Comments on: Embryos Are People Too http://www.someblogsite.com/archives/135 random thoughts, plus a Bible verse Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:53:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Burrill http://www.someblogsite.com/archives/135/comment-page-1#comment-409 Burrill Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:04:37 +0000 http://www.someblogsite.com/archives/135#comment-409 I have a distinct and raging hatred for the "Vote for a cure" advertisements they're running on tv right now. There isn't a cure on the ballot; there's an obnoxious and overreaching proposal on the ballot. Don't tell me tear-jerking stories and show me photos of people with crippling diseases; tell me what the proposal actually contains. I'm pretty sure it doesn't contain tear-jerking stories and photos of people with crippling diseases. I have to say, though, that I think the opposing ads are sort of ridiculous and, for the most part, pretty poorly thought out. Instead of pointing out all the sordid details of the proposal, they've made a lot of big scary ads with big scary claims. There's probably a lot about the proposal that could be used effectively in advertising -- like the fact that it'll amend the state constitution, and that's hard to reverse once you do it, so you'd better be absolutely sure you like everything in the proposal -- but they've gone the big scary route. I have a distinct and raging hatred for the “Vote for a cure” advertisements they’re running on tv right now. There isn’t a cure on the ballot; there’s an obnoxious and overreaching proposal on the ballot. Don’t tell me tear-jerking stories and show me photos of people with crippling diseases; tell me what the proposal actually contains. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t contain tear-jerking stories and photos of people with crippling diseases.

I have to say, though, that I think the opposing ads are sort of ridiculous and, for the most part, pretty poorly thought out. Instead of pointing out all the sordid details of the proposal, they’ve made a lot of big scary ads with big scary claims. There’s probably a lot about the proposal that could be used effectively in advertising — like the fact that it’ll amend the state constitution, and that’s hard to reverse once you do it, so you’d better be absolutely sure you like everything in the proposal — but they’ve gone the big scary route.

]]> By: js http://www.someblogsite.com/archives/135/comment-page-1#comment-408 js Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:00:50 +0000 http://www.someblogsite.com/archives/135#comment-408 I understand your position. Which is unlike the stuff on the Michigan ballot, which I had no idea what it was saying or trying to say. It may have been for or against using stem cells from embryos. Or it could have raising taxes on embryos. I have no idea. I understand your position. Which is unlike the stuff on the Michigan ballot, which I had no idea what it was saying or trying to say. It may have been for or against using stem cells from embryos. Or it could have raising taxes on embryos. I have no idea.

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