@Spazzm, #30: The difference is that CCTV is designed and intended to monitor the populace for any wrongdoing, not only infringing on the little bit of privacy we all deserve even in public, as well as implying that we're all out to do something that HAS to be monitored and recorded, that we're just criminals waiting to strike.

@Homestarrunrun, #36: I think my sarcasm detector is broken, because I can't tell if you're serious or not.

@22 Horizons, one of the best rides at Epcot, was also shut down... though at least they replaced it with a mission-to-mars deal, instead of more branded character crap. Mission Space is based on the Disney flick, Mission to Mars, hence the Gary Senise intro that the ride includes.

Alien encounter used to be a bit thrilling until they lamed it up for the kiddies with Stitch. For me the last straw was "The Seas" becoming "with Nemo and Friends". It's one thing to base a ride on a movie, I loved the 20,000 leagues ride with it's campy giant tentacles. I'll tolerate the Jack Sparrow and Barbosa in PotC because they have a legitimate tie in. It should have been completely redesigned to accommodate the characters and themes of the films though. But that "re-vamp" of an entire pavilion that really had no reason to have a film tie in, simply because they had a film that could be tied in, was just pathetic commercialism. Sadly this is becoming the norm for Disney since their ride partners have been dwindling their support.

As for the blatant jingo-ism of a "Hooray for USA" addition to IaSW, while I've never been a fan of the ride, I'm even less a fan of Nationalism destroying art.

And companies wonder why people would rather pirate DRM free media that they can use anywhere than pay for spyware laden, DRM crippled, crap resolution, movies that required a bloatware package to be able to use. And the funniest part is that all that DRM crippled media is available on the P2P networks without the DRM. Just goes to show, when you "do the right thing" and pay for your content, they still treat you like a criminal.

Remember folks, there's no DRM in ARRRRR!!!

@ Haldor
Are Christians really free to practice their religion when it is ok to refer to their beliefs as "millennia-old superstitions" or would it be ok if this particular liberty just went away?

Let's look at this from another angle. Fans of Harry Potter, Star Wars, and any number of other sub-cultures of fandom, are often ridiculed for their likes of them. Yet they continue to enjoy them, and accept the ridicule they might receive outside their fan circles. So yeah, while you're free to believe in your religion, you should understand and accept that there's an increasingly large portion of the world that thinks it's crap and are going to rag on you about it every time you share your beliefs outside of your faith community. My suggestion would be to develop a thicker skin, or just keep your beliefs to your self.

Is it standard procedure to leave someone in handcuffs once they've been placed in a cell?