inPrivate (the real you comes through)
Jul/18/2009 14:23
Jared over at Gospel Driven Church alerted me to a Microsoft ad that was pushed out but pulled so fast I didn’t have a chance to see it. During the advertising campaign for their new Internet Explorer 8 internet browser they let one ad slip that tarnished the rest of the ad campaign as well as the company image. The ad is below and it is extremely offensive, watch it at your own risk:
Microsoft has since pulled
the ad but they got what they wanted from it, buzz. However, the fact that this ad was made in the first place, that someone thought it was funny, cute, novel, or helpful in any way demonstrates yet again how right Jesus was when he spoke about the human heart. Jesus said in Matthew 5:28:
To Jesus the problem wasn’t just the lustful look (behavior) but the heart behind it (character). The fact that Microsoft (or any other company) thinks it funny to laugh about degrading women, or husbands abusing their wives through viewing horrific material online demonstrates how sick this world really is. And the fact that they are highlighting inPrivate a feature who’s sole purpose (according to their ad) is to hide one’s internet tracks from their spouse is even worse. Mark Driscoll spoke to Christian men about this subject a few months ago:
If you’re a Christian man sinning in this area I understand but I won’t excuse you. It’s time to get help and let God heal you and the relationships you’re in. It’s time to put an end to the continual cycle. It’s time to let the “you” on the outside, match the “you” on the inside. It’s time to be a real man. Don’t let Microsoft define you with their warped, twisted, immature sense of reality. Let Jesus define you as the man God wants you to be. By the way, let me recommend an internet filter to help keep the trash out, Netnanny on the right under technology links and a different, more superior internet browser, Firefox.
Microsoft has since pulled
the ad but they got what they wanted from it, buzz. However, the fact that this ad was made in the first place, that someone thought it was funny, cute, novel, or helpful in any way demonstrates yet again how right Jesus was when he spoke about the human heart. Jesus said in Matthew 5:28:
“But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
To Jesus the problem wasn’t just the lustful look (behavior) but the heart behind it (character). The fact that Microsoft (or any other company) thinks it funny to laugh about degrading women, or husbands abusing their wives through viewing horrific material online demonstrates how sick this world really is. And the fact that they are highlighting inPrivate a feature who’s sole purpose (according to their ad) is to hide one’s internet tracks from their spouse is even worse. Mark Driscoll spoke to Christian men about this subject a few months ago:
If you’re a Christian man sinning in this area I understand but I won’t excuse you. It’s time to get help and let God heal you and the relationships you’re in. It’s time to put an end to the continual cycle. It’s time to let the “you” on the outside, match the “you” on the inside. It’s time to be a real man. Don’t let Microsoft define you with their warped, twisted, immature sense of reality. Let Jesus define you as the man God wants you to be. By the way, let me recommend an internet filter to help keep the trash out, Netnanny on the right under technology links and a different, more superior internet browser, Firefox.
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