I agree with you gents on the counter-propaganda issue. No differences here.
I've done some research on that particular cartoon only to find that indeed it was a so called "short". Thus it might have been watched mostly by adults. Although W. Disney withdrew it from the general circuit for a reason, and i think it was:
1) Misinterpretation as pro Nazi, or
2) Indoctrination of children (the one i'm arguing).
It just shows from how different socio-political backgrounds we all come from. I go pretty much paranoid when i see politics "crawling into a kids' sandpool". And because of where i come from and how i was brought up, i'm being so very serious about it, maybe even too much. It's taken a long time for me to adapt to western culture and lifestyle, and i believe it's a continuous process. Nevertheless i firmly believe that implementing political mechanisms on children is no go area in general. This cartoon is only an example of how a tool could be potentially misused because there's no evidence of it's impact. And indoctrination doesn't need to be understood while implemented.
Surely i wouldn't allow my children to watch it until they learned their history lesson properly.
But in the end it's just an opinion that has no intention of persuading anyone. And it's great that we can all share them on this forum. For that ability i am greatful to all those people that made it possible and are continuing their effort.
Thank you all for your posts.
God bless.
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