I Never Promised You an Organic Garden

I saw this UK PSA today via Digg and it is quite impressive. Unlike most of the bloody, gory, scary PSAs usually used, this one is quite pleasant to watch, but I think makes its point.

I recently saw a disturbing but powerful video out of the UK that will be used in driver’s ed. classes to show kids the dangers of texting while driving. I have put the video in the post below, but be aware that it is quite gruesome and potentially difficult to watch.

I am torn about the effectiveness of a video like this.  It reminds me of the train crossing videos I was subjected to in driver’s ed. that show people being destroyed by trains while trying to race the train.  They were disturbing and to this day I am nervous crossing a train track.  On the other hand, I stop and look both ways and treat the train tracks with respect.

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