Sex vs. Tobacco

So this week and last I have been wearing a hat that advertises Tobacco products. I have heard more then a few comments about it, but now it is my turn to say something about it. What I am wearing says what I support. So by me wearing this hat I am saying that I support this product, right? Can anyone disagree with this? So why should what I wear matter and what you wear be acceptable? I don’t think it should, or you’re just being a hypocrite. (don’t get me wrong, we all are one in one way or another. Peter is the biggest one, but Jesus choose him to build the church!) So let us look at some of the big name brands that we, as Christians, are wearing.
Abercrombie and Fitch. Their website says, “The highest quality, casual, All-American lifestyle clothing for aspirational men and women.” When I went to the site, well the first thing that I see is a man laying down with what looks like as no clothes on? What is this promoting? I don’t think it is promoting their “All-American lifestyle clothing” because I sure don’t see any clothing being advertised. So then I went to the Photo Gallery and what do I see… another guy half naked and what looks like… he is taking off his pants. So what is it they are selling? I don’t feel like they are selling me this “All-American lifestyle clothing,” do you?
Second they have had to pay over $40 million in a lawsuit for discrimination against, “Latino, African American, Asian American and female” So obviously they are not fair to the people that they have working for them.
Third , “The founder, David Abercrombie was a former trapper. First dedicated to camping, fishing and hunting gear ! His clientele consisted of hunter and explorers” and now “Their image has changed from a store for outdoorsman to the naked teenagers.” Then there is their catalog and this is what Kevin McCullough had this to say, “Forty-five specific portrayals of sexual imagery in the first 120 pages, advice to the readers ... this is how the new Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly titled "The Christmas Field Guide" begins its new quarterly magazine that is targeted to your 10- to 13-year-olds. The 45 images include overt portrayals of group sex, lots of teen and young adult nudity, men kissing, and teens /young adults frolicking in a river engaging in sexual activity in multiple group settings. Did I mention that the actual clothing doesn't begin being advertised until page 120?”
So when I look at this company I see them marketing sex not clothes. So what is this telling people about you when you wear these things…. I mean a hat with tobacco advertised on it, I might say that this product is good. It may cause cancer, but why is that any different then the cancer that A & F cause to the minds of the minds of today’s youth? They are telling these kids that sex with anyone and everyone is good and that the more people the better!
How many other companies out there have been using child labor to make their clothes. Just take a minute and look at all the cases when you Google it!
Tell me this, would you support playboy? So why would you support this company when they are doing the same thing? So tell me why as Christians are we sitting back and buying products that come from these despicable companies? Shouldn’t we be doing everything for the glory of Christ ?