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Old 12-20-2008, 06:58 AM   #10 (permalink)
Parthon
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Forgiveness.

I laughed at the commercial for two reasons:
1) It was a dramatisation of the reality of many relationships between men and women in our culture. People seriously live like that. It's not about loving one another, but doing everything a person can to not upset anyone else. That's absurd! That's not living, and it's definately not love. That's playing it safe and surviving. Boring! Having it put into a visual situation is a hilarious, but true, parody.

2) The whole ad itself is advertising jewelery, which is just perpetuating the stereotypes. The whole media is filled with images like this, and this is just another one of those. The entire absurd ad is perpetuated by the ad itself.

Funny thing is though, the main thing missing is forgiveness. If people didn't get upset, then they'd be able to do something about it. If people didn't get annoyed at each other so easily, there'd be more room for honest communication. With more communication, the guy would probably have bought a better present.

Someone brought up the holocaust, I mean come on, a bit serious? A bit heavy there? Perhaps if we forgave everyone involved, the victims could finally move on, and we could finally give up the tragedy. It's been 60 long years. It's about time we moved on.

Oh, and laugh at life, all of it, even if you shouldn't, especially if you shouldn't. If you don't laugh, noone will laugh for you.
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