DCML Digest Issue 23

[Don Rosa]

> From: "Daniel van Eijmeren" <dve at kabelfoon.nl>
> Subject: Re: Scrooge always obeying the law??
> > I don't think this could happen in a Don Rosa story.
>
> Why not? Rosa's Scrooge can be *very* mean, cold, and selfish. Just
> try to list the Rosa stories in which Scrooge is unfair to Donald. And
> how do Donald's wages compare to his work, which is full of stress and
> pure danger?
> Scrooge as honest person? Humbug!

Come now. The man was talking about $crooge being a criminal, not merely
mistreating his exploitable nephew. I don't know what other writers do with
$crooge, but "my" $crooge McDuck is not a lawbreaker. You'll notice that he
*always* turns in the treasures he finds in my stories to the local
governments or landowners.