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To: Allan Harris who wrote (6211)	7/26/1998 4:49:00 PM
From: Mr. BSL	Respond to of 42834

Hi Allan. FWIW my beef with Disney is with their attempt to silence a NY talk show host (Bob Grant) shortly after they took control of ABC. You can PM me if you want the specifics. I look forward to the opportunities to pass on any Disney product. duke60

To: Allan Harris who wrote (6211)	7/26/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Respond to of 42834

Alan: My postcriptum to Pete from Stamford concerning his request and my reply to a point of curiosity by our own Captain Kirk were not designed to open up historical cans of worms, which you re- ference. Suffice it to say, along with more than a few others, I have found compelling reasons of conscience not to support Mr. Eisner's Disney Corporation in any substantial manner, "triple digit returns" notwithstanding. Each man marches to a different drum in matters of conscience. If you have determined that Disney is your kind of company, that is unquestionably your prerogative; I can not but respect your choice. For myself, the drum beat has led toward a different path.

To: Allan Harris who wrote (6211)	7/26/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

"As for outrage, I am aware of some religious-based values that find certain legal activities to be outrageous and that merit speaking out against in no uncertain terms. But I wonder where these voices were in the mid-30s when Hitler was killing Jews and not the religious holier-then-thou voices, nor the pope, nor FDR, nor the German people, found it within their moral compasses to speak out against this outrageous abomination. For me, this was and is the real crime of hypocrisy which, as you so adroitly suggest, 'sticks in the craw of many...'" 5 million Ukranians were starved to death in the 1930's by Stalin. Thousands resorted to canibalism to survive. Books have been written on the subject. The death count may have been twice that because Ukranians at the time weren't considered worth enough to bother to number. 15 million additional murders outside of the Ukraine have been attributed to Stalin's regime. Other senseless slaughters in this century include turn-of-the-century Armenia, 2 million (Turks); '30's & '40's China, 20 million (Hirohito); 1950-1980 China, 60 million (Mao); Killing Fields of Cambodia, 2 million (Pol Pot); 1970's Uganda 1.5 million (Idi Amin and his successor); 1980's Afghanistan, 1 million (Soviets); 1990's Ruwanda, 2 million (intertribal genocide). I'll skip the honerable mentions. Seems to be plenty of craw sticking to go around lately, doesn't there? But that doesn't mean concerned investors need sully themselves with a company that peddles sexually explicit and violent films or stoop themselves to the level of making a quick buck off of toys pieced together by Communist forced labor or some kid in a S.E. Asian sweat shop, does it? --Alan