Super Bowl

I wasn’t planning on watching the Super Bowl this year.  I usually do, but I was going to skip it this time.  I’m not a big football fan.  I like to see a hard fought game once in a while, but I’m not enough of a fan to know whether or not this year’s match up will be like that.  In past years I have tuned in as much for the commercials as the game itself.  This year I figured I would watch something else and catch the commercials later.

Then I saw this today.  Now I want to see the Super Bowl just to see this one ad.  CBS if you are reading this also let your advertisers know that I’ll be watching their ads too.  Since I’m closer to the commercials target audience than the three women from NOW who would have otherwise watched the Super Bowl I should be able to make up for their boycott by myself. 

Also, while I have your attention, I’m curious about what motivated you and the other networks to establish policies that “rule out the broadcast of certain types of contentious advocacy ads”.  I don’t see what you get out of the policy.  I can certainly understand making sure that your content doesn’t get you in trouble with the FCC, but that’s not what this policy seems to be about.  It seems to me that you are limiting your advertiser base for no reason with this policy. 

Just to clear things up about women’s rights.  I’m all for women’s rights as long as women do not claim the right to kill their children.  If abortion could be done without killing a child in the process I would be for it.  This may actually be possible at some point in the future.  I have seen news that they have been able to transplant a uterus.  If they could find a way to do this safely while the baby grows inside they could end the abortion debate and help countless infertile women at the same time.  

As it is it seems like organizations like NOW tend to miss the fact that every human life has unlimited potential.  This is shortsighted and silly.  In the long term the unplanned pregnancies of today may turn into the Einstiens, Hawkings, or Mother Teresas of tomorrow, but even if they don’t they deserve a chance.