Geico, has a commercial that shows a father supposedly eating sushi. It appears from the voice over that "in order to save money", they have stolen and cooked their daughter's gold fish. They then lie about it to the daughter by feigning ignorance of what happened to the fish. So, now Geico is advocating breaking at least 2 of the 10 commandments just to sell their product??
What kind of example is this for children? I can hear it now: "but mom, I saw the guy on TV eat the girl's fish and then lie about it, so why are you making such a big fuss about this?"
Theft (stealing) is never the right thing to do! Lying to cover up the theft is even worse. I am not going to argue here about the right or the wrong in the case of the loaf of bread Jean Valjon stole in Les Miserable, but I am standing up against a multi-national company promoting actions forbidden by Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and many other religions. The fact that they were willing to pay to have this commercial produced and shown on TV makes me wonder how many other of the 10 commandments they are willing to break.
What kind of example is this for children? I can hear it now: "but mom, I saw the guy on TV eat the girl's fish and then lie about it, so why are you making such a big fuss about this?"
Theft (stealing) is never the right thing to do! Lying to cover up the theft is even worse. I am not going to argue here about the right or the wrong in the case of the loaf of bread Jean Valjon stole in Les Miserable, but I am standing up against a multi-national company promoting actions forbidden by Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and many other religions. The fact that they were willing to pay to have this commercial produced and shown on TV makes me wonder how many other of the 10 commandments they are willing to break.
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