Super Bowl Ad

teriwtt
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:05:50 +0000

I think that there are a lot of people in this world who place far too much importance on fame.



I think that’s the point I was trying to make, something I’ve been guilty of myself… but something I will no longer make the mistake of doing anymore. And I guess it’s more acceptable for some famous athlete to draw attention to himself trying to sell cereal, than it is for someone to espouse certain moral values when the reputation of professional athletes lately has taken such a hit. I’m not even convinced this is anything new (meaning I don’t buy into the belief that our morals are so much more worse than they were back in the good 'ole days); I just think with the advent of new technologies that make catching these people easier, we hear about it more. My own family was ready to canonize Brett Favre until he got too big for his britches.

I promise you, I’ve made my share of mistakes in the past that rank right up there with the best of them, but it’s been many decades ago. So I understand that people are human. But children have a hard time facing the reality that their own parents are not perfect; and when they are forced to see that, it sort of temporarily upends their world. I think they have an even harder time accepting that these mega stars have their limitations, too, and therefore give more credence to their message than if it came from an ordinary citizen (which is what Focus on the Family is banking on, because if they weren’t, they wouldn’t have needed to use star power to get their message across).