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Michael Hill Super Bowl XLIX 2015 Commercial | What Would You Do For Love? (Original Post) William769 Feb 2015 OP
cool . chopper050 Feb 2015 #1
Beautiful! lark Feb 2015 #2
Incredible message newthinking Feb 2015 #3
Made me tear up too............. lovely PumpkinAle Feb 2015 #4
"It doesn't matter who you love, or how you love, but that you love." Rod McKuen classof56 Feb 2015 #5
We're for Love. sheshe2 Feb 2015 #6
Bawling. a la izquierda Feb 2015 #7
The man with the long white hair and striking eyes montana_hazeleyes Feb 2015 #8
Blocked Out in Dallas Ft Worth Metro 0nirevets Feb 2015 #9
REALLY? Wow, that station franchise holder had some nerve! MADem Feb 2015 #12
Kind of amazing what local stations get away with 0nirevets Feb 2015 #17
These are so very good. LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #10
I've never heard of Michael Hill Jewelers before this commercial MrScorpio Feb 2015 #11
Bad, Bad, Bad commercial QuestionAlways Feb 2015 #13
Apparently you do not understand. William769 Feb 2015 #14
No, I do not understand. Please help me to do so QuestionAlways Feb 2015 #15
Well, You Know, Maybe You've Never Been In Love 0nirevets Feb 2015 #16
Love does not excuse anti-social behavior QuestionAlways Feb 2015 #18
Actually love explains and justifies a lot of so-called "anti-social" human behavior. 0nirevets Feb 2015 #19
I did it for love is just an excuse QuestionAlways Feb 2015 #20

newthinking

(3,982 posts)
3. Incredible message
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 04:12 PM
Feb 2015

That is so well done I seems like it could reach out to even stubborn minds.

You hardly notice it is a commercial.

I would donate to see it changed just a bit to remove the commercial aspect and run as a campaign.

classof56

(5,376 posts)
5. "It doesn't matter who you love, or how you love, but that you love." Rod McKuen
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 05:19 PM
Feb 2015

It's difficult to explain how much Rod's words and music meant to me during a lonely and difficult time in my life, so many years ago. I've been watching his videos the last couple of days, feeling my heart crack a little each time, accompanied by some pretty major tears finding their way down my face. Thank you, Rod, for your healing messages, and thanks, William769 for posting these videos. They brought tears, too--as you say, tears of joy and hope.

Blessings and peace.



0nirevets

(391 posts)
9. Blocked Out in Dallas Ft Worth Metro
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 10:49 AM
Feb 2015

Beautiful. Sadly here in DFW we were treated to local car dealer ads instead. I knew local NBC stations were up to something when they kept putting on local commercials during the Superbowl. They've never done that before. You see, Christians, especially the Texan bigot variety of Christians, see love and passion as an evil, carnal thing, something to fear and keep secret. Pathetic.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
12. REALLY? Wow, that station franchise holder had some nerve!
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 01:33 PM
Feb 2015

I wonder if there will be consequences? After all, TX is in transition--they could find themselves in hot water with the network if some broadcaster with deep pockets and sane ideas decides he or she wants the market....!

0nirevets

(391 posts)
17. Kind of amazing what local stations get away with
Tue Feb 3, 2015, 11:35 AM
Feb 2015

If I'd spent Superbowl bucks on a commercial, you know like $4 million per 30-second spot, and then I found out some redneck car dealer in DFW got the plug instead from the local affiliate, I'd be screaming bloody murder. But that's just me.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
11. I've never heard of Michael Hill Jewelers before this commercial
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 12:55 PM
Feb 2015

It's remarkable that their campaign is so much richer and better than any other other than I've ever seen.

Bravo.

 

QuestionAlways

(259 posts)
13. Bad, Bad, Bad commercial
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 11:10 PM
Feb 2015

What Would You Do For Love? Die, Cheat. Fight, Lie. These are good things, these are OK? I think not. And what does Turn mean, like a person has a choice? People are who they are, they have no choice, they are born the way they are.

0nirevets

(391 posts)
16. Well, You Know, Maybe You've Never Been In Love
Tue Feb 3, 2015, 11:16 AM
Feb 2015

Love is life and death stuff, you put it all on the line. Imagine being in love with someone, then having an entire society taking a stand against you just because you want to express your love for your partner or want to get married. Imagine having your car vandalized because you are a man who loves another man, or a woman who loves another woman, and living with the threat of violence just for being who you are. Imagine being brutalized as a child by schoolmates because you seem "different", or being stigmatized as a "homo". Those kinds of acts are also choices people make. In fact they are real circumstances that have happened, and do happen, but if it were happening to you could you then "choose" to love someone else? Yes people are who they are. Violence, prejudice, hate, now those things are choices as well, as are tolerance, love, acceptance. What do you choose?

 

QuestionAlways

(259 posts)
18. Love does not excuse anti-social behavior
Tue Feb 3, 2015, 11:24 PM
Feb 2015

like Cheating. Fighting, Lying. We should not glorify such behavior as this commercial does.

0nirevets

(391 posts)
19. Actually love explains and justifies a lot of so-called "anti-social" human behavior.
Wed Feb 4, 2015, 11:39 AM
Feb 2015

Maybe just read a good book about love. I recommend Plato's Symposium for starters. The ancient Greeks had a lot of very beautiful, and very tragic love stories. Ever heard of Oedipus the King, who gouged out his own eyes? Just a suggestion, but maybe you'd feel better if you quit judging people. Ever lied to your wife, girlfriend, gay/lesbian lover? Ever lied to your child? It's okay, love is like that. We all do it. Even you. In fact if you tell me you have never lied for love, I'd say you're lying. But no worries, it just makes you human. I'm guessing you're a Christian, yes? What about "love" of your Christian god? People use that mythological name to justify all sorts of "anti-social" behavior. Is that okay with you?

 

QuestionAlways

(259 posts)
20. I did it for love is just an excuse
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 09:39 PM
Feb 2015

I do not judge people and I am not a so called Christian. I have never lied for love because you are not being real with the person you are lying to, and that is not love. Love stories are nice, but they just prove romantic love is just a type of insanity,

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