that parents need to prayerfully consider. I choose not to buy Disney products. But my reasoning isn’t to do with satan. It’s to do with a poor depiction (or frequently no depiction at all) of fathers in families in Disney products. I think Veggie Tales and Pixar creations are far superior.