A swimming pool with noone around… Up walks this little girl, 2 maybe 3 years old, with a floating device. (In your mind, you’re thinking…where are the adults?) You see little girl walk right up to the edge of the water and throw the floatie in…
Then there’s this sarcastic voice “Just tell her parents you were too busy watching her because you were getting stoned. They’ll understand.”
Oh my fucking good God… what is wrong with the people who make these commercials??? If my stomach weren’t empty, I’d have thrown up!
First of all, this scenario doesn’t require anyone being stoned to occur… There are unfortunately lots of parents out there who ignore their kids, stoned or otherwise…
Secondly… I have to block these kinds of scenarios out of my head many times a day to keep from going stark raving mad or becoming an obsessively overprotective parent to my own child…
The last thing myself, or any other decent parent needs, is for you assholes to put our nightmares out there in living color to push your shitty “war on drugs.”
Fucking bastards. I hope they’re not using tax money for this bullshit! :mad:
I’ve watched a lot of anti-drug commercials, and I’ve learned that any time anyone smokes weed they automatically drive a car and kill a child, or ignore a child near a pool and the child drowns, or they drive a car and kill their brother, who was a child, or they stick a baby in a microwave, or they watch a cartoon while a child dies in the background, or they in some other way kill a child.
I’m not sure how frying an egg would kill a child, but if you did it after smoking weed, you’d by God kill a child.
Now, pollution, crack, handguns, religious beliefs that don’t allow doctors, starvation, drunken parents, those aren’t problems. Marijuana, on the other hand, kills children.
Won’t somebody please ignore reality and think of the children?
What the heck? Are you really insulted by this commercial? You think parents shouldn’t worry about a child falling into a pool (or any other accident)? Or worry about hiring the wrong baby sitter? Metaphors shouldn’t be made concerning the unintended consequences of drug use? Do you think you are being oppressed here or something? The war on drugs may be exaggerated (though, in my opinion, not in this specific instance), but it isn’t an evil cause.
Concerning the use of “our tax money” on “this bull shit:” that commercial was probably funded by private organizations or grants for specifically this purpose (if you have a problem with governmental grants for such things, you should consider this while voting for your congressmen).
How old are you? Do you actually pay taxes? I’m 17; I don’t pay taxes outside of sales tax. If I did pay taxes, I still wouldn’t have a problem with this.
Grow up. The commercial was intended for public service. I am sure shoving the corn cob up your ass was unintentional and not a nefarious plan of the government.
What the heck? Are you really insulted by this commercial? You think parents shouldn’t worry about a child falling into a pool (or any other accident)? Or worry about hiring the wrong baby sitter? Metaphors shouldn’t be made concerning the unintended consequences of drug use? Do you think you are being oppressed here or something? The war on drugs may be exaggerated (though, in my opinion, not in this specific instance), but it isn’t an evil cause.
Concerning the use of “our tax money” on “this bull shit:” that commercial was probably funded by private organizations or grants for specifically this purpose (if you have a problem with governmental grants for such things, you should consider this while voting for your congressmen).
How old are you? Do you actually pay taxes? I’m 17; I don’t pay taxes outside of sales tax. If I did pay taxes, I still wouldn’t have a problem with this.
Grow up. The commercial was intended as a public service. I am sure shoving the corn cob up your ass was unintentional and not a nefarious plan of the government.
You know, I’ve noticed that these commercials have become alot more incessant ever since several states either passed pro-marijuana laws or got them on the ballot…
I am so sick of this shit… legalize it, make it illegal if you’re under 21/driving/operating machinery/etc …and tax it to death like alcohol and cigarettes!
Ah, so you’re a parent, but you want pot legalized. Ok. What about cocaine? Heroin? Ecstacy? PCP? LSD? Don’t come crying to me when your kid winds up dead from a drug overdose, then. If those ads save one kid from serious trouble with drugs, then they’re worth it, IMO. The ads are supposed to shock people; to get them to think. You can’t do that with puppy dogs and teddy bears.
First off, this isn’t a metaphor. Second, yeah, it’s a little insulting to the intelligence.
The implication is that if you smoke a little dope, you’ll obviously tune out any and all obligations of your daily life.* Nothing will matter to you anymore. But having a brewskie or three? That’s fine and dandy in TV land!
*OK, it was true in my case. But then, I’m an addict (recovering), and would have only laughed and scoffed at such a commercial.
You see, as good intentioned as these commercials are, all they end up doing is preaching to the choir. They ain’t getting any converts.
Were you reading what I wrote?? I just stated, I WORRY ABOUT MY CHILD ALL THE FREAKING TIME. The original post, in not so many words, is that I DON’T NEED ANY HELP WORRYING ABOUT MY CHILD.
I’m 26. I pay taxes, I vote too. My state passed a law making medical marijuana legal about two years ago. I voted for that.
Do your homework. There are alot of very real dangers to kids… A LOT OF DANGERS. Unfortunately, you can’t worry about ALL of them ALL the time. Frankly, I’m more worried about my daughter’s car ride on the interstate to grandma’s house than I am about a stoned babysitter. Why? Because people get killed in cars DAILY. Stoned babysitters don’t microwave babies daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly, dearie. See the logic here?
Beer, on the other hand, or driving, or handguns, or skydiving, or bungee jumping, or skateboards, or not looking both ways when crossing the street, or any number of things…
I’m disappointed, Q.E.D.. You’ve just replayed the “If we allow homosexual intercourse we have no way to stop incest and bestiality and necrophilia and…” argument.
Again, do your homework. Marijuana is nowhere near as harmful as cocaine, heroin, ecstacy, etc etc… it isn’t even as harmful as tobacco cigarettes and alcohol!
This being said… the rest of your post I’ll ignore because it’s absurd.
No, I think these ads are useful and important. They’re probably not hugely effective, but it sure beats sitting back and doing nothing. They are paid for by a nonprofit organization, so complaining about wasting taxes is false. Have you a better suggestion for getting folks to be more assertive about turning their kids away from drugs?
Drive in your car. Ever. Take a helicopter to work.
He tells me stories only on occasion, and sees more horrible things than I could ever stomach. In Dallas, I also worry about my two kiddos every second of the day. And, it’s not the stoners I’m worried about - it’s the “I must get somewhere in 3.5 seconds, dammit!” fools that concern me.
I miss the old “this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs” adds. I clearly recall putting down my bong with a picture of Nancy Reagan on it and saying " Dudes, lets go to Dennys". I get a kick out of the add with the people at the drive thru. People don’t drive under the influence of legal alcohol? Should it be illegal then? The only on of those commercials that struck me as being remotly true was the two guys getting high laughing at a commercial on t.v… Saying “I have been smoking dope for twenty years and nothing ever happened to me.” Then his mom comes home and starts ragging on him about getting a job.
I didn’t say it was. Though I’d argue with your assertion that it’s not as harmful as smoking or alcohol. In any case, this ad series targets drugs other than pot, as I’m sure you’re aware.
