Brainwash Rant (Consideration of freedom of speech in advertising)

I am glad that you media lemmings are above the influence of marketers that produce these harmless images, copy or sound and they have never influenced YOUR purchasing behavior or self perception. It’s good to look around this crumbling economy and superficial wasteland of overstretched credit limits and material gluttony and see that everyone is above the influence and sway of a multi-billion dollar marketing and advertising industry. Moreover, it’s brilliant that you are so resolved that your children are so well adjusted and grounded from the 18 hours a day that you spend with them teaching them that their peers, mentors, educational institutions and social constructs have got it all wrong and they should just feel good about what’s inside and live above the influence. They are completely responsible for their own media conscience despite these companies that utilize an army of Wharton graduates with million dollar salaries to devise weapons of communication to capitalize on every insecurity, mundane taboo and societal need. Our children can disseminate what’s real and what’s fantasy and call upon their own moral fortitude and sense of self respect to see this ad for what it really is, right? After all, despite the evil mortgage brokers, deceptive banks and crooked real estate agents we adults can tell if we can really afford a mortgage, right? It’s just an ad, right? You don’t HAVE to look at it. Everyone is responsible for themselves, right?