'Branded' as in 'cattle'? Or as in 'marketing'?
"There are terrorists -- in your living room. They're in your iPod, they're in your computer, they're in every commercial break."
A new social advocacy campaign from Adbusters? No, it's the Battlecry!
So get Branded by God! Listen to the awesome and inspiring informational video, created with all the zeal and skill of the finest late night advertorial for plastic kitchen-ware.
They claim their religion and values are under attack but, amidst spectacular lightshows, Hummers, Navy Seals, and military imagery on stage, it is Battle Cry that has declared war on everyone else! Their leader, Ron Luce, insists: "This is war. And Jesus invites us to get into the action, telling us that the violent--the 'forceful' ones--will lay hold of the kingdom."
A glimpse at Battle Cry's Honor Academy, which trains 500 youth each year and preaches that homosexuality and masturbation are sins, reveals a lot about what kind of society they are fighting for. Interns are forbidden to listen to secular music, watch R-rated movies or date. Men can't use the internet unsupervised and the length of women's skirts is regulated.
via: http://sensiblyeclectic.com/news/index.php/mainsite/2006/05/12/meet_the_shock_troops_of_the_christian_y
A new social advocacy campaign from Adbusters? No, it's the Battlecry!
So get Branded by God! Listen to the awesome and inspiring informational video, created with all the zeal and skill of the finest late night advertorial for plastic kitchen-ware.
They claim their religion and values are under attack but, amidst spectacular lightshows, Hummers, Navy Seals, and military imagery on stage, it is Battle Cry that has declared war on everyone else! Their leader, Ron Luce, insists: "This is war. And Jesus invites us to get into the action, telling us that the violent--the 'forceful' ones--will lay hold of the kingdom."
A glimpse at Battle Cry's Honor Academy, which trains 500 youth each year and preaches that homosexuality and masturbation are sins, reveals a lot about what kind of society they are fighting for. Interns are forbidden to listen to secular music, watch R-rated movies or date. Men can't use the internet unsupervised and the length of women's skirts is regulated.
via: http://sensiblyeclectic.com/news/index.php/mainsite/2006/05/12/meet_the_shock_troops_of_the_christian_y