Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
Boycott the Advertisers
Anonymous:
Overstock.com
Dominos
NeoSporin
Hyunday
Pepsico (Diet Pepsi)
Verizon/Motorola
All My Children (ABC Daytime)
Ziplock (S.C. Johnson)
Cingular
Primetime (TV edutainment)
Invasion (movie)
GMC Trucks
Olive Garden
Sharper Image (Ionic Breeze)
Chili's
Hooking Up (TV show)
Commander In Chief (movie)
War of the Worlds (movie)
Ford trucks
The Island (movie)
Red Lobster
T.Movile
DiscoverOhio.com
Infinity (autos)
Glade Wisp (S.C. Johnson)
Must Love Dogs (movie)
Allstate Insurance
Dollar Store
Visa Check Card
J.C. Penny
Starburst
Suzuki
Lowes (w/ Olympic paint)
FreeCreditReport.com
Fresh Brush (S.C. Johnson)
Venus razors
K-Mart
Botox
Uno (card game, Matel)
Arid Extra Dry
Mylynax
Hummer
Coke
Priceline w/ American Express
ONDCP (not surprising)
Anonymous:
Dear Stormy Simon,
Thank you for your reply, although I think you might be joking, because it sounds like something from a George Orwell novel: I write to you about child abuse, and you write back about getting "7,000,000 impressions". Brat Camp is child abuse. Please tell ABC that you are disgusted that your company is connected in any way with child abuse, and that they must pull Overstock ads from Brat Camp air time.
If Overstock is willing to participate in child abuse, I am willing to paste flyers all over the campus of the university I attend calling a boycott on your company.
This is a serious matter requiring serious attention.
Sincerely,
[name deleted]
Dear [name deleted],
>
> Thank you for taking the time to write us and express your concerns.
> Respectfully, I feel I should explain the way television ads are
> purchased from networks. Ad time can be purchased based on the number
> of impressions. Say we buy 10,000,000 impressions during primetime.
> (Although some would buy specific programming, it is more economical
> to buy based on impressions.) We then allow ABC (in this case) to run
> our ad during primetime until we achieve the 10,000,000 impressions.
>
> I sincerely hope that you won't boycott Overstock because you didn't
> like the program Brat Camp. We weren't endorsing the show, just
> merely getting the 7,000,000 impressions from the adults that watched
> it.
>
> Again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>
> Stormy Simon
> Sr. VP of Brand Management
> stormy@overstock.com
>
>
> To whom it may concern:
>
> Overstock is advertising on ABC during the cruel show "Brat Camp".
> Teenagers'
> personal lives are put on national television, and they are subjected
> to
> inhumane treatment including inadequate nutrition, verbal abuse, and
> damaging
> coercive psychological techniques designed to break their minds and
> spirits.
> Abusing children is unacceptable -- abusing them on national
> television for
> entertainment is very sick indeed. Please reconsider your commercial
> involvement in this show. Until such time as you inform me that your
> advertisements and money have been pulled from "Brat Camp", I will be
> emailing
> everyone I know and asking them to boycott your company and to spread
> the word
> about the boycott.
>
> Sincerely,
> [name deleted]
>
>
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-07-22 09:19:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Dear Stormy Simon,
Thank you for your reply, although I think you might be joking, because it sounds like something from a George Orwell novel: I write to you about child abuse, and you write back about getting "7,000,000 impressions". Brat Camp is child abuse. Please tell ABC that you are disgusted that your company is connected in any way with child abuse, and that they must pull Overstock ads from Brat Camp air time.
If Overstock is willing to participate in child abuse, I am willing to paste flyers all over the campus of the university I attend calling a boycott on your company.
This is a serious matter requiring serious attention.
Sincerely,
[name deleted]
Dear [name deleted],
>
> Thank you for taking the time to write us and express your concerns.
> Respectfully, I feel I should explain the way television ads are
> purchased from networks. Ad time can be purchased based on the number
> of impressions. Say we buy 10,000,000 impressions during primetime.
> (Although some would buy specific programming, it is more economical
> to buy based on impressions.) We then allow ABC (in this case) to run
> our ad during primetime until we achieve the 10,000,000 impressions.
>
> I sincerely hope that you won't boycott Overstock because you didn't
> like the program Brat Camp. We weren't endorsing the show, just
> merely getting the 7,000,000 impressions from the adults that watched
> it.
>
> Again, thank you for taking the time to write.
>
> Stormy Simon
> Sr. VP of Brand Management
> stormy@overstock.com
>
>
> To whom it may concern:
>
> Overstock is advertising on ABC during the cruel show "Brat Camp".
> Teenagers'
> personal lives are put on national television, and they are subjected
> to
> inhumane treatment including inadequate nutrition, verbal abuse, and
> damaging
> coercive psychological techniques designed to break their minds and
> spirits.
> Abusing children is unacceptable -- abusing them on national
> television for
> entertainment is very sick indeed. Please reconsider your commercial
> involvement in this show. Until such time as you inform me that your
> advertisements and money have been pulled from "Brat Camp", I will be
> emailing
> everyone I know and asking them to boycott your company and to spread
> the word
> about the boycott.
>
> Sincerely,
> [name deleted]
>
>
"
--- End quote ---
Excellent!
Hats off to you anon, for writing a dynamite letter and taking the time to follow up with a compelling argument as to why OverStock should pull their ad.
::bigsmilebounce:: ::birthday:: ::cheers:: :nworthy:
Anonymous:
I agree this is excellent! It goes to show that we as consumers have the right to choose what we buy and what we support. I can certainly live without the things mentioned in the list, as there are other brands, restaurants, and businesses to choose from in our market today. It's the advertisers that pay for network television, and it's the consumer that pays the advertiser.
I think it's interesting, you can sorta tell the target-audience by what products are advertised during Brat Camp. Trucks and Hummers, soda, cell phones, movies, chain resturants, starbucks department stores, and botox ha! the list goes on, it seems pretty much aimed at wannabe-tough yuppy parents, who have very little time for their own kids and lots of time for the kids on tv. =(
Anonymous:
Date:
Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:47:06 -0400
From:
[name deleted]
To:
netaudr@abc.com
Subject:
Brat Camp
Your show Brat Camp is exploiting children and promoting "boot camps" to troubled parents. I was in a "boot camp" when I was seventeen. It was very damaging. I have lost all respect for ABC. We are calling in a boycott of your advertisers. You are promoting a Babylon system. Congratulations on assisting the fall of Rome. There is truly no civil society left when children having a hard time are called "brats". You make me ill.
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