tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14111968.post710676095543361048..comments2024-03-08T02:29:29.019-08:00Comments on the monsters inside:: IS IT REALLY TORTURE -- OR ONE PARENT'S SACRIFICE FOR THE GREATER GOOD?Jo Anna Guerrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18316962700943371963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14111968.post-69102978795434896992009-04-04T08:42:00.000-07:002009-04-04T08:42:00.000-07:00tracer123, thanks for the local point of view. We...tracer123, thanks for the local point of view. We've had those commercials showing in disgustingly graphic detail what happens to the insides of a smoker, and that doesn't seem to help either.<BR/><BR/>But I guess the commercial begs, will this help? Or does it lose too many people in the uproar?Jo Anna Guerrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316962700943371963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14111968.post-54945502169440430022009-04-04T08:40:00.000-07:002009-04-04T08:40:00.000-07:00IIhaesa, thanks for your comment. I think I read t...IIhaesa, thanks for your comment. I think I read that the mother was nearby, that they had CPS reps nearby, that there was a large crew, and that all those faceless people were actors, so although the boy was never in any real danger, he was scared shitless, which seems to be the most controversial point. <BR/><BR/>Is it ever worth it for a parent to make that kind of sacrifice for a greater good?Jo Anna Guerrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316962700943371963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14111968.post-6937946922759136872009-04-04T05:26:00.000-07:002009-04-04T05:26:00.000-07:00We've had a few ads like this over the years, both...We've had a few ads like this over the years, both for drinking and smoking. When you have a generation of people who only think about themselves* parenting, you have to get through to them somehow. 'Please don't smoke,' won't cut it these days.<BR/><BR/>*A direct result of too many years of conservative government in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14111968.post-57798293785611605322009-04-03T18:21:00.000-07:002009-04-03T18:21:00.000-07:00No, I do not think it is child abuse, but then aga...No, I do not think it is child abuse, but then again, not in a million years would I agree to allow my child to be stranded in a public space - near an escalator no less, notoriously dangerous things - scared shitless they lost their parent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com