CF funding dropped-it only affects white males

[martin6]

Silliest reason ever to stop helping people.

Good job, guys!

 

[kevbo]

I had no idea CF affected primarily men. The people I know who have it are all women...

 

[looseliam]

I'm getting so sick of the being politically correct.

[rant omitted]

 

[Garawr]

My doctor's daughter died of CF. This is ridiculous.

 

[star-warrior]

Diabetes seems to affect ethnic minorities more, as well as sickle cell anaemia. Maybe if we apply the same perverse reasoning then they ought to be struck off the list too.

 

[davy]

If the carelton university student association dropped support for fixing this disease because it only affects a priveleged class; then it's stupid, silly, unfair and doesn't make any sense.

The privileged class in any country is called the privileged class for a good reason. (It's because they're priveleged)! I can't believe for a second that there aren't any connections in the carelton university student association that are not only white; but have known somebody afflicated by cystic fibrosis. So it doesn't make any sense why they would drop support.

What we don't have is the carelton university student association's reasoning and that would instantly eliminate this obvious attempt at appealing to peoples' emotions (rather then their reasoning).

Not only does this whole story smells fishy because it doesn't make any sense; but there's no attempt to find out why it's happening. The story clearly tries to incite people's sense of fairness (because it focuses more on cystic fibrosis, rather than examining why the student association felt that was good to drop support).

Did the fox news channel write this?

 

[thermodynamics]

Honestly, some people are soooo PC.

 

[NameTaken]

That's disgraceful.

 

[jackoroe]

I work with a gentleman who has two children with CF. Imagine the horror of knowing your kids will most likely be dead before they reach high school. Then imagine someone monstrous enough, like this twit, to not care about that.

 

[gsdx]

The decision has been repealed:

Carleton to repeal decision to scrap fundraiser

The Carleton University Students Association is planning to repeal a motion that cancelled an annual cystic fibrosis fundraiser on the grounds that the disease affects only white males.

CTV.ca News Staff

CUSA president Brittany Smyth said a motion will be tabled at the next council meeting to repeal the decision.

"There's just been too much confusion about it and we don't want people to get the wrong idea about why students voted in favour of it," Smyth told CTV Ottawa on Wednesday. "So we're looking to just take it back altogether."

The controversy began on Monday night during a CUSA meeting when a councillor tabled a motion that called for the cancellation of Shinerama.

The motion claimed that the fundraiser benefits a disease that affects "white people and primarily men."

According to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, that statement is untrue. The disease primarily affects Caucasians, which includes South Asian, Arab and North African populations, and both genders equally.

The popular event takes place during the school's orientation week and has raised nearly $1 million for cystic fibrosis.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/ab...id=CTVNews/20081126/carleton_shinerama_081126

 

[star-warrior]

School? $1 million ?

Where the fuck do these kids get their money from?

 

[drhladnjak]

It's more prevalent in certain ethnic groups but it does affect more than just white males (emphasis mine):

Of all ethnic groups, Caucasians have the highest inherited risk for CF, and Asian Americans have the lowest. In the United States today, about 1 of every 3,600 Caucasian children is born with CF. This compares with 1 of every 17,000 African Americans and only 1 of every 90,000 Asian Americans. Although the chances of inherited risk may vary, CF has been described in every geographic area of the world among every ethnic population.

 

[Ninja108]

disgraceful... if any of these people had to spend time with those who struggle againest this disease..but then again, they neevr would.

 

[belamy]

So this has nothing to do with Corfin Fisher's funding.

This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

You mean "after" or "ever since" you-know-what-post

 

[belamy]

Your post was stupid in a forgivable manner because the only victim was your image. This case is worse because people's LIVES are at stake.

I still can't see what was PARTICULARLY stupid about it but who cares about complainers and stupid people in general: they are the salt of the earth... and they often make it unproductive.

 

[belamy]

^I care about stupid people because, contrary to popular belief, they don't live in caves. They work in hospitals and offices and banks and governments and they make decisions that make life hell for undeserving people.

Case in point, the OP.

You didn't get my "elaborate" post, did you?

 

[belamy]

Nope, you're waaaay to profound for my tiny, little negro brain.

And I'm too stupid compared to your American wits.

 

[BabiGayPimp]

It's difficult to imagine University students being so uninformed as to characterize CF as a "white man's" disease.

Of course it's ridiculous to stop helping people who have an illness just because some of them may be perceived as priviledged.

But in any case, I wouldn't charachterize this weirdness as "political correctness." The "politically correct" sometimes overreach themselves, but are not generally flat out ignorant.

Some of my best friends are PC (heh, heh)!

 

[RobinGoodfellow]

I wouldn't charachterize this weirdness as "political correctness." The "politically correct" sometimes overreach themselves, but are not generally flat out ignorant.

Actually, this is pretty much the definition of politically correctness; if anyone is gong to benefit it has to be non-white, non-male. It's fine to discriminate as long as it's against white males....

RG

 

[Pushover]

We should stop funding for breast cancer, too; it only benefits women. Or how about Siamese birth defects because it only affects so few people. Wait, how about no funding for AIDs, because, you know, only gay people have it.

Dumbasses.