*sigh* Apparently, cystic fibrosis is racist

[Canadave]

I really have no words for this

My own school, the University of Ottawa, has its problems, but its times like these I remember why people call Carleton University "Last-chance U".

 

[Sephiroth]

actually, it is your school that is racist for thinking that "Honkey deserves it"

 

[The Borg Queen]

Does that make cervical cancer sexist?

 

[CookieMonster]

So I am guessing that now funding is going to be based solely upon who dies from a disease.

So I am guessing breast cancer is now not going to get funding becuase it most commonly appears in women. . .

Real educated group up there...

 

[Small White Car]

Ok, I'm going to defend this.

I just googled up a breast cancer walk and found a lot of women walking.

I googled up an AIDS walk and the photos look, to me, to be full of gay people.

And, oh look. Michael J. Fox's foundation is about the condition he has. What a coincidence!

What'dya know. People tend to support things that affect them the most.

So what's wrong with any of this? It all seems perfectly fine to me. You all need to do a better job of explaining what your problem is with any of these thing, because I'm not understanding.

 

[The Borg Queen]

I googled up an AIDS walk and the photos look, to me, to be full of gay people.

Only because it wasn't done in Africa.

 

[Kira's Mom]

So I guess they wouldn't do a fundraiser for Tay-Sachs research, because it affects mostly Jews.

A friend of mine in college died from CF at age 23, so naturally I'm a bit appalled by this. I can't believe anyone would chose not to raise funds just because it mainly affects white people. CF needs all the money it can get for research.

Of course, there were idiots back in the 80s who didn't want to spend money on AIDS research because it affected mostly gay men...

 

[JonathonWally]

So I am guessing that now funding is going to be based solely upon who dies from a disease.

So I am guessing breast cancer is now not going to get funding becuase it most commonly appears in women. . .

Real educated group up there...

Considering people wear pink ribbons to support breast cancer, there's a whole month dedicated to it. And lots of other stuff.

Now, compare that to prostate cancer.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing the two, or dividing it by sexes, I'm just saying breast cancer is much more "publically aware and supported" disease.

 

[CookieMonster]

So I am guessing that now funding is going to be based solely upon who dies from a disease.

So I am guessing breast cancer is now not going to get funding becuase it most commonly appears in women. . .

Real educated group up there...

Considering people wear pink ribbons to support breast cancer, there's a whole month dedicated to it. And lots of other stuff.

Now, compare that to prostate cancer.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing the two, or dividing it by sexes, I'm just saying breast cancer is much more "publically aware and supported" disease.

Yes I get that but it mainly shows in women there fore ONE gender. So what...just because it only effects one group of people means its not diverse enough to try and cure.

Prostrate cancer is just as bad...men just dont talk about it as much...

 

[JNG]

Tough issue, but I think they come in on the sleazy side for previously supporting the cause and then withdrawing support when "new" information clarified who the most likely victims were.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Oh, so because they're white, they should be left to suffer. How stupid.

If they feel the need to be inclusive, perhaps they should add on a sickle-cell fundraiser, or something like that. Much better to add than to take away.

 

[Canadave]

What'dya know. People tend to support things that affect them the most.

So what's wrong with any of this? It all seems perfectly fine to me. You all need to do a better job of explaining what your problem is with any of these thing, because I'm not understanding.

That's true, but it's not like they just decided not to participate in something new. This is something they've been involved in for over twenty years (and, additionally, is a big annual fund raiser at most Ontario universities) and now have decided to pull out of because it supposedly only affects while males.

Not only is that completely untrue, but its an absolutely ridiculous reason to pull out of a fund raiser for a fatal disease. And it is a disease that can affect anyone, regardless of race or gender.

 

[Cutter John]

"Sorry, we only support fighting minority deseases."

I really hope they get raped by the media and by public outcry over this crap.

 

[Small White Car]

All I'm saying is this: They will eventually pick some other cause. Let's call it "brain cancer kids" just as an example.

I hope to see you all back here next month saying "Hey Brain cancer kids, you suck! You're taking money away from a different disease that I like more!"

Whichever of you does that, I'll actually respect in an odd sort of way. The rest of you who are here now but refuse to finish your argument next month...well, I'd call that a half-baked argument.

 

[RyanKCR]

I want to know why we still don't see a big push for research in congenital heart defects.

 

[What's his face]

"Sorry, we only support fighting minority deseases."

I really hope they get raped by the media and by public outcry for this crap.

Oh they are.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/11/25/ot-081125-shinerama.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081125.wcystic26/BNStory/National/home
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=992946

 

[jgdst]

That is shameful. If they'd said they were pulling out in order to divert more support for diseases that affect minority group X or because research into disease Y is massively underfunded, fair enough.

But that's tantamount to saying "whitey doesn't deserve help". That, by any definition, is racist.

And University students are supposed to be the enlightened brains of the future. God help us all.

 

[Hermiod]

Just so I know, I shouldn't give money to research in to sickle cell anaemia because that only affects black people or cervical cancer because it only affects women ?

IHR - I don't disagree with you but here a lot of fundraising goes on for breast cancer causes.

The only reason people even paid attention to the last set of prostate cancer awareness ads is because they very cleverly used the late comedian Bob Monkhouse who had died from prostate cancer in their advertising campaign. The fact that people complained about them using technology to give the appearance that Monkhouse was talking to the audience from beyond the grave got more attention than the cause.

"What killed me kills one man per hour in Britain. That's even more than my wife's cooking"

 

[wamdue]

oh please it wont be a case of disease's that only effect black people or women, this case is a brilliant example of what will happen, like always happens in this PC World, the white male and things associated with loose out.

 

[Canadave]

All I'm saying is this: They will eventually pick some other cause. Let's call it "brain cancer kids" just as an example.

I hope to see you all back here next month saying "Hey Brain cancer kids, you suck! You're taking money away from a different disease that I like more!"

Whichever of you does that, I'll actually respect in an odd sort of way. The rest of you who are here now but refuse to finish your argument next month...well, I'd call that a half-baked argument.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with donating to other charities or making an informed decision about what charitable causes are taken on, but I am saying there's something wrong with this:

Presentation Summary

Whereas Orientation week strives to be [as] inclusive as possible;
Whereas all orientees and volunteers should feel like their fundraising efforts will serve the their diverse communities;
And Whereas Cystic fibrosis has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men


Information Transfer

Be it resolved that: CUSA discontinue its support of this campaign
Be it Further Resolved that the CUSA representatives on the incoming Orientation Supervisory Board work to select a new broad reaching charity for orientation week.