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Why is it that when someone tries to "cash in on death" in a negative or satirical way they are evil, but when they do it in a "good" way, say by creating "supp
by tdavis 18y ago
Why is it that when someone tries to "cash in on death" in a negative or satirical way they are evil, but when they do it in a "good" way, say by creating "support our troops" magnets, nobody cares? They seem equivalent to me.
- dandelany 18y agoWhile they're equivalent from a monetary perspective, the line between good taste and poor taste is gray and blurry. There's a big difference between a website that informs and makes money from ad revenue, and one that hocks crappy merch which makes light of a serious situation, especially to those affected. It's a bit hard to see the distinction as it relates to this swine flu nonsense, since it's already an enormous, alarmist media circus. But imagine you bought a shirt in '91 that said "I survived the AIDS epidemic by wrapping my willy!" Would you wear it today? And how would you feel about where your money went?