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CBS Urged to Pull Tebow Anti-Abortion Superbowl Ad

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by rocketsjudoka, Jan 25, 2010.

  1. vlaurelio

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    typical chicken hawks, for them war is a value
     
  2. juicystream

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    Who would air an ad supporting abortion? I think they are much likely to air an ad supporting women having a choice. Of course either has a right to make an ad, and every private network has the right to air it.
     
  3. vlaurelio

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    do you think and ad themed "Celebrate Choice, Celebrate Rights" is "appropriate for air"?
     
  4. juicystream

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    If the network does, then yes.
     
  5. vlaurelio

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    you don't have a personal opinion on it?
     
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    Sweet Lou's right in the sense that we gain little as a society by censoring controversial topics. Everyone (people on the right, left, and in the middle) needs to grow up a little and learn to tolerate opinions from the other side. In doing so, they have a better opportunity to make a stronger case for their position.
    Even as a pro-life liberal (they do exist), I find it disturbing that people are advocating banning this ad based solely on assumptions from its presumed stance on abortion. Outside of the creators and the people at Fox, it doesn't sound like anyone's seen the ad. As opposed to what people like Rush usually spew, there doesn't seem to be anything blatantly false or misleading about this ad. It doesn't sound like their showing graphic pictures of aborted babies, so I'm not sure what's so offensive. If someone wants to pay $3 million dollars for Tim Tebow to tell the world that he's here because his mom didn't have an abortion, then fine. Instead of trying to ban the ad, the pro-choice or feminist groups should rely on their own generous donors and find an equally appealing message about a mother whose life was saved only by abortion or something to that exent. Their call for censorship is weak and has only brought tons of free publicity (the best kind) to a group I had never heard of before.
     
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  7. juicystream

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    Yes. Abortion is wrong. Wouldn't like the commercial personally. Would I quit watching a network over it? No. Its like smoking ads. I'm happy they aren't on TV, but I think its wrong that they can't be.
     
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    Speaking of media hilarity, check this out:

    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3qb4WvNcXCs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3qb4WvNcXCs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

    It would not take the dumbest man on earth to figure out who the bulk of the protesters were, Estimates of 50K-2000K of pro-life protesters (myself included) vs. maybe 500 (I actually did not see even one). The dang thing is called the March for Life. I'm guessing that might be a tip-off.
     
  9. B-Bob

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    Man, I've never seen Rick Sanchez before. What a complete moron. He's like Glenn Beck but named Sanchez for ethnic flair.
     
  10. twhy77

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    He couldn't spell Pro-life on a chalk board. It came out CREATIONST (he even misspelled that).

    There's not a spelling survivor championship going on is there because I just lost.
     
  11. giddyup

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    What in the hell are you talking about. I'm just distinguishing between something that is a value (pro-Life advertisement from a football player's mother) and something that is just politicking (a MoveOn ad running during a presidential campaign at a time when MoveOn was running many such ads).
     
  12. giddyup

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    Didn't know that you were the definer of lost causes; can you send me the list?

    giddyup does what he deems the right thing-- popular or not...
     
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    The first thing you said is only obvious but you seem to want to trivialize it. I know that you think there is but one set of values -- YOURS -- but alas it's just not true...

    You can have a values-ad for pro-Choice. I didn't say you couldn't. There just wasn't one in play here.

    The intent was to contrast the purely political aspect of the timing of the proposed MoveOn ad. Would you dare to deny that there was a timely political intent that they were after?
     
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    Bunk. The anti-abortion ad (I refuse to use the ridiculous term "pro-life") is straight-up politicking. Focus on the Family has been so mired in political posturing throughout the years that any opinion they put forth must be considered politicking. They're agenda is to do whatever they can to overturn Roe v. Wade. That's political, by it's very nature.

    Politicking doesn't just occur during election years, or only when the Supreme Court is hearing a case to challenge their decisions. It is a constant process, and to separate Focus on the Family and moveon.org is disingenuous, at best. They're both trying to advance their agendas. As a network, you air both or air neither. To say you don't want to air "issue" ads and then air an anti-abortion ad is hypocrisy at it's worst. CBS should come right out and say it: they're a right-wing network. At least then they wouldn't be hypocrites.
     
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    giddyup, could you remind us what the content was of the moveon.org ad?
     
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    Umm, what? Can someone translate this for me?

    I defend you (barf), and this is what I get?

    When is there a "timely" abortion-oriented ad?
     
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    During a commercial break for a rerun of Rosemary's Baby? :confused:
     
  18. rocketsjudoka

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    Except this is also an election year and there are candidates running on a pro-life position.
     
  19. giddyup

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    Granted that it is tough to call anything non-political, but do you not concede there is a difference between the overt campaign season of January of 2004 and January of 2010. When is the next national debate or primary election?

    I didn't separate the organizations; I made a distinction in the timing.
     
  20. giddyup

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    No idea. Ask the person who brought it into the discussion.
     

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