Discussion of the Week - A Cure For Epilepsy?

[hiddenmuse]

Someone posted in epileptics that a friend was going to be making bracelets similar to the Livestrong bracelets that are dark purple and say Seize The Cure. (I *wish* I were making that slogan up.)

Well, talk about stirring up a maelstrom (that's French for "shitstorm") in an otherwise day-to-day community!

Seize The Debate!

There are people that *cannot* stand the Livestrong bracelets and what they stand for. There are people that don't think that epilepsy necessitates a cure - and how would you cure it, anyways? And there are some that feel a little burned out by the whole bracelet-for-a-cause idea.


Personally, I think it could be quite confusing. Autism, Pro-Choice and The Humane Society have already taken up purple as their color of choice for their cause bracelets.

(A) It's a fine idea - but use a different color. Everyone is doing purple. Don't even go near red - that's Multiple Sclerosis, and maybe even AIDS, for all I know.

(B) Change the slogan - "Seize The Cure" feels schlocky, and almost like it's poking fun at epilepsy and seizures.

(C) Realize that not everyone with epilepsy feels the need to be "cured" of it. Or even sees it as being a "curable" disorder - just something that can be treated and kept under control. Something that is manageable, and lived with, but cannot be permanently altered - like our eye color, handedness, or tendency to burn easily in the sun.

Comments

[sigmaration.livejournal.com]

imo, the bracelet-for-a-cause thing is SO five minutes ago. The trend train already left the station on that one... no sense in trying to run after it, cause you'll never catch back up.

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Good point.

Now, it just feels like they're trying to cash in on something before it finally fades into the sunset.

[sigmaration.livejournal.com]

I doubt that is the original intention, but really... isn't that what ALL the other charities are trying to do? Lance makes them, raises a ton of money and they become really popular. So all the charities start doing them.

They're really all just trying to cash in.

<< cynical bastards r us

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Money-grubbing whores. All of them.

Silly trend groupies. That's all there is to it.