I'll try to keep this brief, simply because this subject does not make much sense to me.
My niece turned 13 this past weekend, and my sister asked that I escort her to a Jonas Brothers concert that took place last weekend at Madison Square Garden. My niece is absolutely infatuated with these three boys and she loves their music. The two of us had a good time at the concert...but there was one thing that really bothered me about it...
The youngest Jonas brother, Nick, is 15 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2 years ago. He played a song at the concert that he wrote after learning about his condition, and the title of the song, A Little Bit Longer, is also the title of their new album.
Throughout the concert, they showed videos of he and his brothers volunteering at children's hospitals to help out other young people who suffer from diabetes as well. There were also video clips of him checking his insulin levels, and describing the shifts in his diet he was required to make.
All of that was fine....very touching. But then I looked down at my neck where my free Jonas Brothers key chain was hanging and saw this:
And when I looked up from my chain, there were Burger King ads galore on the two 50ft television screens above the stage. UNBELIEVABLE. The ads were running during the whole hour and a half that we were waiting for their band to come on.
Of coarse, my niece couldn't have cared less (and I didn't want to ruin her time), but that right there was a valuable lesson in ethics.
I don't know how much control the Jonas Brothers have over who sponsors what, but to allow something like that just seemed unfitting and unacceptable.
Weigh-in on it. What do you think?
Raw. Love.
-Nat
My niece turned 13 this past weekend, and my sister asked that I escort her to a Jonas Brothers concert that took place last weekend at Madison Square Garden. My niece is absolutely infatuated with these three boys and she loves their music. The two of us had a good time at the concert...but there was one thing that really bothered me about it...
The youngest Jonas brother, Nick, is 15 years old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2 years ago. He played a song at the concert that he wrote after learning about his condition, and the title of the song, A Little Bit Longer, is also the title of their new album.
Throughout the concert, they showed videos of he and his brothers volunteering at children's hospitals to help out other young people who suffer from diabetes as well. There were also video clips of him checking his insulin levels, and describing the shifts in his diet he was required to make.
All of that was fine....very touching. But then I looked down at my neck where my free Jonas Brothers key chain was hanging and saw this:
And when I looked up from my chain, there were Burger King ads galore on the two 50ft television screens above the stage. UNBELIEVABLE. The ads were running during the whole hour and a half that we were waiting for their band to come on.
Of coarse, my niece couldn't have cared less (and I didn't want to ruin her time), but that right there was a valuable lesson in ethics.
I don't know how much control the Jonas Brothers have over who sponsors what, but to allow something like that just seemed unfitting and unacceptable.
Weigh-in on it. What do you think?
Raw. Love.
-Nat
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