There is this PSA advertisement I keep hearing on the radio which bugs me just a tad.\u00c2\u00a0 It takes a firm stand against that oh-so-controversial of issues, Bullying — more to the point “Cyber-bullying”.<\/p>\n
I will assume the two girls are about 13 years of age.\u00c2\u00a0 I will call them Suzy and Sarah, because I don’t remember their name.\u00c2\u00a0 So Sarah’s mom says, “Oh hi Suzy.\u00c2\u00a0 The kids are in the kitchen making sandwiches.”<\/p>\n
Cut to kitchen.\u00c2\u00a0 Where Suzy unleashes a torrent of insults at Sarah.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a familiarity to it all, even if I can’t say many of them were directed at me.\u00c2\u00a0 (Boys differ from girls in their bullying.)<\/p>\n
The announcer comes on.\u00c2\u00a0 “You wouldn’t say this in person.\u00c2\u00a0 So why say it online?\u00c2\u00a0 Delete Cyber-bullying.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t send; don’t forward; don’t respond.”\u00c2\u00a0 — AND let ‘er rip, another message from the “Ad Council”, I never too sure if this really reaches it’s targeted audience.\u00c2\u00a0 (There are a slew of them designed for that rough age group — something about baaing sheep and remaining “above the influence”–, and I’m largely roaming the am dial and hearing them there.\u00c2\u00a0 AM dial.\u00c2\u00a0 AM dial.\u00c2\u00a0 Tween early teenagers.\u00c2\u00a0 Bit of a Disconnect.)<\/p>\n
The problem with this public service announcement ad… Yes, yes a thirteen year old girl might say that all in person.\u00c2\u00a0 Or, kids can be so mean.\u00c2\u00a0 Thus we have… a disconnect, and until that disconnect is solved, a message that misses its intended mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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