Please tell me there is no pink clothing this year

[DallasEast]

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I find them to be obnoxious and a bit self serving like the ice bucket challenge. But, it gets the job done and brings awareness and money into research and hopefully eliminate those awful diseases. My issue is that from reading reports on it, it sounds like very little actually goes towards cancer research and it sadly appears that most goes to line the NFL's pockets.




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[Ken]

I have not lost anyone close to me from cancer so I used to be mildly irritated about all the pink in October too. Recently I attended a Race for a Cure meeting and it opened my eyes, and my heart. I now have my company, my friends, family and even the youth teams I coach involved. Race for a Cure uses Breast Cancer as its rally cry because it is popular cause at the moment, but the money goes to all cancer research. The American Cancer Society is the entity behind Breast Cancer Awareness and its programs.

If even a penny is generated from this program,that is still a penny more than it would have. Program is not perfect by any means, but the effort and passion are real. The volunteers that I met are amazing people with amazing stories. I thank God that my daughters, wife, sisters, mother, family and friends are currently cancer free but I want to be part of the team that eliminates even ONE form of cancer forever. Cure is within our lifetime my friends.

I appreciate your passion and others who share that passion. But passion does not equal a good cause. IMO, this and other cancer organizations are not interested in finding a cure because there would be no money in it. I have never in my lifetime seen a cure for anything that had a highly funded organization behind it... not one.

This will be no different...not because there are not people who genuinely want to find it, it is because they are looking in the wrong places. I'm sorry, Chemo and Radiation will not permanently cure any cancer. They will cause more cancer but not cure it.

And there are alternative cancer treatments out there that DO work. The cure is out there....just not really allowed to operate within the United States because that would severely hurt business. The Gerson Therapy and Budwig therapy come to mind.

SO I personally never give to any organizations like this for a number of reasons but mostly because they are all looking in the wrong places. I would rather share with people real cures that are helping people every day.

 

[WV Cowboy]

With all of the abuse towards women in the NFL, and the way Goodell/NFL handled it, .. if I were the representative women behind "Breat Cancer Awareness" I would tell the NFL not to bother, .. keep your pink gloves and shoes, .. and your money.

 

[Khartun]

Are you in Amarillo? And thanks for wearing the ball cap.

No, his caddy is sitting on the ground. We bury those damn things here!

 

[Toruk_Makto]

People are so angry.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

With all of the abuse towards women in the NFL, and the way Goodell/NFL handled it, .. if I were the representative women behind "Breat Cancer Awareness" I would tell the NFL not to bother, .. keep your pink gloves and shoes, .. and your money.

Yeah. You have domestic violence issues from a very small subset of your population. Don't help us cure cancer!

Seems legit.

 

[jobberone]

No, his caddy is sitting on the ground. We bury those damn things here!

I always loved riding by those things.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

Pretty insensitive...

Call yourself lucky to, assumingly, never had a close person get breast cancer or even die of it.

Have some class and delete this

Cancer was here long before the color pink.

 

[mrmojo]

I've had persons in my family survive and die from cancer, and any kind of awareness being promoted is beneficial whether it be monetarily, research wise or voluntarily. Anyone who has seen someone pass from it would not wish that disease on their worst enemy. Though the NFL may go too far on certain issues this is one cause I appaud them on, and its not only breast cancer it leads to awareness of other cancers as well. They may tone it down a bit but I hope people dont forget the messsage that is being communicated.

 

[CCBoy]

I don't even bend a partial ear to those chest pounding antics that attempt to display animosity towards respect and hope to large sectors of our population. Something that involves pride, can no way demean a professional sport.

The color display of pink is no where approaching public insult and cause for an anti-movement - based upon convenience of one's actual bias.

By saying pink isn't needed, still boils down to a color stereotype. But that color is intended to give respects to a large portion of this whole society, that still have to stay vigilent and are fighting daily for their own survivals.

If a person has to show revolt and disgust for a sactioned period of a short time, only...and then justify that because if it supposedly being insulting to themselves...that just doesn't cut it. One needs to go back to the basics of sportsmanship and why one has pride in all things about a team. And believe me, fans are part of that very team. And no, the sport isn't derailed by a little public awareness of a great fight for life in it's fans.

I don't feel sorry for any fan showing disgust, or having to hear the National Anthem as well. That starts out every single game and is sanctioned by the entire NFL.

But get this, that isn't involved with sport, but respect. And the element of displayed respect is important to a sense of sportsmanship in football.

Both the National Anthem and Breast Cancer Awareness get this fan's support. And the NFL can adjust degree of color proliferation as they see fit in the progress of the problem, and the role of the NFL in public awareness as well. But that is left to an aspect of integrity. Not an injured sense of manliness...as if having to deal with a prospect of death for all women from breast cancer wasn't brave enough to be considered a 'manly' topic, despite a symbol for women's suffering.

My wife is a survivor now, for 21 years. She took Tamoxifen for five years at James Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Ky. When it was a trial group for authorization by the FDA. My wife still has pride when she see's the pink in October. After watching her hair coming all out in initial treatments, when she ran a brush through her hair...believe me, I'm proud as well. I say my prayers that she is still alive, period!

 

[CCBoy]

Cancer was here long before the color pink.

So was bad taste...

 

[Sarge]

My mom died from cancer. I still get tired of pink month.

Same here.

 

[CCBoy]

Same here.

I'm sorry, I still don't see color...

 

[tunahelper]

I appreciate your passion and others who share that passion. But passion does not equal a good cause. IMO, this and other cancer organizations are not interested in finding a cure because there would be no money in it. I have never in my lifetime seen a cure for anything that had a highly funded organization behind it... not one.

This will be no different...not because there are not people who genuinely want to find it, it is because they are looking in the wrong places. I'm sorry, Chemo and Radiation will not permanently cure any cancer. They will cause more cancer but not cure it.

And there are alternative cancer treatments out there that DO work. The cure is out there....just no
t really allowed to operate within the United States because that would severely hurt business. The Gerson Therapy and Budwig therapy come to mind.

SO I personally never give to any organizations like this for a number of reasons but mostly because they are all looking in the wrong places. I would rather share with people real cures that are helping people every day.

The truth is so hard to accept. Especially for the sensitive metro male. Charities and research organizations are scams. Follow the money and you will discover the truth. How about Red Cross contributes .14 on the dollar to the needy.

The NFL is banking on their little scam and all of you are falling right in line. See what the huffington post says:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/the-nfls-campaign-against_n_1961193.html

America 50 worst charities. Boy a lot breast charities representitives.
http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

So was bad taste...

Not wearing pink and supporting/doing all you can to fight cancer. Great taste in my book. If that's bad, that's you. The end goal is cancer.

 

[jobberone]

I have not lost anyone close to me from cancer so I used to be mildly irritated about all the pink in October too. Recently I attended a Race for a Cure meeting and it opened my eyes, and my heart. I now have my company, my friends, family and even the youth teams I coach involved. Race for a Cure uses Breast Cancer as its rally cry because it is popular cause at the moment, but the money goes to all cancer research. The American Cancer Society is the entity behind Breast Cancer Awareness and its programs.

If even a penny is generated from this program,that is still a penny more than it would have. Program is not perfect by any means, but the effort and passion are real. The volunteers that I met are amazing people with amazing stories. I thank God that my daughters, wife, sisters, mother, family and friends are currently cancer free but I want to be part of the team that eliminates even ONE form of cancer forever. Cure is within our lifetime my friends.

What a great post. And you're right. Cure is within even my lifetime. New drugs and particularly targeted chemotherapy and immunotherapy is the current answer. My son is even working on delivery of nanoparticles impregnated with chemotherapy that is made so that only breast cancer cells with allow the protein-nanoparticles-chemotherapy thru the cell membrane. It will not go thru the cell membranes of other cells ie healthy ones. There are other mechanisms for getting chemotherapy into only cancer cells for other types of cancer.

It is an exciting time in cancer therapy with many different modalities in the works. We've come a tremendously long way from the generalized agents used 40 years ago. Even cancers with previously poor 5 year survival rates are responding better to treatments.

Maybe I will live long enough to see many cancers defeated even with relatively few side effects.

Thanks the stars for pure scientific research. Some of my son's work comes from studying some obscure tiny fish.

I wish all the patients, family, and friends on this site affected by cancer to be comforted.

 

[jobberone]

The truth is so hard to accept. Especially for the sensitive metro male. Charities and research organizations are scams. Follow the money and you will discover the truth. How about Red Cross contributes .14 on the dollar to the needy.

The NFL is banking on their little scam and all of you are falling right in line. See what the huffington post says:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/the-nfls-campaign-against_n_1961193.html

America 50 worst charities. Boy a lot breast charities representitives.
http://www.tampabay.com/americas-worst-charities/

While that is true for some others are run well. A pox on those taking advantage of others but the amount of money raised for research and treatment is substantial. But it could be approved. Many researchers never get a chance to work their ideas because of lack of money.

But let's don't belabor this point in this thread as it is sour.

 

[tecolote]

I don't even bend a partial ear to those chest pounding antics that attempt to display animosity towards respect and hope to large sectors of our population. Something that involves pride, can no way demean a professional sport.

The color display of pink is no where approaching public insult and cause for an anti-movement - based upon convenience of one's actual bias.

By saying pink isn't needed, still boils down to a color stereotype. But that color is intended to give respects to a large portion of this whole society, that still have to stay vigilent and are fighting daily for their own survivals.

If a person has to show revolt and disgust for a sactioned period of a short time, only...and then justify that because if it supposedly being insulting to themselves...that just doesn't cut it. One needs to go back to the basics of sportsmanship and why one has pride in all things about a team. And believe me, fans are part of that very team. And no, the sport isn't derailed by a little public awareness of a great fight for life in it's fans.

I don't feel sorry for any fan showing disgust, or having to hear the National Anthem as well. That starts out every single game and is sanctioned by the entire NFL.

But get this, that isn't involved with sport, but respect. And the element of displayed respect is important to a sense of sportsmanship in football.

Both the National Anthem and Breast Cancer Awareness get this fan's support. And the NFL can adjust degree of color proliferation as they see fit in the progress of the problem, and the role of the NFL in public awareness as well. But that is left to an aspect of integrity. Not an injured sense of manliness...as if having to deal with a prospect of death for all women from breast cancer wasn't brave enough to be considered a 'manly' topic, despite a symbol for women's suffering.

My wife is a survivor now, for 21 years. She took Tamoxifen for five years at James Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Ky. When it was a trial group for authorization by the FDA. My wife still has pride when she see's the pink in October. After watching her hair coming all out in initial treatments, when she ran a brush through her hair...believe me, I'm proud as well. I say my prayers that she is still alive, period!

Great post CC!! I'm happy for you and your wife!

 

[CCBoy]

Not wearing pink and supporting/doing all you can to fight cancer. Great taste in my book. If that's bad, that's you. The end goal is cancer.

Only you attempt to draw a difference, but then ignore the pride in what was already done but represented in pink...naw, not even. I won't support a bias expressed by stereotype...not the real dignity in surviving. Pink isn't the enemy...disrespect of valid associations is.

To say that one can also die from something else, rubs out the dignity for having won one of the battles...but instead of bellowing agains proven success, and stereotyping pink...no thanks. Back to the chest pounding...through denigrating a whole class of effort and respect gained.

Pink isn't a problem...but attempting to stand against a color is.

Resolution is NOT standing up and labeling pink as a culprit...as winning was always the issue, not disrespect that here is metted out, despite success that was mobilized due to focus attached to a prideful recognition.

Purple is associated with sexual abuse...are we running away from that COLOR as well? Don't even say that color points away from the cause. It's need is due to flagrant over use of testeroid tendencies in dominating a gender category...women again. Or should the Ravens be forced to change their colors...or perhaps the Vikings as well. That, so some specially focused group can complain about that denigrating sport as well.

And that not being useful then, in a similar way?

Color or a support effort was never a source of ridiculed, until some chose to divert the implied dignity to chavenistic self seeking...

Just on a color basis, I don't find it ever necessary to search my own gonads on a daily basis in order to remove any chance of pink...period.

Football has made many, many good soldiers from what they had to overcome to be a unit. I was both a football player and a soldier, and I'm not worried about pink, or even purple for that matter.

I'm proud of improvements that are being developed, as Jobberone has stated. That also is a social pride, but know something, I'm not going to denigrate legitimate pride and directions already suffered for developments already paid for in human misery, and here, something endured mainly by women. I see my wife's own pride in wearing pink during October...and don't fear ruination of a single football game.

No, I'm not going to be the Devil's advocate and cry all the wrong is on the shoulders of those foolishly attempting to address the solving of a huge problem, by attacking a simple remedy...women, pride, and pink being a simple association. Not in attacking the color as demeaning but not taking away from disease suffering.

Naw, the color is respected by women, and is a source of pride by many who have walked with little to no hope prior to such enabling efforts, that included the NFL.

One always can choose his own path, even if that rushes to a tar bucket and pile of feathers, all he wishes. But from this set of eyes, that is the real definition of true vanity.

But both sides of that chosen bargain breaker, is chosen...I just won't play around then, when name calling is attempted in attachment with a just cause that is simply and humbly driven.