Coach Jones accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

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sanddune50 said:
And on another note, when did pouring a bucket of ice water on your head become a stunt?.
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Publicity stunts have been around since the dawn of media. This stunt fits that category as it's designed to draw public attention to a particular cause. I'm not particularly "worried" about the phenomenon. I'm just giving the contrarian point of view as to its necessity when there surely must be more original ways to drum up donations.
 
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Special Ed said:
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for donating to worthy causes, especially stem-cell research and other scientific inquiry into curing and preventing the diseases and other maladies that will someday affect us all. I’ve given regularly, through my workplace, to the United Way for at least the past thirty years. A family friend of ours has been recently afflicted with ALS, so I’m fully aware of how devastating it can be. What I’m opposed to is potentially dangerous stunts that could eventually have a negative effect on donations or bring them to a complete halt should some act intended to draw attention to the cause go horribly wrong. Some “targets” have nervous systems that are more fragile and sensitive to shock than average. What’s next – waterboarding to fight diabetes?!
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I heard it was gonna be shotgun wound challenge for diabetes fwiw, just hear say, don't "shoot" the messenger.
 
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Special Ed said:
Publicity stunts have been around since the dawn of media. This stunt fits that category as it's designed to draw public attention to a particular cause. I'm not particularly "worried" about the phenomenon. I'm just giving the contrarian point of view as to its necessity when there surely must be more original ways to drum up donations.
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'Stunt' in the example you provided above is another overused buzzword that has been watered down over time to make harmless gestures such as pouring ice water over your head sound more risky and dangerous. I think this is due to making people who don't have the mustard to do real stunts feel more alive.

And when you come up with more original ways to generate the same awareness and money that this ice bucket challenge has generated get back to us. By the way, not every topic has to break out into a debate class. The only people that tend to do this are attention seekers. Don't see the reason anyone would have a problem with this unless they are part of the same new age hipster group that bashes everything.
 
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I can see both sides of it. It's definitely amazing that so much money has been raised for a very worthy cause. At the same time, it's sad that people won't donate on their own without some sort of attention grabbing gimmick. It rubs me the wrong way that a lot of people will donate to something only when it's in a way that lots of other people know they're doing it.
 
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Special Ed said:
When I was stationed in the Far East, I saw an older guy (master sergeant) have a heart attack from having freezing water dumped on him unexpectedly. He was not a "dick", but he did not survive the heart attack. Ever since then, I've been opposed to these needless stunts.
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Dude... you can't put toothpaste back in the tube.
 
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jjay2518 said:
I can see both sides of it. It's definitely amazing that so much money has been raised for a very worthy cause. At the same time, it's sad that people won't donate on their own without some sort of attention grabbing gimmick. It rubs me the wrong way that a lot of people will donate to something only when it's in a way that lots of other people know they're doing it.
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That's pretty much why they have over 9 mil in donations, as opposed to the 1.5 mil raised this time last year.
 
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volger said:
That's pretty much why they have over 9 mil in donations, as opposed to the 1.5 mil raised this time last year.
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Yeah, I get that. All I'm saying is it would be nice if people just donated to things like this without needing the attention grab to do it. These charities are there all the time needing support, not just when some viral fad hits.
 
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Special Ed said:
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for donating to worthy causes, especially stem-cell research and other scientific inquiry into curing and preventing the diseases and other maladies that will someday affect us all. I’ve given regularly, through my workplace, to the United Way for at least the past thirty years. A family friend of ours has been recently afflicted with ALS, so I’m fully aware of how devastating it can be. What I’m opposed to is potentially
dangerous stunts that could eventually have a negative effect on donations or bring them to a complete halt should some act intended
to draw attention to the cause go horribly wrong. Some “targets” have nervous systems that are more fragile and sensitive to shock than average. What’s next –
waterboarding to fight diabetes?!
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My mother in law has been fighting this brutal disease for over 5 years. Unless you see the horror first hand on a daily basis, you can't even comprehend the magnitude. Do me a favor. Keep your 2 cents or any other donation to yourself and stick it!
 
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Some of you may not know, but Steve Gleason, the former Saints player that made he infamous punt block in the return to the Superdome in 06 after Hurricane Katrina, is currently fighting ALS. It's a terrible disease and it can strike anybody, no matter how healthy you may be. There's no linked risk factors for this devastating disease.
 
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I was challenged last night by one of my old Soldiers. I will be having my daughters dump ice cold water on me tonight and will subsequently make a $100 donation to ALS research.
 
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