"* Children would learn not to question authority or authority figures, be they governmental or corporate. (The practice of forcing pupils to raise their hand to ask a question – essentially asking permission to ask – was pioneered by Johann Hecker in 1740 in Prussia.)
* Children would learn to accept their lot in life and to limit their aspirations: the needs of the factories for workers and the army for soldiers would be met with compliant recruits.
* Children's primary loyalty and fear would be shifted from their mother and father to the king and the state. This would be ensured by the children learning very early that if they didn't attend school, special truant police would come after them, a force their parents were powerless to stop."
PacRim Jim: Are you sure Disney didn't invent this kind of inflatable building?
"As part of the exhibition, at each stop Disney will put up an inflatable 3D theater that was specially developed for the tour with technology suppliers Dolby and Barco. The 50x 50 ft. theater stands 25 ft. high and can be erected in less than six hours, execs said..."
"Disney Promotes 3D with Inflatable Theater" http://celluloidjunkie.com/2009/05/25/disney-promotes-3d-with-inflatable-theater/
http://www.gladwell.com/blink/blink_excerpt2.html
"* Children would learn not to question authority or authority figures, be they governmental or corporate. (The practice of forcing pupils to raise their hand to ask a question – essentially asking permission to ask – was pioneered by Johann Hecker in 1740 in Prussia.)
* Children would learn to accept their lot in life and to limit their aspirations: the needs of the factories for workers and the army for soldiers would be met with compliant recruits.
* Children's primary loyalty and fear would be shifted from their mother and father to the king and the state. This would be ensured by the children learning very early that if they didn't attend school, special truant police would come after them, a force their parents were powerless to stop."
http://www.thomhartmann.com/2007/11/01/good-german-schools-come-to-america/
ARE THEY CRAZY!?!?
"As part of the exhibition, at each stop Disney will put up an inflatable 3D theater that was specially developed for the tour with technology suppliers Dolby and Barco. The 50x 50 ft. theater stands 25 ft. high and can be erected in less than six hours, execs said..."
"Disney Promotes 3D with Inflatable Theater"
http://celluloidjunkie.com/2009/05/25/disney-promotes-3d-with-inflatable-theater/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31442459@N00/3847633596
"Richard Kleis received payments totaling $170,365 from 1995 through 2006"
http://farm.ewg.org/farm/persondetail.php?custnumber=007190230
I THINK NOT!