General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Memo to PETA: Go F *** Yourselves for traumatizing children. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Is the ad meant to be seen by the parent differently then the child? Answer, yes, the article explains how it is done.
Does the ad show the mother as being scary? Would you want your sister, mother, wife, or yourself (if you are female) to be depicted as scowling and grtiing your teeth while killing something. Please, do explain how this is not so.
"They are putting up anti-turkey-dinner ads in bus stops, you see: ads that show grownups a Rockwell-ish image of a mom carving a bird, and that show anyone shorter than four feet tall a demonic woman murdering a live bird, and spattering her kids faces with blood."
Now, let's go ahead and focus on WHERE the ads are? Are they in magazines meant for parents, trying to tell the parents not to do turkey? No, they are in Bus Stops, meant to be in PUBLIC, especially palces where those who use public transport cannot help but go to. They could have made their point by taking out ads in Food network magazine, or in Supermarket pages where they added a coupon for whatever they wanted to replace turkey with, but no, they went for Bus stops, why, because people have to pass them.
Also, if a kid was frightened, he/she would have this in PUBLIC (unless you want to argue that the kid has a bus stop in their living room).
It's one thing to say "do not eat meat" and I have already described many means of doing that that respect the parent, that maybe even help them (coupons) but no, this is meant to freak kids out in public, and turn them against the parent (unless you want to argue that splattering blood on your face is meant for humor.)