Sunday, February 7, 2010

Jack is an Angry Person Part 1

Angry. Right now I am angry. The kind of irreconcilable anger that bursts from your body, staining your mind. The kind of anger that will let both your common sense and sense of decency look the other way for a few minutes. It is the anger of futility, of realizing that a situation is much worse than you originally thought.

A few things that have recently come to my attention in quick succession are the cause.

Number one. I would like to direct your attention to some superbowl commercials. First, an advocacy ad for "Focus on the Family" a prolife group.

http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/02/07/tim-tebow-super-bowl-ad/

This year the superbowl advertising committee (or what have you) has decided to make its "no advocacy" commercial rule more lenient, allowing the previous commercial to air. Here, then, is a second commercial that has been denied the chance to air...

http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/cbs-should-accept-gay-dating-site-ad.html

I know what I want to say, but I'm not sure how to word it. Here goes:
First of all, both of these commercials are pretty bad in an advertising sense. Particularly the Focus on the Family one, as it basically gives you no idea what they're trying to "sell" to you. I looked up this Focus on the Family group and it turns out they advocate a lot more than just a prolife message. Let me explain via wikipedia.

In the same letter Dobson explains that traditional marriage is the cornerstone of society, and he states that the goal of the gay and lesbian movement is not to redefine marriage but to destroy the institution itself. “Most gays and lesbians do not want to marry each other…the intention here is to destroy marriage altogether.” Dobson makes the argument that without the institution of marriage everyone would enjoy the benefits of marriage without limiting the number of partners or their gender. Focus on the Family sees allowing same-sex marriage as “…a stepping-stone on the road to eliminating all societal restrictions and on marriage and sexuality.” -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_on_the_Family

It just seems odd that they'd let an advocacy group that supports "traditional family values" run an ad, and then deny a goofy and over-the-top one from a gay dating site. I understand there's limited space and all for the time slots, but from what the previous link says, that doesn't seem to be the case (and they had more than enough $). Also, the fact that the commercial might be too "risque'" doesn't hold any salt. Here's a double-entendre filled Go Daddy advert with Danica Patrick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFSesCsDNM

I'm going to return to my homework, but don't worry, this is just part #1.