Comments on: Hate Mail from the Naive

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:37:45 +0000

Thank Jean. I agree. I think maybe he was having a bad day or was feeling down about his mother. I can totally get that. I imagine it is not easy to watch someone you love go through cancer, no matter what kind it is. Despite that, his comment somewhat brought me down which I think was the point unfortunately.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:35:58 +0000

Thank you Mona for your comment and for what you do professionally. I cannot imagine how hard it is to go to work every day and witness things like that firsthand. I applaud you.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:33:55 +0000

Christine- Thanks for your support and comment! This isn’t the first negative comment I have received, and I just don’t get it. I guess some people just prefer to complain and bring other down. I am just glad there are more charitable and giving people like you and me out there to outweigh them.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:30:35 +0000

Thank you, Jen! I didn’t realize it was from that Penn & Teller show. Maybe it was just a joke then?

By: Jean M.

Jean M. — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:29:14 +0000

I’m sorry you had to get this kind of comment for Breast Cancer awareness. I had no idea it was such a hot topic! I do think this guy is having a hard time dealing with his mother’s type of cancer and needed some kind of outlet to vent…to bad it had to be your blog. I sure hope he feels better and never stops by again.
I think what you’re doing for breast cancer awareness is great! If people have a problem with what you do, I don’t see you pressing a gun to their head to stop by.

By: mona c

mona c — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:55:04 +0000

There are movements and organization for every type of cancer. A-hole, quit taking the time to berate others and become a productive member of society.

Im an ultrasound tech and I see the devastation of breast cancer, pancreatic cancer and every cancer in between.

It affects everyone. Get a life!

Continue to do your blogging laurie pooh!

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:43:00 +0000

What a jerk! As someone who participated in the Blogger Boobie-thon last week, I can tell you that the organizers of that event have gotten lots of similar hate mail.

This year’s ‘thon raised over $11,000 for Susan G. Komen. How much money did the haters donate to ANYTHING this year? They probably didn’t lift a finger to do anything, not even so much as a Tweet.

As for the walks, I know that many of the women who go out and walk are breast cancer survivors themselves. Obviously, they see nothing wrong with any of this.

I just had my annual mammogram on Friday. I am very fortunate to have good health insurance through Mike’s job, and it pays the full cost of the procedure. But millions of women fall through the cracks of the system; they don’t have adequate insurance (or are completely uninsured), yet make too much money to qualify for government insurance. Just because I, myself, don’t need assistance paying for health care, doesn’t mean I shouldn’t care about those who are in need.

And I do donate to other cancer charities, too. I’ve donated to the American Cancer Society, and the Jimmy Fund (official Boston Red Sox charity for children’s cancer research at Dana-Farber).

I’ll be sending a donation for your walk.

Anyhoo, some people need to think before they start running their mouths.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:51:33 +0000

wow… what an interesting person.

Funny that the beginning of the rant seems to come from an episode of Penn and Teller’s Bullshit… I was wondering why it sounded so familiar.

Seriously, people who have enough time to bash other people’s efforts need to get a life. It’s not like you’re saying “donate to me because every other disease is pointless” (by the way, I totally had that reaction from someone asking for money for greenpeace! he said cancer research funding was stupid because we’re all going to be dead in 30 years anyway because of the earth)

You are doing something that you believe in, and that’s all that matters. Good luck!