Is it a sin to feed your dog?: iLIVE

09 July 2014 - 15:47 By David Lucas
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HARD TO SWALLOW: A boy is fed like a dog in the advert for the Feed a Child NGO, which has been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority of SA and slammed by the public - but defended by the organisation
HARD TO SWALLOW: A boy is fed like a dog in the advert for the Feed a Child NGO, which has been reported to the Advertising Standards Authority of SA and slammed by the public - but defended by the organisation
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I'm black and this ad not only offend blacks by using a black child, as "the dog"; it also offend those white dog owners rich or not, by using a white lady as the "heartless madam" who thinks only of her dog.

There are white dog owners who are doing a lot to feed the hungry, black or white, on daily basis.

Is it a sin to feed your dog?

The organisation Feed a Child is heartless first they embarrass the black poor parent who cant afford to feed the boy, by depicting their vulnerable child as a dog; while at the same time make white dog owners seem heartless, depicting them as uncaring racists.

I know white dog owners who feed, clothe and educate a child everyday.

These are people who have no children of their own but feed children, why not depict these good people's stories to encourage others to join rather than this generalising advert about dog owners?

It hurts me that Feed a Child organisers could stoop so low to get funding!

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