Posted on 09/26/2014 9:06:00 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
As if it isn't bad enough that mass media presents lust as a virtue ... apparently "Thou shalt covet" is part of Cadillac's current marketing, as seen on page 7 of the linked brochure and a billboard north of downtown Chicago.
Your thoughts?
I predict a rash of car keying.
Obama people at GM doing anti-capitalist marketing?
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s (direct object).”
It’s not really the sin of covetousness unless you want someone else’s Cadillac, as opposed to buying your own.
Why not? We obviously tossed the rest of the Commandments out the window long ago.
Yes. I read this here on FR awhile ago.
The reason for the success of the Welfare State is that it legitimizes covetousness.
It’s terrible.
Advertising is all about creating the covet. This ad is just explicit about it.
Maybe if it’s a CTS-V, but not the base model.
And then there is the Tenth Commandment. 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.' The Ten Commandments are God's basic rules about how we should live — a brief list of sacred obligations and solemn moral precepts. The first nine Commandments concern theological principles and social law. But then, right at the end, is 'Don't envy your buddy's cow.' How did that make the top ten? What's it doing there? Why would God, with just ten things to tell Moses, choose as one of those things jealousy about the starter mansion with in-ground pool next door? Yet think how important the Tenth Commandment is to a community, to a nation, indeed to a presidential election. If you want a mule, if you want a pot roast, if you want a cleaning lady, don't be a jerk and whine about what the people across the street have — go get your own. The Tenth Commandment sends a message to all the jerks who want redistribution of wealth, higher taxes, more government programs, more government regulation, more government, less free enterprise, and less freedom. And the message is clear and concise: Go to hell.
I just wonder how long until ads are like the ones in Idiocracy, “If You Don’t Smoke Tarryltons....F You!”
Carl’s Jr - F#%# You, I’m eating!
Well, it’s the whole basis of democrap/socialist/communist platform. But I repeat myself.
Without greed and division there wouldn’t be a democrap party.
You’re right. Coveting is very misunderstood. For example, to see my friend have a good, supportive wife and think “He’s lucky, I’d like a wife like her,” isn’t coveting. Indeed it may be good judgment.
It’s only when one thinks “I want my friend’s good, supportive wife” does it become covetous (the desire for the specific object or person). And I think it’s easy to see why - that kind of thinking leads to even more sin, invariably.
Everything the left believes in is the polar opposite of the Big Ten.
Idiocracy?
Most “redistributionist” policy is not about taking from those that have to give to those who don’t -
it’s just about making sure that those that have no longer have.
Definition of covet (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/covet) -
1) to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others (example: to covet another’s property)
2) to wish for, especially eagerly (example: he won the prize they all coveted)
Clearly from the brochure you link to, the ad is referring to definition number two. Isn’t that what businesses are supposed to do? To create a strong desire for their product? The brochure is nothing more than an example of classic advertising, a staple of capitalism and free enterprise.
No, the use of the phrasing "thou shalt" clearly refers to the Tenth Commandment and the coveting prohibited therein.
When I'm teaching about the Commandments, I use "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife" to illuminate the remainder. That is, "your neighbor's wife" is obviously a specific person for whom your neighbor has a specific claim. In the same way, "your neighbor's lawn tractor" is just that, not a similar lawn tractor that you could buy for yourself at Home Depot.
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