I'm not sure that attacking a Snapple ad is the way to go about it, logically, or morally...although this is just me of course, I don't want to dictate to everyone else, just make my opinion known about it. The thing is, that comedy in it's essence, is based upon that which is offensive. If you see a movie or ad of some one walking through a parking lot, helping an elderly woman with groceries, it won't hold your interest for long. Now add the element of the old lady being chased by an angry rottwieler, and instead of feeling rage for this poor old woman being portrayed in a dangerous or undignified way, it becomes humorous. Watch any funny movie or tv show, and I'm sure you could point out endless situations that would be offensive in real life, but which in the context of fantasy are hilarious. This is what comedy is---permission to laugh at the things that usually trouble us. Has anyone seen the producers? Here is the best example of something negative becoming comedy. In case you don't know the movie(or the recent show version), it deals with a spoof on musical comedies wherein two producers attempt to put on a show that everyone will hate, and decide on the title "Springtime for Hitler", only to find that everyone loves it(??!!). The film abounds with Nazi jokes, and from the point of view this thread takes, one would expect that every jewish person alive would dedicate their lives to obliterating the film from existence. Well, I can tell you that never happened(it's popularity has been enough to facilitate the demand for the current live version on broadway), and furthermore, the script was written by the jewish Mel Brooks, who said, "the best way to attack your greatest enemy is to laugh at it." My point with all of this? Once in awhile, maybe that is best, to allow that release through humor. Honestly, the odds of someone being influenced to revile greek life, or to take up hazing due to one snapple ad are the same that I or you or anyone would be influenced to drop pianos on rabbits after watching a bugs bunny cartoon. That said, you are as always free to continue your crusade if you don't agree. Personally, I have faith that the general public knows the difference between real and fake, and between snapple bottles and people. And if not, well, then I wouldn't really want them involved in my organization anyway.
