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Originally Posted by Superflyer
Truthfully I am burnt out on all the pink stuff I see for breast cancer, I hate walking through a store and seeing dozens of pink items to raise money\awareness. Also when flipping through a magazine, watching a show or listening to the radio there are many ads for this run\event\party\get together\etc for breast cancer. At this point I have stopped paying attention to them. I give my support to the Canadian Cancer Society because they spread the money amongst all the different types of cancer not just one.
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I will start this off by saying I like boobies just about as much as any other straight guy...
BUT It's a fundamental concept of economics that the more money you put into one problem, the less you get out of each aditional dollar - diminishing marginal utility. Breast cancer - as an issue - has gotten so big that it's pushing other issues (particularly other cancers) out of the picture. It's star is shining so bright that everything around it becomes a little bit dimmer. In isolation, the more money that goes to breast cancer research the better. But bring in say, the Canadian Cancer Society, as an alternative, and the Canadian Brest Cancer Society is overfunded.
I honestly wish the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation would tone it down a little. Or at least use their superstardom to at least mention that they're not the only cancer out there.