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Originally posted by StabMaster Arson:
I'm sure that POW's are worried about how many people back home have black ribbons on their fucking cars, just like I'm sure that a lot of cancer patients almost care that every other random walking down the street is wearing a rubber band. if you really want to help a cause, simply give all that you can when you can... be it money, time, whatever. Slapping a magnet on your car, wearing a rubberband, tying a ribbon do nothing but make the person doing it feel a little better about themselves.
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*raises hand (relatives w/ cancer)
And not meaning to argue Stab, but I agree with you on one level but not on another. I completely agree if you want to make a difference do something more than buy a dollar sticker or rubberband. But, on the other hand I completely disagree with the notion that the perpose of those are to only make the buyer feel better. I have a friend over seas as well and I know that he is absolutly exstatic to know that so many people are 'showing' support. It makes him feel great even if half the people sporting them are only doing it because its a trend. It doesnt only make the person who has it feel good but the people who it represents feel good as well, even if it technically doesnt 'do' anything.