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Besides raising awareness and having a portion of the millions of dollars of sales proceeds going to cancer research? Probably nothing.
I considered wearing a pink headband, pink wristbands and some pink Cole Haans into work today to help the fight against breast cancer. Then I thought to myself "how exactly does that help past, present or future victims of this terrible illness?"
Can anyone tell me how taking a pink Sharpie and coloring your pink actually helps anyone?
Besides raising awareness and having a portion of the millions of dollars of sales proceeds going to cancer research? Probably nothing.
or how it relates to football? That's what annoys me most
You can't just wear pink . People who do that are re ed. You have to actually go out and buy pink where it says on the packaging that buying this pink sends money to breast cancer research or whatever.
Or just skip the pink and donate the money directly to it.
Were you not aware that breast cancer existed?
Do you need your awareness raised further?
I'm pretty aware of it since I've had multiple family members fight through it.
But there's still a lot of uneducated people out there. Early detection can mean the difference between life and death.
Maybe some women need a reminder the get checked.
I think everyone has a family member who's dealt with breast cancer at some point...I know I do. Women are constantly told to do self-examinations on their breasts. But I'm not sure how men wearing pink is going to help the situation.
There's a sign at the post office that says "Wear pink! Spread the word!" people have also been urged to wear pink to the University of Tennessee football games. Donating money and/or buying pink that has a portion of the proceeds donated is one thing. Wearing pink socks to a football game is just stupid. I don't know anyone who is pro-breast-cancer. I also don't know anyone who doesn't know what breast cancer is. But thanks to Dez Bryant's pink shoelaces, the battle is almost won.
I support women and their families in their fight against breast cancer
But I'll never wear pink
I hear ya. But I still believe that a lot of women are still not doing self exams or getting checked. The sign at the post office should say, "women check your breasts because you might have cancer and you don't want that". But until then, I'm OK with all the pink stuff.
well said and before 5! we can close this thread
heart disease kills more women than all the types of cancer combined.
strange that it seems like breast cancer is #1.
You're here talking about it. Obviously awareness has spread.
There are about 75% as many deaths from prostate cancer as breast cancer. When's the last time someone told you to wear something to support prostate cancer sufferers? For that matter, colon & rectal cancer claims about 15% more lives. Ever see football players wearing any colors for that cause?
Cancer of all types sucks. I lost my father to lung cancer (which claims more lives than all three of the cancers above). There can be no doubt, however, that corporate America has latched onto breast cancer as a way to sell pink crap. Yes, they donate a portion - a SMALL one - of their profits, but rest assured they're laughing all the way to the bank.
When they find a cure for any cancer, it will probably affect them all. Unfortunately the money isn't in the cure, but in the treatment.
I saw some people at the bank today laughing. I bet it was them.
pretty lame thing to complain about it. being insecure about your sexuality can be rought,huh jag?
lol "give me mavs>spurs info or I'll post this picture of you!"
this is the bottom line.
we'll never see the cure for cancer, a car that runs on air, the everlasting gobstopper, or a non racist Spurstalk (no racist).
unless some genius who just wants to do good and doesn't care about the money gets in there and s it up for big pharma
tee, hee i'd love to see that
that er will be dead before he can say, "Viola".
I get the point of this thread,but I gotta agree with the first part of this statement.
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