Stop Child Abuse
Today I saw one of those lawn signs, like politicians use in campaign season. The sign informed me that I should "Stop Child Abuse." That's all, nothing more. I say, "Okay, how?"
It's one thing to raise awareness for an issue, but it's completely another to empower someone to follow up with your cause.
The thing that left me scratching my head is that it's a cause that everyone can support already. People aren't talking in the lunch room saying, "Hey, did you hear how they are trying to stop child abuse these days? Stupid PC bastards. In my day, child abuse was the way you dealt with kids. Mom and Dad used to call it a beat down, but now we have to call it 'child abuse.'"
It's not like child abuse is a public cause that has sides like abortion or cigarette campaigns. Of course we want to end child abuse! Now give me a way to find out how to help, or don't waste your money on the sign.
It reminded me of the cause that sent me a direct mail piece stating that only ten cents a day would feed a child. To prove their point, in the mailer they pasted an actual dime. Like I don't know what ten cents looks like? Don't waste the dime plus the postage, plus the cost of the mailer to give me the dime I should be sending to you to help the kids. How many children could have been fed today if you didn't send out this letter?
For the record, I kept the dime in protest of stupidity.
It's one thing to raise awareness for an issue, but it's completely another to empower someone to follow up with your cause.
The thing that left me scratching my head is that it's a cause that everyone can support already. People aren't talking in the lunch room saying, "Hey, did you hear how they are trying to stop child abuse these days? Stupid PC bastards. In my day, child abuse was the way you dealt with kids. Mom and Dad used to call it a beat down, but now we have to call it 'child abuse.'"
It's not like child abuse is a public cause that has sides like abortion or cigarette campaigns. Of course we want to end child abuse! Now give me a way to find out how to help, or don't waste your money on the sign.
It reminded me of the cause that sent me a direct mail piece stating that only ten cents a day would feed a child. To prove their point, in the mailer they pasted an actual dime. Like I don't know what ten cents looks like? Don't waste the dime plus the postage, plus the cost of the mailer to give me the dime I should be sending to you to help the kids. How many children could have been fed today if you didn't send out this letter?
For the record, I kept the dime in protest of stupidity.
1 Comments:
I'm not sure what i think of your blog thus far. Only read this one date. However, lol at your statement of protest at their stupidity. you are right. all told it probably cost them .60 to send that letter. Thats food for 6 days for one kid or food for one day for 6 kids.
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