Talk:John Lasseter/@comment-5903643-20191118160948/@comment-32248383-20191118204720

It may be at first, but don't forget he still did the honest and mature thing in acknowledging and apologizing for his behavior. They just didn't even gave him enough time and patience to reflect and cleanse himself from his past behavior. Instead, they just gave into their anger and they just instantly trashed him without witholding final judgement of his character depending on how much he had changed since leaving Disney. If I didn't know better, I think the opposition against Lasseter is even worse abuse than what he did. I know that harassment of any kind, whether it was intentional or not, is not an easy thing to forgive, but if the studios wanted to change, then he needed to change. Look, let's face it, John Lasseter simply didn't know better than to behave that way, that is why he keeps saying that was never his intent to bring any harm. As far as I am concerned, he was like a little kid despite being a grown-up man. Come to think of it, I am beginning to believe that all adults who are just becoming too overly sensitive to these kinds of things in the wake of the #MeToo movement are beginning to act like whiny little children. I keep saying this to myself and everybody whom I have conversations about this serious issue, if something horrible happened to you back then that made you feel disrespected, uncomfortable, or worse, molested in any way, shape or form, you would have spoken up about it a long time ago, like immediately to the police, anybody that you could still trust, or even right in front of the alleged abuser's face and see how he feels, all the while being fresh on your mind. I honestly don't care if any employee, whether it is a man or a woman, gets fired for striking out at their boss, just because they felt like he abused them, all he needed was to get the messege straight and clear that there was something was wrong with himself and the way he interacts with the female employees. In my opinion, there is really no point to wait way too long to get your story out there and wait for some type of movement to occur. Just say say about it immediately like years ago, and this would have been resolved peacefully, that way nobody would quit their jobs or get fired for this kind of behavior. If I were like the school principle (or in this case the head of the Disney company), I would ask Mr. Lasseter and anybody who reports this kind of behavior to report to my office and I would tell them to apologize and make ammends to each other. That's all they could of done. As somebody who has admired John Lasseter's career and legacy for such a long time since he and Pixar first made the original Toy Story, I cannot lose faith in somebody like him. If Disney and Pixar didn't want him back, then fine that's fair enough, I think he has already done enough for influencing two of the biggest animation studios going forward. But, at the same time, I just don't want to see his career to end with such a really bad taste in people's mouths. All I want to see is some redeeming qualities in Lasseter. I want him to still continue be the modern Walt Disney of animation, even post his Disney tenure and I see his new position at Skydance as the perfect opportunity to demonstrate his new ability to workplace community to act more diverse and inclusive as per his contract and his promise. And I agree with Brad Bird, John Lasseter should not be put in the same category as Harvey Weinstein. He has will power just like any other human being. He can still change.