Simple Torture wrote:I find the backlash to the analysis of this phenomenon to be the most interesting thing of all. There have been lots of pieces floating around asking questions like, "How much awareness is actually being raised? What other messages are these videos saying? (About access, about disability, about peer pressure) How has this been distorted from the start?" And whenever I've read something like this, most comments are along the lines of what bodysnatcher described: "It raises money, why ask questions?" "Sounds like someone is afraid to do it!" "$1.5 million is great, so who cares what you think?" As someone who sort of, you know, trades in critical analysis, this resistance is fascinating and troubling.
in this particular case, at any rate, the potentail harm done is so vastly dwarfed by the money raised (and yes, even awareness for a disease that is not nearly as well known as cancer, diabetes, etc) that the questions seem overly precious or spoilsportish.
Re: Vedder Ice Bucket Challenge ALS
Posted: Wed August 20, 2014 1:01 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
Re: Vedder Ice Bucket Challenge ALS
Posted: Wed August 20, 2014 1:18 am
by spike
B wrote:
spike wrote:
B wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:I find the backlash to the analysis of this phenomenon to be the most interesting thing of all. There have been lots of pieces floating around asking questions like, "How much awareness is actually being raised? What other messages are these videos saying? (About access, about disability, about peer pressure) How has this been distorted from the start?" And whenever I've read something like this, most comments are along the lines of what bodysnatcher described: "It raises money, why ask questions?" "Sounds like someone is afraid to do it!" "$1.5 million is great, so who cares what you think?" As someone who sort of, you know, trades in critical analysis, this resistance is fascinating and troubling.
in the end, who knows what the real benefit is, but the ice bucket challenge has little chance of causing harm (unless a trash bucket full of water lands on your head), so why not let it ride?
That first one's a win, baby!
easy does it, pedoB
Re: Vedder Ice Bucket Challenge ALS
Posted: Wed August 20, 2014 10:10 pm
by Sgt. Crackpot
Re: Vedder Ice Bucket Challenge ALS
Posted: Wed August 20, 2014 11:37 pm
by stip
good point.
I like that stone brandished his check in his video
Re: Vedder Ice Bucket Challenge ALS
Posted: Wed August 20, 2014 11:52 pm
by CopperTom
stip wrote:good point.
I like that stone brandished his check in his video
It got as wet as he did. It was likely ruined.
Re: Vedder Ice Bucket Challenge ALS
Posted: Thu August 21, 2014 12:12 am
by B
Posting self-righteous stuff about how the ALS challenge sucks is the new way to whore attention.
