/2011/11/16/smile-train/
{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/16\/smile-train\/","trash":"","name":"smile-train","parent":"","title":"Message to those that show Smile Train Advertisements","date":"2011-11-16 11:48:11","filepath":"posts\/2000781_smile-train.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nsfl.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-782\" title=\"nsfl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nsfl.png\" alt=\"nsfl text image\" width=\"117\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nsfl.png\"><\/a>Here is a message sent to websites and magazines that display <strong>Smile Train Advertisements<\/strong>.\n<blockquote>The advertising content displayed on your website is offensive and should be removed. \u00a0The Smile Train image of a deformed child is not proper advertising material and is grotesque.\n\nWhat is the difference between Smile Train and ads with kids that suffer from Progeria, Cyclopia, or Anencephaly? \u00a0There is none. \u00a0The the ads are simply inappropriate.\n\nAdvertising should targeting the general population (as in rated G). \u00a0The smile train ads are extremely disturbing and amount to emotional blackmail.\n\nIn addition, Smile Train itself appears to spend more on advertising than on actually fixing the deformities. \u00a0Someone is benefiting from it, but it sure isn't the children or the people looking at the ads.\n\nI reiterate: Please remove the Smile Train advertisements from your website.\n\nThank you.<\/blockquote>\nYou can see ads of children with cleft palates in newspapers and magazines like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/\">SF Examiner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/discovermagazine.com\/\">Discover Magazine<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/\">Smithsonian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/\">National Geographic<\/a>, and many more...\n\nSomeone should look into Smile Train and follow the money."}}
