tony2979
03-06-2009, 10:45 AM
Hi all,
As a huge Disney World fan, it saddens me that we will no longer be making our annual trip to Disney.
I know this will sound incredibly silly to some, but here is my story.
I am from Oklahoma City. A local group recently purchased the Seattle Supersonics and moved the team to our hometown where they are now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder. This, of course, caused a lot of hard feelings from the fans in Seattle, and I completely understand that. I would feel the same way if I were in their position.
My issues is with a ESPN writer named Bill Simmons. He is from the Pacific Northwest and was very unhappy about this move. As a matter of fact, he takes every opportunity to belittle our City and refuses to even call the team by it's name. I know that I, and many other Oklahomans have written to him and most politely and some not so politely have asked him to cut it out. Normally this just fuels the fire. Here is a clip of some of his most recent comments about the situation:
SG: No way. It's like (TTSNBN) was a married couple and couldn't conceive a child on their own, so they went and stole another couple's kid (in this case, Seattle's) after proving in court that the kid was living in an aging house and deserved to live in a new one … but then, in the insult of insults, it turned out they lived in a house that was just as old and decrepit as the kid's old house. How would you expect me to support this? You stole their team. I will continue to call it The Team That Shall Not Ne Named, the Bennett City Hijackers and the Seattle SloppySeconds. And if it costs me every reader in Hijack City, so be it -- I have 49 other states and hundreds of other countries to work with. I'll be fine. You stole someone else's team. If you were friends with a buddy who stole another buddy's wife, you would not be friends with that person anymore. Hijack City is not my friend. At least until Seattle remarries.
As this doesn't seem to be changing any time soon, the only form of protest that I know of is to stop spending my money on anything that supports his paycheck....that would be Disney Trips, watching ABC, Disney Channel, purchases at Disney Stores, etc. As much as I hated it, I just cancelled our trip for this September.
There is a small group that is currently working to increase awareness of this issue in the Oklahoma City area and to encourage others to follow suit.
Again, I know this probably sounds like a over reaction to many of you, and I completley understand. I think the same thing sometimes also, but this is really the only way I know how to send at least a small message.
My problem is this.....I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to communicate this to Disney. Do any of you know if there is a email address or postal address that I could correspond with. I doubt Disney will be very concerned about one guy....but not really fair of me to boycott all things Disney without at least giving them the opportunity to respond.
Thanks for your help!
As a huge Disney World fan, it saddens me that we will no longer be making our annual trip to Disney.
I know this will sound incredibly silly to some, but here is my story.
I am from Oklahoma City. A local group recently purchased the Seattle Supersonics and moved the team to our hometown where they are now known as the Oklahoma City Thunder. This, of course, caused a lot of hard feelings from the fans in Seattle, and I completely understand that. I would feel the same way if I were in their position.
My issues is with a ESPN writer named Bill Simmons. He is from the Pacific Northwest and was very unhappy about this move. As a matter of fact, he takes every opportunity to belittle our City and refuses to even call the team by it's name. I know that I, and many other Oklahomans have written to him and most politely and some not so politely have asked him to cut it out. Normally this just fuels the fire. Here is a clip of some of his most recent comments about the situation:
SG: No way. It's like (TTSNBN) was a married couple and couldn't conceive a child on their own, so they went and stole another couple's kid (in this case, Seattle's) after proving in court that the kid was living in an aging house and deserved to live in a new one … but then, in the insult of insults, it turned out they lived in a house that was just as old and decrepit as the kid's old house. How would you expect me to support this? You stole their team. I will continue to call it The Team That Shall Not Ne Named, the Bennett City Hijackers and the Seattle SloppySeconds. And if it costs me every reader in Hijack City, so be it -- I have 49 other states and hundreds of other countries to work with. I'll be fine. You stole someone else's team. If you were friends with a buddy who stole another buddy's wife, you would not be friends with that person anymore. Hijack City is not my friend. At least until Seattle remarries.
As this doesn't seem to be changing any time soon, the only form of protest that I know of is to stop spending my money on anything that supports his paycheck....that would be Disney Trips, watching ABC, Disney Channel, purchases at Disney Stores, etc. As much as I hated it, I just cancelled our trip for this September.
There is a small group that is currently working to increase awareness of this issue in the Oklahoma City area and to encourage others to follow suit.
Again, I know this probably sounds like a over reaction to many of you, and I completley understand. I think the same thing sometimes also, but this is really the only way I know how to send at least a small message.
My problem is this.....I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to communicate this to Disney. Do any of you know if there is a email address or postal address that I could correspond with. I doubt Disney will be very concerned about one guy....but not really fair of me to boycott all things Disney without at least giving them the opportunity to respond.
Thanks for your help!