Unnecessary anger?

Yesterday I went out to eat after having gone to the Citadel. While at the restaurant, the topic of Disney movies came up. One of the people stated she had a problem with "The Lion King." I asked her why, and she said that she thought that it taught kids the wrong message; it teaches that you are born to a certain station, and you can't get out of it no matter what happens. She continued on to say that Scar should have stayed King.

This was extremely problematic to me. First of all, I don't agree that the message she is afraid is coming across is actually the one that is. In addition to that, she seems to be missing the point that in a Monarchy one IS born to the position of being king; that is the fact of it and changing it in the story to make someone happy would be really distorting reality and be a disservice to people everywhere. Of course, this is just ignoring the fact that it is merely a remake of "Hamlet" and while one can make various changes, to depart completely from the story would make it no longer what they were trying for.

While I take the above arguments seriously, what really worried me was her support of Scar for king. IF she actually believes that Scar should be king, then the message she is sending is that one can do anything they want, up to and including murder, to get what they want. Power is the goal and if you are strong or have a good following, you can get it. It doesn't matter if you do a good job as leader either, as long as you are able to get what you yourself needs.

This is the philosophy of most bullies and two-bit dictators around the world. All of the leaders of the coups would be supported by her philosophy. Dictators such as Saddam Husein would be supported. One would think that her Kurdish roots would object strenuously to such a thing. I hope that she either doesn't realize what she said she believes and, more importantly, that she doesn't pass it along to the children that she is teaching!

I wonder if one can truly spot fundamental difference between themselves and others by talking about Disney films. I know that it has caused me to really question whether this is someone I would like to know or not (though there is more to add in deciding this).