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Originally Posted by filtherton
Gawsh, it so fucking horrible that people are spending money on cancer research.
Maybe if "joe" should get of his high horse and start complaining about something that matters. Seriously, does this guy get all bent out of shape when he sees someone wearing a "Race For the Cure" shirt? He needs to pull his head out of his ass. This guy is seriously complaining about the fact that donating money for cancer research is trendy? Aww waaah waaah all t hese people are donating money for a good cause and all i can do is complain about how "mainstream" it is.
It sounds like joe thinks he's the only one who truly understands cancer. Fuck that, everyone, and i mean everyone has been affected in some form or another by cancer. If someone wants to spend a dollar and wear the bracelet they should be able to do so without suffering the slings and arrows of bitter hipsters such as joe.
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Someone wearing a "race for the cure" teeshirt would definitely not upset the author. He is annoyed that a legitimate cause, cancer research, is being trivialized as a fad. I think you missed his point entirely.
After reading some more opinion's, I think I'm beginning to side with "joe." Many of you strike me as slightly naive when it comes to mainstream culture. Let me describe what I witnessed last week. I was sitting in the dining/student life hall in my college, and two Asian students were running a fundraising table. They posed the same question to every passerby. "Can you spare one dollar for cancer research?" They received about 3-4 donations in the hour i watched them (I was doing homework nearby). I'd estimate at least 100 people walked by. I would say for every one donation, they met abject rudeness from another person. Some of the people who refused to even make eye contact with the kids or venture a response, were wearing that magestic bracelet.
Now imagine a hypothetical:
Replace the Asian kids with two of our famed vandy girls, and give them a box of yellow bracelets. I guarantee there would be a long line of people waiting to live strong. So has charity in this country become a quid pro quo? Do we need something to show for our meager contributions? And no this does not apply to people who give their kidneys, gallons of blood, or months of time training for marathons. These people should clearly celebrate their accomplishments.
I'm glad some money has been raised for cancer research. I know many many people bought the bracelets for nobel reason, but at some level I know the end result of the fad will be mass hypocrisy.