Flathead Beacon | Anti-Meth Group Pulls Ad Amid Complaints it Was Too Explicit

Comments on: Anti-Meth Group Pulls Ad Amid Complaints it Was Too Explicit

By j davis on 04-30-08

The vermin of the ‘religious’ right should get a life and stay out of other peoples business. If they’re offended by an ad how do they reproduce. The ad never should have been pulled. These people are always whining about something, its what they’re best at!

By kay on 04-30-08

Too explicit? Well it’s the truth, sometimes the truth hurts.

By JB on 04-30-08

These type of ads are helping to win the fight in the war against meth use by teenagers. Just because one particular ad is offensive to some adults doesn’t mean it should be pulled!! These people have no idea what it takes for action to reduce drug use among our teens. Just because they live in a “perfect world” doesn’t mean they should have the right to dictate what is explicit and what is not!! These are the kind of people that depend on government to shield their children from what they consider “explicit” and don’t take responsibility themselves to watch over thier children.

By Mark on 04-30-08

I am a church goer and must be a member of the “religious right,” but this doesn’t offend me. It may offend some, but I believe that death is way more explicit than a billboard depicting just one of the ways this garbage destroys a person’s life.

By Steve on 05-13-08

It is not up to the state or anyone else to decide when my child needs to be exposed to the image of teenage girl being raped. It is our responsibilities as parents to choose when to talk with our children about drugs or any subject similar to this. Yes, some parents are not responsible enough to ever talk with their children but the answer to this should not be to expose MY children to a message they are too young to be processing.

This ad needed to be pulled as it went too far in regards to public display. I can regulate tv or radio that my child listens to but should not have to regulate where she looks when I drive down the road or through town! Thank you to the Meth Project for listening to the concerned people of Montana.

By JB on 05-13-08

Protecting your children from reality...yep, that makes a whole lot of sense… Go ahead and use that defense again when you are picking YOUR children up from a meth detox facility. There are much worse things that can happen to your children than looking at a graphic billboard...its meant to protect them.

By Steve on 05-14-08

A picture of a teen getting raped… meant to “protect” my child… your sense of common decency and family values is beyond words.

By JB on 05-14-08

Do you think the kind of people that push drugs have a sense of “common decency” and “family values”? No, they don’t live in your perfect world!!! You would turn a blind eye to the reality of drug abuse to protect your children from it??? Your sense of reality and awareness is beyond words.

By Steve on 05-14-08

So nothing is beyond the viewing of your children if it gets a good message across to them? NOTHING??? And don’t assume you know what kind of world I live in. The world I live in daily is dealing with drugs and the people who abuse them and the people who deal them.