Above the Influence..............
Monday, August 18, 2008
I've realized as of recent that the hypocracy in this world is mind-boggling. Absolutely and utterly crazy.
My example this time is "public service" announcments, and the organizations that fund them.
Commercial organizations produce and air commercials against different things all the time, but I'm going to bitch about two of choice. The two I'm choosing to bitch about Above the Influence and TRUTH. The reason this annoys me so much is that these companies seem to pick and favor their choice of poisons. I believe that to preech against one, you should do so with all. No company make commercials against alcohol, which is the number one cause of death in the US.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 21,634 people died in 2005 from alcohol. This, however, DOES NOT take into account the primary cause of alcohol-related mortality, which is accidental death. That means that this number does not include car accidents, injuries, or any cause besides direct alchohol deaths. Because of such an odd statistic (not including a primary factor), people tend to forget the danger involved. This statistic also does not include indirect alcohol health issues. In other words, if your liver fails as a result of alcohol, and you die from a resulting infection, then the death is not considered alcohol related, but is considered a result of an infection. Howver, a good question would be if the person didn't drink so much, would they have survived?
My biggest issue with this is the amount of ignorance involved. Less than a year ago, I was in an English class where a kid wrote a paper on the dangers of smoking and how it should be illegal. He also talked about how he applauded Wegmans on refusing to sell tobacco anymore. I asked him "How can they deny tobacco, yet stock an entire backroom full of alcohol?" and he said "Alcohol isn't as dangerous. You can drink responsibly, but you can't smoke responsibly." I replied "I'm not worried about the responsible drinkers. The irresponsible ones make up for the responsible ones. If a person smokes, and gets cancer, they die and deserve it. If a person drinks and gets in a car accident, an entire family may die who were entirely innocent."
I then asked him "Do you drink?" to which he said yes. I then asked him if he smoked, he said no. I then alerted him that his oppinion is therefor biased and can not be taken seriousely.
THIS is my biggest issue. I can almost guarentee you that these people that make "Above the Influence" commercials or "TRUTH" commercials celebrate by getting drunk. THAT is hypocracy.
In all honesty, I think if I were to choose what to legalize, it would be Pot. The reason I say this is because my friend put it to me very honestly. She said "When I drink, I want to go get a pizza. When I smoke, I want to order a pizza. I'm not getting up and going out."
I don't think any of it should be legal in all honesty. I think that as a result of our culture and upbringing, we are incredibly irresponsible chemical users. All I ask is for equality and honesty. I ask for people to step out of their own bias and examine things from a distance.
I've seen too many people hurt as a result of alcohol, yet SOMEHOW when we go to a funeral of someone who dies in an alcohol-related accident, we toast them. Hypocracy is abundant, and it angers and saddens me. Our generation is the problem. Our generation has lost respect and responsibilty. We've lost our souls and we've lost our minds. It's our job and our job alone to gain them back.
Please do..............
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