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Interesting mindset back then, as the Great Depression was receding and the war heating up.
When my son was younger, the US Government was getting involved militarily in places like El Salvador in a way with which I did not agree. I declared a few times that if my son was drafted, I would personally drive him to Canada.
His mission call was to Canada.
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I wondered what reaction there would be to this, and hoped nobody would think this was in any way disrespectful to servicemen themselves.
Is it just me, or is there something callously manipulative in this kind of advertising?
This certainly plays on the fears of the just ending depression and the war already started in Europe, so yes, I would call this manipulative. But isn’t all advertising designed to get you to do something? So this may be a bit more blatant than some, but is certainly a reflection of the time.
Not sure how to translate those exclamation points, and I hope that my comment was not seen as disrespectful of the servicepeople. As a veteran myself, I have nothing but respect for those who serve, putting their love for fellow countrypeople above their own safety.
But one key way that the era evoked in this ad was different from current conflicts is that back then, nearly every family sacrificed and there was a clear attack on America. That is why the ad has such widespread appeal.
In more recent years, the necessity of war has been less justified, particularly when compared to the Book of Mormon criteria for war.
And these military actions are more possible today due to the fact that only a few families are affected, bearing a huge burden as their family members are being deployed over and over again, against the recommendations of mental health experts and any human decency.
I’m trying to figure out how Church membership would respond to a similalry blatantly manipulative ad with the current Church president’s name on the bottom.
Insurance sales were HJG’s career, so maybe an apt comparison is a Deseret Book ad with Pres. Monson’s name at the bottom. Ugh. So glad the GA’s have moved away from this trend. I guess this one’s an improvement over the chicken and watermelon insurance ad you posted a year or so back. Double ugh!