> The Top 16 Disney Excuses for Using Haitian Sweatshops

Submitted by Tony Caldwell, tonycald@ix.netcom.com

16> "Asian sweatshops all booked solid with Nike orders, and
     Kathie Lee beat us to the Hondurans."

15> "How else could we keep the price of a Disneyworld hot dog
     at a low $6.25?"

14> "It's super-taxfree-imperialistic-export-price-bodacious."

13> "They're a helluva lot cheaper than those lazy Taiwanese!"

12> "You mean Papa Doc and Baby Doc weren't cartoon characters?"

11> "Hey!  When we had a bunch of dwarves working all day in a
     mine, you thought it was *cute*!"

10> "How the #$@$@%& else can we put a $3 toy in a $2.50 Happy
     Meal?"

9> "It's a Capitalist world, after all... and we're an uncaring,
     cheapass company."

8> "Crappiest Place On Earth" sign over factory entrance never
     fails to make that scamp Eisner giggle on visits.

7> "We're just trying to earn our 'Pirates of the Caribbean'
     title."

6> "It's all we could afford after we paid those Korean animators
     17 cents an hour to make 'The Lion King.'"

5> "It gives those losers at Top 5 something to whine about."

4> "We prefer to think of them as 'enchanted sewing cottages.'"

3> "Mr. Eisner gets a kick out of the fact that the entire factory
     makes less per day than he makes each time he blinks his eyes."

2> "Hatians learn much more quickly than our second choice,
     Canadians."


and the Number 1 Disney Excuse for Using Haitian Sweatshops...


1> "Zip-a-dee-do-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay!  16-hours-for-a-dollar-a-day!"

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