speaking of comic relief, i really hate how all charity now has to revolve around some crazy stunt. it really pisses me off, and is extremely sinister for a number of reasons.
(a) "starving kids don't deserve my money... oh, wait, you're biking along the great wall of china dressed in a chicken suit? where can i sign up?"
(b) taken to its logical conclusion, does this mean that a sufficiently crazy stunt would necessitate that I give to a charity i disagree with?
(c) a lot of these stunts cost money. i know the charities will claim that they're spending money to make money, but it still doesn't sit terribly easily with me.
(d) because now people expect stunts, they have to get crazier. Once it was a sponsored 2 mile walk, now you have to swim with great sharks with raw meat strapped to your body (or at least, soon).
(e) it has to be all about the people in this country, not about the people in the country they're trying to help. Which is ridiculous. Same with people going to help in foreign countries- i could be wrong, but considering they have no training etc., wouldn't it be better to send some money so they could send e.g. a trained doctor? but no, "i have to have a trip to make me feel like i'm helping out when I'm actually probably doing more harm than good".
(f) does comic relief have to be such a cr@ppy tv show?
probably a bunch more i haven't thought of.
Sorry for the rant. And don't get me wrong, I don't disagree with charity at all, I'm in favour of it. Just stop with the crazy stunts.
