08-24-2014, 02:12 PM
(08-24-2014, 01:33 PM)RepentantSky Wrote: I suppose this is the difference between a bunch of adults and a mix of children and adults on a forum. Another forum I go to has people completely split on this challenge. Some are crying about how this challenge is just the new thing for celebrities to get attention, others complain about other illnesses not getting the same attention, and of course several people are behind this trend 100 percent, as in my opinion, they should be. While it's okay to have a different opinion, belittling the thing that has done so much good is not the way to go about it. I'm glad that's not happening here.
You see this thing. This started out as a simple thing. It ment one thing when it started. But since everyone wanted everyone to be the same, we started to muddy the waters and started making it into more of a joke than anything. I can't even name half of the "awareness ribbons" because everyone keeps making new ones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awareness_ribbons
The Ice Water Challenge is fine for one cause. We don't need to over complicate it.
As for the celebrities to get attention, who are you going to pay atation to more: me or Hugh Jackman. My bets on the more famous person. They know that they can spread the word because people pay more atation to the famous people than any one else. Now people like Miley Cyrus and Justien Beber, THEY are doing it to be more famous.
Also, this fourm is really the best becuse we can say almost anything and stay calm.