Today I want to talk about something I don't understand.
Some would argue that I do that all the time, and in this case they would be right. I get the idea of Jerry Lewis and his telethon, and God bless him for doing it for all these years, but here's what I don't understand.
If he can come on TV and collect millions of dollars every year, from regular people and corprate sponsers, why isn't someone doing the same thing to try to find an end to cancer.
I won't bore you with facts and figures, we all know how horrible this disease is. It strikes everyone from small children to the older generation, it comes in too many forms to even keep track of at times. So, why is it that nobody has stepped up to start a telethon for this killer of the masses? We seem to be ok with the idea that body parts have become disposable. Cut off a breast and hope for the best is not my idea of the way Americe should be treating this murderer of young and old, man and woman, black and white, and every other color there is.
It seems like once a month that someone is telling us that another "something" causes cancer. Well, if they can find all of these things that cause it, why can't they find something that stops it.
Pumping the body full of things that can make you just as sick, and in some cases dead, is not something we should be willing to stand around and call "treatment".
I have watched this disease claim both family and friends of mine, and I just have to wonder why we aren't willing to do more. I suppose that if we pulled at the heart-strings of America, and showed the kids suffering, maybe we could generate enough interest to get something done.
Like I said...it's something I don't understand.
