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Post by phil70 on Oct 16, 2017 17:32:42 GMT
It suddenly struck me today that whenever someone gets cancer either they or their family start yet another cancer charity. There are now countless hundreds of charities all striving to achieve the same goal and it occurred to me that it would be far better to lump them all together to make best use od resources
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Oct 16, 2017 17:48:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 17:48:41 GMT
Its does seem to be very silly. Imagine it must be just another symptom of capitalism. Pretend to want to help others while being careful to ensure you help yourself .
I hate charity.
All my clothes come from charity shops and I give unwanted useful stuff back but I do not and will not ever "donate" money to charities.
Scam.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 16, 2017 18:06:50 GMT
I think it may bear down on the so many different types of cancer.
But you're right. They should club together and pool resources.
If one thing this world needs is a cure for cancer
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 18:30:53 GMT
I can't comment personally on cancer as I don't have any relatives affected by it so m views are as an observer. A lot of my relatives have died early from suicide and accidents but no cancer.
I did notice one of the blokes who is occasioanlly at the local beer shop (staff not a customer) developed a growth on his neck. I've been going to the same beer shop for about 5 years so I have seen him fairly regularly and over the last year or so it's got bigger. Today it looked like a tennis ball (not exaggerating). I guess its cancer and too dangerous to operate.
He's Turkish so who knows maybe there is a religious thing.
Anyway AFAIK there was some sort of tie up between a couple of cancer research orgs a few years ago. Imperial cancer research and British cancer research? Or something.
Its all a bit life of Brian.
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Post by patty on Oct 16, 2017 18:58:46 GMT
Post mums diagnosis we had not been home more than a few minutes when one of these charities called asking for support...not giving mum support wanting us to donate...coincidence?..dont think so.
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Post by dyertribe on Oct 16, 2017 22:02:03 GMT
The cynical bit of me sometimes wonders if the relatives/friends/significant others see setting up a charity in their memory as their fast track to their fifteen minutes of fame.
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Post by patty on Oct 17, 2017 5:17:18 GMT
The cynical bit of me sometimes wonders if the relatives/friends/significant others see setting up a charity in their memory as their fast track to their fifteen minutes of fame. it could be or it could be a way they channel their grief..I always wonder if, by doing this they do not proceed down the grieving path and 'block' their way...I don't know.. Some, certainly seem to want to be noticed...but is it a conscious act or a means of setting aside what they feel or forcing others to recognise their grief? Having completed a course in the 'grieving pathway' I was surprised that such a raw emotion actually had a recognised pathway..to me it didn't seem right that there were stages, that it'd been dissected to this extent that some people became 'blocked' and unable to find their way and so continued to feel pain many many years past the event. That said I do believe some losses there will always be pain. Applying what I learnt to myself though was challenging and not totally successful. I don't subscribe to many charities...I have a select few that are personal to me and those I donate to. I often wonder what happens to all this money for sports relief/comic relief/children in need etc etc...how much is creamed off in administrative...paying these celebrities for their trips to see suffering and so forth...the amount of money raised is staggering yet the NSPCC still asks for more. |
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