Why do people want all the attention on them? All these videos of ice water being dumped on heads...I get it...it's supposed to simulate how a person with ALS might feel...??? Ummm...okay...but everyone is laughing in the videos, and doing all kinds of things to get more attention. ALS is a serious fatal disease. I knew a dear man with it and watched him fade away. I watched his poor wife struggle with his care...no amount of ice on my head will ever help me understand. Money. They need cash! And families need help!
Am I wrong here to be critical? I get fundraisers and benefits and all that and being honored to help those in need. We should give openly to prompt others to also give, but maybe this could be done with humility and not quite so much entertainment? Giving isn't for us to take the credit after all. Matthew 6:1 tells us our giving should be in secret.
People say, oh, who cares! It's getting so much attention and so much money! Sadly a lot of those people in those Facebook and Instagram videos are probably not donating. In fact they say as much in some of them. "Dump water on your head OR donate". Why dump if you're not planning to donate also? Why dump at all? Just donate. I'm so confused.
Maybe it doesn't matter what I think at all. Maybe it only matters that money is being raised. But in a world of self-promotion, I can't help but wonder sometimes who people really care about anymore. Are they really concerned about this disease or is it just another shot at a novel attention grabber?
Especially when some don't even bother to mention ALS in their videos....
Correct me if I'm wrong. It's been known to happen! I support the research of ALL diseases, and I don't know why this rubbed me the wrong way. Please forgive me if you participated and found what I have said to be offensive to you personally. Motives are in the heart, I know this. Some are pure, I am certain.
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ll these videos of ice water being dumped on heads...I get it...it's supposed to simulate how a person with ALS might feel...???
Thank you miss Jami for clearing that part up. I had no idea as to why the ice water. It just all seemed to be just the pet-rock fad all over again. Now I get it.
Blessings.
I get your point. Not sure how I feel as it was started in honour of a man with ALS and was just between friends. I know they are raising a lot of money but I think a lot of these people won't be around for the next ALS campaign. Plus there are so many other diseases that have no known cause or cure (like MS) but don't even have a group to help organize fundraisers like MS does. My thing has always been why does everyone donate to cancer research when there are deadlier diseases out there. So I get your point.
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