Sunday, February 7, 2010

Tebow's controversy

Read this...and please share your thoughts...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020102067.html

2 comments:

Mike said...

I can't decide if I think the method he is using is amazing, or terrible. While it will be seen by millions people, will it really sink in? Will the general public who are filled with joy (from their team winning) or anger/frustration (from their team losing)really take a minute to reflect on the nature of the commercial? We can't forget that the majority of viewers will probably have some sort of alcohol in their system. But, most likely not. Will it memorable? Clearly.

I have no problems with him professing his faith and his beliefs at all. Its what we're meant to do, but we need to think about how, who and what we're proclaiming to. I think it was a poor desicion to get backing from FoF cause of their recent media coverage. I think that it was bad timing.

I also think that cbs (i think thats who is airing the super bowl) is wrong for pulling its ad. They were paid, from what i hear it was gratuitous and i just think they're not willing to let someone be proactive in their cause. Everyone knows the just becasue the station airs the commercial doesn't mean thats the what they believe... but by refusing to air it... we all know what they believe.

I just feel that it was a bunch of poor decisions on both parties side.

freeseth said...

After reading about how these feminists groups got their panties all twisted up (I use that illustration purposefully), I wish CBS had aired the commercial. Granted, I hate focus on the family, I like the message that Tebow and his mother were communicating.

Anyway, I want to rant about feminists groups. I realize that I am oversimplifying their cause however, it seems weird to me that they would choose this commercial out of all the other commercials to rant about women's rights. No one is encroaching upon women's rights. Infact, the aim (I feel) of the commercial was simply to provide another view of choice. Life over death. As Sally Jenkin's notes, their message seems to be more pro-abortion than pro-choice.

The gross reality of the situation is that we live in a country where companies abide by double-standards as long as they think their revenue will be slightly more consistent. The integrity of the people who make decisions about what and what not to air on National TV is just as void of conviction and depraved as whatever gospel the femo-nazi is trying to sell.

Yes, I just used a word Rush Limbaugh coined. Please don't hate me.

Do women's rights groups even watch the Superbowl?