Cancer

[Hybrid]

So here's a topic that hits kind of close to home for me. I've lost my Grandma(breast), great aunt(breast) and great uncle(colon) to cancer. My mom and aunt are in remission both recovering from breast cancer. I was reading on facebook today that Chevy has the priveledge of having their Camaro be a pace car for a couple of races coming up. Chevy is donating $200 to the American Cancer Society for each caution lap their specially themed Chevy Camaro pace car runs at this weekend's AdvoCare500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway and next weekend's Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway. The car is this striking pink with white accent. t's a cool looking car and I give Chevy all the props in the world for doing this.

My problem lies with the people and their comments about the color pink. They are saying that it is a gender specific color and it is geared only toward breast cancer. They banter on about how it is insulting to the rest of the population and their families who suffer from something else other than Breast cancer. That same person goes on to say "I wish people would do more resesarch before donating blindly to the "cool" cancer." (I found it disrespectful for her to use the terms "cool" and "cancer" in the same sentence) Does the rest of the population think like her? I also read other comments about how pink is for {sexual orientation expletives} and {female genital slang}. Do people just not get it? Are people just not that caring for other's well being?

What are your stories regarding cancer? Have you done a cancer walk? A relay? What do you guys think about companys that donate? Does it help their image? I'm leaving this thread open to anything regarding cancer.

If anyone wants to read about the Chevy Pace Car:

http://www.facebook.com/chevrolet/posts/266553993373887

and

http://www.facebook.com/chevrolet/posts/266553993373887#!/photo.php?fbid=10150265702066669&set=a.161176531668.129229.83515051668&type=1&theater

[Timothy]

My problem lies with the people and their comments about the color pink. They are saying that it is a gender specific color and it is geared only toward breast cancer. They banter on about how it is insulting to the rest of the population and their families who suffer from something else other than Breast cancer. That same person goes on to say "I wish people would do more resesarch before donating blindly to the "cool" cancer." (I found it disrespectful for her to use the terms "cool" and "cancer" in the same sentence) Does the rest of the population think like her? I also read other comments about how pink is for {sexual orientation expletives} and {female genital slang}. Do people just not get it? Are people just not that caring for other's well being?

Yeah, that sounds ridiculous. Debating over which potentially terminal illness is worse or more deserving of attention is pretty tactless, not to mention juvenile. "Dude, fuck donating money to find a cure for muscular dystrophy, AIDS is where it's at!"

[Hybrid]

Yeah, that sounds ridiculous. Debating over which potentially terminal illness is worse or more deserving of attention is pretty tactless, not to mention juvenile. "Dude, fuck donating money to find a cure for muscular dystrophy, AIDS is where it's at!"

Thank you for that. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks those people are acting like low lifes.

[Todd]

Based off family history, I'm probably guaranteed to get prostate cancer if pancreatic cancer doesn't kill me first. Of course, leukemia and breast cancer (yes, males can get it) are lurking somewhere in my genes too. My dad's in remission from prostate cancer, and I don't really give a fuck what color the car is or which type of cancer they're supporting, as long as they're doing something. If a medical breakthrough is found against one type of cancer, then chances are, it will be immensely helpful to finding a cure for other types of cancers.