Wal-Mart Smeared in Commercial for 100% Container Scanning

In at least 16 cities across the US, residents will begin to see ads against Wal-Mart...not anything new as Wal-Mart is a good target...but these ads are meant to inspire fear without letting the viewer know the whole story. Before I even get into the facts that the ad is leaving out, let me simply discuss the look of the ad. Two excellent motivators for people have always been Love and Fear. Both of those emotions will make people do the most insane things. This ad uses Fear as its theme. They show images of a nuclear explosion and then Osama bin laden and lead into how people fear that a nuclear bomb can be brought into the country through our ports. The place all three images right next to each other. I find it despicable when people use Fear and Terror as tools to convey their perceived "truth".

People will react without putting any thought into the words that are being conveyed in the ad. Much like several months ago with the whole Dubai Ports World incident where many US individuals were suddenly concerned that an Arab country would "own" a port in the US and that would comprise our security. People were spreading fear without any facts. DP World wouldn't own a Port Authority, they would just take over certain stevedoring operations at some ports in the US. Security would, as always, still be in the hands of the US Ports and Coast Guard. The deal was approved by the US Treasury until someone made a comment about a "foreign" entity owning ports and it all went down hill (mind you no one seems to have a problem with the UK being involved in Ports). Fear clouds peoples common sense. Now onto some of the points brought up in the ad.