Posted by
Playful Walrus on Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:56:23 PM
I'm glad my wife and I aren't the only ones who
noticed the irresponsibility of the "Life takes..." Visa credit card ads.
Out of all of the images/scenarios they could use for "Life Takes Spontaneity," they use a WEDDING. Yes, a bunch of professional people sat around in a series of meetings and decided it was a good idea to promote spontaneity in lifelong decisions with significant financial, social, physical, and spiritual consequences. Way to go, Visa!
We have other credit card options, and my wife and I are choosing to avoid Visa.
I can see how spontaneous weddings could be good for Visa... the people getting married running up credit card debt that will take them years to pay off, the wedding presents being bought using Visa... the bride and groom running up more credit card debt when they go through a divorce... I can see why this benefits Visa.
However, it is a blatant attack on one of the most important institutions in human history, and I'm so very tired of attacks on marriage in the media. If you don't want to take your marriages seriously, so be it, but some of us do, and we don't need to support those who devalue something so precious to us. Remember... the next time the people of Hollywood or Madison Avenue tell you that you are a bigot for thinking marriage is something requiring both sexes, keep in mind that these are the people who promote these kinds of messages about marriage and quite publicly lead lives of rushing to divorce, infidelity, and fornication, making it clear that they do not take marriage seriously.
We get along just fine without Visa, thank you.