Does this offend you?

Posted August 15, 2007 at 6:42 pm by Jessica

One would think it’s not good practice to mix politics with business, but a New York storage facility likes to use their advertising as a venue to promote their personal politics:

In case you can’t read the photo, it says, “Your closet space is shrinking faster than her right to choose.” There’s one group that thinks it’s bullshit, and that’s the (surprise, surprise) Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. (There’s a Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights??)

The president of the organization says this:

“Why a storage company finds the need to advertise its support for abortion is a story all of its own, but when it seeks to depict the pro-life community—which is primarily Catholic and Protestant—as oppressive, then a line has been crossed.”

Personally, I think it’s really crass (hello, a coat hanger?) and cheapens the message it’s trying to convey. But I also think that if a business wants to wear their politics on their sleeve and face the consequences, they have the right to do it (I would feel the same way if this ad had a “pro-life” message).

Would this billboard inspire you to store your crap there, or would it make you never want to give them a dime of your hard earned money? Or does it not matter either way?

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Tags: abortion, billboard, Manhattan-Mini-Storage, News & Politics, Social Issues, The-Catholic-League-for-Religous-and-Civil-Rights

2 Responses to “Does this offend you?”

1. 1. Petulant Pixie said:
   August 16, 2007 @ 9:19 am

   No, it doesn’t offend me. I have no use for what they’re selling, so it wouldn’t influence my decision at all. I don’t tend to give my business especially TO places that obviously agree with my ideals, but I do tend to NOT give my business to places that obviously disagree with them. So, I wouldn’t necessarily choose a storage facility that supports the pro-choice side, but I would choose against a storage facility if it were equally as open about being so very pro-life, does that make sense? So, I guess what I’m saying is really businesses are better off being neutral, in my case, because what I don’t know is better.

2. 2. Jessica said:
   August 16, 2007 @ 9:23 am

   What really puzzles me about this, does anybody really believe their right to choose is going to be taken away? Other than political talking points, is there a real, present and valid danger of losing the right to choose?

   I think not.

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