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Post by pookie on May 13, 2009 11:48:44 GMT
Yesterday my grandaughter participated in the Me No hair cure for cancer. She had her hair shaved in front of the whole school and raised $1,100 herself. Her best freind has cancer.
Her twin sister wasn't so game, chose to keep her waist length hair
She is only 11 years old and made me so proud
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Post by happytraveller on May 13, 2009 11:52:24 GMT
Wow, that's amazing. You have every reason to be proud of her !
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2009 12:40:41 GMT
It's a brave thing to do, but it's a shame that people can't find more useful activities. I guess people need the symbol, though.
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Post by lagatta on May 13, 2009 23:05:20 GMT
Yes, while I find that very brave and important, I do find it unfortunate that people need such a symbol.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 1:58:04 GMT
Good for her pookie,I am sure you are very proud.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 14, 2009 2:46:34 GMT
What an amazing show of solidarity for her friend from your brave little daughter, Pookie. Indeed, you should be proud!
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Post by normal on May 14, 2009 3:18:54 GMT
Years ago the Calgary Police service did a drive for cancer research. I had a co-worker arrested for looking good. Our company raised 1,000 dollars for his release.
pookie, your granddaughter sounds like a lovely young lady.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 6:27:06 GMT
It would be nice to pick up trash alongside the highway for cancer research -- companies could pay for it by the kilo.
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Post by gyro on May 14, 2009 9:16:21 GMT
"I do find it unfortunate that people need such a symbol"
Unfortunate or not, the fact it is that people DO need something striking to bring a point home. I saw a very good advert in the cinema yesterday for domestic violence. Well, not so much of an ADVERT, obviously..... I think it was Keira Knightly, playing an actress playing a part, but then the 'act' getting out of hand and her getting beaten up. Very graphic, very effective.
And yes, you should be justly proud of your grandaughter.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 9:20:48 GMT
(Yes, it is Keira Knightley -- they've shown it in France, too.)
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Post by gyro on May 14, 2009 9:45:29 GMT
Did you think it was effective, K ?
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Post by tillystar on May 14, 2009 10:53:57 GMT
Your grandaughter souds very brave and I think it is a great show of support for her friend. You must be very proud of her, I know I would be.
I have seen the advert and it is certainly effective in its aim of being shocking. I think it is well made and will raise awareness of the issue in the general public, not sure how far it would go in persuading abused partners to leave or seek help. I suppose if it saves one life though...
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 10:56:45 GMT
Did you think it was effective, K ? Unfortunately not. I think that the target group either do not watch this sort of thing or think it is talking about somebody else. |
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Post by gyro on May 14, 2009 11:19:05 GMT
Effective in the sense that it makes you think about the issue is the main thing I was thinking ...
What any individual does after that bears no relation to ANY advert, really ...
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Post by tillystar on May 14, 2009 11:51:28 GMT
hmmm I disagree, I think adverts can have a huge impact on what individuals do after watching them, otherwise the advertising industry wouldn't be worth millions and millions of pounds. I just don't think it works in this situation.
Hmm now I reread your answer and I think you are only talking about in this situation and not adverts in general
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Post by pookie on May 14, 2009 14:00:37 GMT
K2 re #7 Here in Aust we have a campaign called 'Clean up Australia' Thousands of people don rubber gloves for one weekend at the end of March every year and clean up the roads , parks, gardens and waterways.
This has been happening for 20 years and was started by one man. No charitiy is involved though.
Maybe you could start something like this yourself in your country that is if is not already being done.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 14:01:48 GMT
Oh, it is being done -- with the coastline also.
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Post by gyro on May 14, 2009 19:01:34 GMT
Yeah, pretty much what I meant Tills. But I don't think I phrased it especially well.
And K, it's nothing to feel preachy about; you're only doing that to the coastline so you can erode it further away from England .....
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 6, 2009 15:01:15 GMT
I've been thinking about his statement for a while, but have come to no conclusions. It's strange to think that all of us probably grew up bombarded by continuous advertising, certainly to a far greater degree than people born fifty years earlier, for instance. It makes it hard to separate out exactly what impact commercial advertising has on any given topic. An example would be the representation of youth as a desirable commodity -- if you aren't young, for goodness sakes try to act and look young! Is that a pure example of commercial influence? I looked up the Pepsi ads. The "for those who think young" campaign began in 1961 and the youthful theme has been kept up since then. Anyone born around that time is 47 or 48 years old now -- old enough to be a grandparent! Does that mean that all of us have been influenced by the "Pepsi Spirit"? |
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Post by rikita on Jun 6, 2009 15:40:46 GMT
actually, i grew up with very little advertising (if you don't count propaganda etc.) until i was ten. but after that i got used to it pretty quickly - though i would suppose that me and other kids in my generation were pretty easy catch for the advertisers. we believed everything we saw on tv, and thought it unbelievably cool, as we had not learned from early age to have some defences against it. well, but i guess with the time then we kind of learned...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2009 16:05:38 GMT
Kids learn fast, even East German ones!  |
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