Posted on Aug 20, 2014
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. What are your thoughts?
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LTC (Join to see)
Sir, I am all in favor of raising money for worthwhile charities and things like that, but I gotta say I am so sick and tired of the videos of the ice bucket challenge. Just make a check or an online transaction and give money to the cause.
Sir, I am all in favor of raising money for worthwhile charities and things like that, but I gotta say I am so sick and tired of the videos of the ice bucket challenge. Just make a check or an online transaction and give money to the cause.
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LTC (Join to see)
I can see your point. But if we have to be sick and tired of something, there are much worse thing to annoy us. This too will pass and something of much less substance will replace it.
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CPT Jacob Swartout
Most people I see doing this have no ice in their buckets and I bet most of the water poured out is lukewarm too.
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The ice bucket challenge was already a "thing" before one man adopted it to ALS. The rules seem to change from person to person. If one needed to be nominated to spread awareness then I'm not sure the cause would've survived without it. When I first heard about it, I put it the same category as "planking" and the like. But at least one organization seems to be doing better for it.
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I believe it is ok to do an ice bucket challenge. However, I believe that you had better write a check along with that.... http://www.alsa.org
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Bob Petrarca ALS Challenge 8/26/2014
Well you can all be stale and bored with one more over-played video, one more time. I was just challenged by my fire chief and CERT team leader.
http://youtu.be/-dzoBSFHk-M
http://youtu.be/-dzoBSFHk-M
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I think it's great that folks are getting the word out about ALS. I also think some are just doing it to look good and draw attention.
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It's annoying but I'm a bit surprised people actually want it to stop if it is in fact helping a good cause, especially if it's because it's clogging up their FB feed.
I think to help validate their videos, people should post an explanation of the video challenge with a link for where they can donate. If not, it just looks like they're dumping ice on their heads and then challenging random people to do the same lol.
I think to help validate their videos, people should post an explanation of the video challenge with a link for where they can donate. If not, it just looks like they're dumping ice on their heads and then challenging random people to do the same lol.
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I was challenged yesterday. It's cold here...I ain't doing it....
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However, I paid my dues as a result, and I challenge anyone who reads this, you have 24 hours :)
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However, I paid my dues as a result, and I challenge anyone who reads this, you have 24 hours :)
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I love that people want to donate but this ALS Ice Bucket challenge is getting out of hand.
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SGT Paul Dare
This probably won't make me very popular, but I read and agree with the concerns about the IBC in this article I read last night: http://www.afr.net/articles/the-als-challenge-kills-babies/
I'm all for donating to help research cures for horrible diseases. But I'm not going to donate or promote researchers who create life to take stem cells and then kill life.
I'm all for donating to help research cures for horrible diseases. But I'm not going to donate or promote researchers who create life to take stem cells and then kill life.
The ALS Challenge kills babies
Everyone has seen video after video (on social media) of friends, family, and colleagues taking the #IceBucketChallenge for the ALS Association research foundation.
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SSG V. Michelle Woods
SGT Paul Dare thank you for the link. I wasn't aware of a downside to this but I think it's best to be informed so I appreciate a different perspective.
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COL Randall C.
SGT Paul Dare/SSG V. Michelle Woods
The article regarding ALS and stem cell research isn't exactly accurate.
According to the ALS Association, they primarily fund adult stem cell research.
They do have one donor that is specifically funding a study using embryonic stem cells (ESC), but that stem cell line was established many years ago under ethical guidelines set by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (basically if the ESC comes from miscarried or stillborn fetuses, or if retrieved from alive fetuses without harm, such fetal stem cell research is ethical).
The article regarding ALS and stem cell research isn't exactly accurate.
According to the ALS Association, they primarily fund adult stem cell research.
They do have one donor that is specifically funding a study using embryonic stem cells (ESC), but that stem cell line was established many years ago under ethical guidelines set by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (basically if the ESC comes from miscarried or stillborn fetuses, or if retrieved from alive fetuses without harm, such fetal stem cell research is ethical).
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I think it's been incredible for ALS. Read something recently that said the foundation has seen a 1000% spike in donations.
What shocks me about it is who is responding. As a concept, it seems to be geared to millennials. It engages them directly, on social media, creates a spectacle and puts the spotlight on them while letting them be seen doing a social good. That has millennial all over it. But many, if not most, of the people participating are a bit older than that. I guess that's just who has the money.
It's brilliant in a way. The millennials share and promote it, and the people with money make donations.
I do think it's nearing the end of its life cycle, however. Now we just have 100 clones to look forward to.
What shocks me about it is who is responding. As a concept, it seems to be geared to millennials. It engages them directly, on social media, creates a spectacle and puts the spotlight on them while letting them be seen doing a social good. That has millennial all over it. But many, if not most, of the people participating are a bit older than that. I guess that's just who has the money.
It's brilliant in a way. The millennials share and promote it, and the people with money make donations.
I do think it's nearing the end of its life cycle, however. Now we just have 100 clones to look forward to.
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