Christian rock concert to save our kids, or just another marketing ploy?
So I'm reading the paper this week, and I see that there's this huge Christian rock concert planned for San Francisco.
""Battle Cry for a Generation" is led by a 44-year-old Concord [CA] native, Ron Luce, who wants "God's instruction book" to guide young people away from the corrupting influence of popular culture.
Luce, whose Teen Mania organization is based in Texas, kicked off a three-city "reverse rebellion" tour Friday night intended to counter a popular culture that he says glamorizes violence and sex."
So far so good, right?
The villains, Luce said, range from the promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd."
Um, MySpace is a villain? Excuse me? MySpace? And then I knew what this was all about. Sure enough, the next paragraph spelled it out.
"Battle Cry will try to bring them back to God through two days of religious rockers, speakers and the debut of what Luce called a Christian alternative to My Space.com. "
And of course, the next day's paper talked about the unveiling of the new site, which I decline to name, which Luce says is "My Space with God in the middle."
Yup, nothing like evil corporate culture trying to woo that under-21 crowd, eh?
6:49:41 PM 
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