After Alligator Attack, Disney Removes All Crocs And Gators From Rides and Shows - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Dubeard;50622311]That's pretty dumb.[/QUOTE] It's Disney; there was never going to be any other reaction than the one you're reading about.

Tick tock, tick tock...

They should rather make an exhibit centered around educating people about them than this kneejerk nonsense.

the gators don't deserve this

kid gets killed by crocodiles, they remove crocodiles from the park for a while to help the controversy blow over a bit quicker it's literally that simple

Gators lives matter.

[QUOTE=Chaitin;50624096]Gators lives matter.[/QUOTE] Gatorgate?

[QUOTE=Blind Lulu;50625003]As someone who was once a kid, they are pretty stupid.[/QUOTE] As someone who was once a kid, I wouldn't touch a alligator. Sick argument.

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;50622639]To be fair today's society children grow up in an environment where anything even remotely dangerous is kept far away from them. It's no surprise that a two year old would become a victim, what's the difference between a dog and an alligator to a small child? Both are animals with big teeth.[/QUOTE] This is a stupid fucking post. [img]http://www.adelaidezoo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/animals/AmericanAlligatorSlider.jpg[/img] Alligator [img]https://www.royalcanin.com/~/media/Royal-Canin/Product-Categories/dog-maxi-landing-hero.ashx[/img] Dog One is a domesticated animal that the human race has been with for thousands of years. One is a giant fucking reptile.

I doubt this was as much of a hasty and automatic reaction as people are portraying it to be when they use the words "kneejerk". They probably did a simple pro-cons analysis of taking down a handful of aesthetics in light of a tragedy to make things more palatable for families and children. I mean it is Disney World :v:

[QUOTE=Tudd;50622603]You really think children seeing a cartoon alligator are more likely to go up to one and play with it?[/QUOTE] uh yeah? maybe not a 6 y/o but a 2 y/o certainly would be

[QUOTE=abcpea;50626015]uh yeah? maybe not a 6 y/o but a 2 y/o certainly would be[/QUOTE] I feel like if you manage to let your two-year-old child wander off and pet an alligator, you've failed as a parent somewhere up the line.

probably not up the line so much as at that very moment during a short lapse of attention

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;50623266]Except thats not the point. At all. A. The lake the kid was killed on is artificial, [I]there should not have been gators [B]period.[/B][/I] B. Kid wasn't swimming, he was [I]walking[/I] in 6" of water on the shore, gator fucking charged him and grabbed him, kid had no idea it was there. The fault here is [I]entirely[/I] on Disney. They [I]knew[/I] there were gators in the water. They made zero attempt to warn anybody that "hey maybe you shouldn't be near the water at all because gators." They just said "no swimmin" occasionally, and the kid wasn't swimming. I still have yet to see number on how many crocs were found afterwards, or even a proper apology from Disney. All they've said to the family was effectively "sucks but we said no swimming" Removing gator related puns doesn't do a damn thing and just makes it sound like there was nothing disney could have done to prevent that attack.[/QUOTE] Do you also blame the zoo when a kid crawls into an enclosure? You can't make everything retard proof.

[QUOTE=abcpea;50626015]uh yeah? maybe not a 6 y/o but a 2 y/o certainly would be[/QUOTE] 2 year olds are basically full-time parenting required. Again, you are living in a fantasy world where kids go up and touch gigantic reptiles because of a retarded theory that they can't tell if it's dangerous. You basically have to tell me at what age is the perfect gap where a kid doesn't need his parents to watch them, but is totally incapable of telling the difference of dog and alligator.

[QUOTE=mini me;50623387]America please stop..you reached the so sad its funny stage a while back and now your just making things awkward. Is this a permanent thing now? ..so when i take my kids there in 20 years but the peter pan ride is censored for the scary croccy what the hell am i going to say? this is another pant-shitting overreaction on the level of SJW's 100 years from now people will look back in triggered horror at the footage of training kids to shoot on MIB or space-ranger spin They shalt gasp at footage of glorifying death to children by showing human skeletons and the burning and looting of villages in Pirates of the Caribbean ..not to mention the "buy a wife" action scene They protest to destroy the vile Disney archive footage of family's forcing the poor little ones to see a defenseless shark electrocuted before being shot with a grenade launcher in Jaws (ok fine the ride isn't there anymore but imagine the look on an activist todays face if it was)[/QUOTE] Look out mini, the [I]straw men are everywhere![/I] [QUOTE=meek;50626430]Do you also blame the zoo when a kid crawls into an enclosure? You can't make everything retard proof.[/QUOTE] Disney world isn't a zoo, and a child being snatched in a lagoon isn't the same as a full grown man climbing into a controlled enclosure. Your analogy is insultingly poor.

[QUOTE=usaokay;50622207]Understandable. Portraying predators as friendly creatures will make kids think those animals are safe to go near. Especially in Florida where gators and shitty sandals are prominent. Also, [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5GRSJfTbTc[/media] [B]Edit:[/B] Wanted to clarify, I do understand why Disney did this, but I don't agree with them. I believe it's up to the parents to teach their kids not to get themselves in dangerous situations, like what happened with the gorilla zoo exhibit. God damn.[/QUOTE] Kids are not idiots... even a 2 year old will know instinctively to get away from an alligator.

[QUOTE=BelatedGamer;50626623]Look out mini, the [I]straw men are everywhere![/I][/QUOTE] what? I'm just having a rant ..i admit Just getting sick of people acting like ww3 has broken out over things like this Granted it was a relatively nasty thing but jesus christ spend the money on relevant things like the stuff they put on the beach. Pulling every croc character from rides shows and events is just some soccer mom bullshit and a waste of money

[QUOTE=mini me;50627646]what? I'm just having a rant ..i admit Just getting sick of people acting like ww3 has broken out over things like this Granted it was a relatively nasty thing but jesus christ spend the money on relevant things like the stuff they put on the beach. Pulling every croc character from rides shows and events is just some soccer mom bullshit and a waste of money[/QUOTE] Yeah I know, we all do it. I just get sick of hearing really over-exaggerated attacks (for lack of a better word) on an SJW culture that only exists in the minds of racists and some very dark areas of tumblr. Whether this specific case really is an example of out of control political correctness is debatable. I don't think so, mostly because this is Disney -- keeping a clean, as un-sueabble image as possible is their thing, so I kind of expected this, and I would have expected them to do something similar at just about any point in their history. [Edit] And I was mostly poking fun anyway.

[QUOTE=meek;50626430]Do you also blame the zoo when a kid crawls into an enclosure? You can't make everything retard proof.[/QUOTE] So the kids a retard, okay. Great idea, lets blame the dead kid and his parents because disney can't keep their shit together and lies about it regularly. Sure you're not a PR rep for Disney?

[QUOTE=BelatedGamer;50627676]Yeah I know, we all do it.[/QUOTE] I guess its exacerbated by the fact i head to Disney every Halloween and there's always some bullshit being reconfigured or removed simply because "it offended someone" I wish companys had the balls to not roll over for every single complaint I help run a drama school and we sometimes get soccer moms who are literally forcing they're kid to act or dance or whatever when the kid obviously doesn't want to. We tell them to take a hike. (more polite than that granted but of course half the time they get irate) your kid doesn't want to be a dancer..you do..We don't want people like that here. If we can afford to say no to a couple nitwits i'm sure Disney could too Course i'm talking generally here ..not something as big as a child dying but you get the picture

[QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;50622427]Knee jerking to the point of basically hitting themselves in the head with it.[/QUOTE] You can't just condemn an entire species just because of [B]ONE[/B] individual Alligator action that result in a death of a child.

[QUOTE=BelatedGamer;50626623]Look out mini, the [I]straw men are everywhere![/I] Disney world isn't a zoo, and a child being snatched in a lagoon isn't the same as a full grown man climbing into a controlled enclosure. Your analogy is insultingly poor.[/QUOTE] I didn't make an analogy, I asked you a question I already know the answer to because you're delusional. [QUOTE=S31-Syntax;50627684]So the kids a retard, okay. Great idea, lets blame the dead kid and his parents because disney can't keep their shit together and lies about it regularly. Sure you're not a PR rep for Disney?[/QUOTE] I don't give a shit about Disney but how is it their fault an aligator snatched a child hanging out near the water in an area known for aligators? It's a shitty situation bit Disney didn't make it happen and raising your pitchforks at them is not gonna do anything.

So the crocodiles in Epcot's Living With The Land have been removed: [media]http://www.twitter.com/MickeyXtreme/status/749658950677721088[/media] This is the first ride to have actual AAs removed because of what happened.