I've noticed lately that there are a lot of causes or 'days' that are "raising awareness" of a particular issue.
You know, I'm already aware that breast cancer, starvation in 3rd world countries, whale harvesting, too many blue ribbon balloons, intolerance to men who fart and lack of facilities for guinea pig racers are significant issues in our society, but do we really need events that "raise awareness" of these things? Does "raising awareness" actually help? Or does it promote the raiser more than the raisee? Does this raising awareness actually provide any material assistance?
Am I the only one who has switched off to these sorts of things; have I built a mental armor that ignores these serious issues, or are others as jaded as I am?
Or am I simply a hard-hearted, selfish b*****d?
(FWIW, we (wife and I) have a number of select charities to which we donate what we believe to be a useful amount)
You know, I'm already aware that breast cancer, starvation in 3rd world countries, whale harvesting, too many blue ribbon balloons, intolerance to men who fart and lack of facilities for guinea pig racers are significant issues in our society, but do we really need events that "raise awareness" of these things? Does "raising awareness" actually help? Or does it promote the raiser more than the raisee? Does this raising awareness actually provide any material assistance?
Am I the only one who has switched off to these sorts of things; have I built a mental armor that ignores these serious issues, or are others as jaded as I am?
Or am I simply a hard-hearted, selfish b*****d?
(FWIW, we (wife and I) have a number of select charities to which we donate what we believe to be a useful amount)