"For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise." - Benjamin Franklin
$1000 is very generous most people do $20
Just out of curiosity is everybody in on next weeks mud bucket for MS or do all the other charity organizations get screwed now cause everybody already jumped on the feel good bandwagon?
I think you're missing the point. The whole video-yourself-freaking-out-with-a-bucket-of-ice-dumped-on-your-head-for-laughs AND then challenging 3 of your friends to do it as well is a gimmick to create awareness and create an exponential growth factor. That's why it has gone so viral. Awareness is the main thing... how many people that chose 'the bucket', do you think ALSO donated? Or had a non-bucket-choosing friend or family member donate?
That is the point.
That's been brought up in the media. But hey... what are you gonna do? Every charity is trying to find a gimmick. Some work better than others. Next month or next year, there will be another viral gimmick for cancer or aids or AG or... one of them...
As it is, some of the money going to ALS can also provide concurrent benefits to other charities as well...
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I believe that the most interesting one of these video's was that of Patrick Stewart, his video is completely quiet except for the sound when he plops two ice cubes into a glass that he pours what I assume is an excellent scotch into, after writing a cheque for an undisclosed amount.
Scott
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