Those ribbons

I saw a car yesterday that had 4 of them. There was a red one, the ubiquitous yellow one, a red/blue one, and a camo one, too! Then I saw a blue one, "Pray for Delaware Correction Officers"…and I though that it signalled the deathknell of this fad. And then I saw a pink one. I wonder what the pink ones say? "Support Our Gay Troops???"

Originally posted by marquee smith:
II wonder what the pink ones say?

Breast cancer? Or is that yellow?

breast cancer, yes: http://www.pinkribbon.com/

If people want to contribute to charity or causes so bad, do they really need a fucking magnet? Just right the check or volunteer stupid! By putting that shit all over your car or wherever for that matter, all you're saying is that "I gave just so that I could show the world that I do something for the common good by putting this fucking magnet on my car so that everyone can see how nice I really am." It is just as bad as the religious fish on cars. Ugghhh!

Maybe they should have one that says "Wannabe Martyr" and maybe that would cover everyone.

Sure…perhaps a truly selfless act is one that only you know about. But is it so bad to put a ribbon on your car to spread awareness?

Anyway….

What color ribbon is prostate cancer? Is there a ribbon for herpes, as well?

Light Blue for Prostate Cancer…

Significant?

i've seen a much more comprehensive list, but cant seek to google it at the moment…

That cannot be! It is a blasphemy.

Blue is "pray for delaware correction officers".

<img src="http://www.ribbonomatic.com/matic/makegraphic.cgi?result=like;message=Support%20Our%20Gay%20Troops;hexcolor=Pink;fontcolor=White;bgcolor=teal;source_id=1;font_id=18;font_size=" alt=" - " />

I bet nobody hates those ribbons more than HoyaSaxa03.

<img src="http://www.ribbonomatic.com/matic/makegraphic.cgi?message=My%20Other%20Car%20is%20a%20Yukon;hexcolor=Red;fontcolor=white;bgcolor=blue;source_id=1;font_id=5" alt=" - " />

And I'm sick of all the fucking Kerry/Edwards and Bush/Cheney stickers on cars. Enough of that shit already.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
And I'm sick of all the fucking Kerry/Edwards and Bush/Cheney stickers on cars. Enough of that shit already.

Yeah and when will the cardboard re-election signs be taken off all the street lamps in DC?

Originally posted by tbmtt:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
And I'm sick of all the fucking Kerry/Edwards and Bush/Cheney stickers on cars. Enough of that shit already.

Yeah and when will the cardboard re-election signs be taken off all the street lamps in DC?

My favorite is "Move Ahead with Movaheadi!"

For a slightly serious slant on all of this, there was an excellent editorial in the Washington Post on Sunday by frank Schaeffer.


Caring For Those Left Behind
Soldiers' Survivors Need Real Benefits More Than Yellow Ribbons

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61375-2004Nov18.html

no ribbons for lung cancer? I guess they haven't thought of EVERYTHING

you know, it's good to raise awareness, but most people don't know what the ribbons stand for, so the ribbons don't work…

more than 90% of lung cancers ares self inflicted……

I know Dupek wears this to show he supports all the different charities: <img src="http://www.prideglv.org/assets/images/rainbowribbon/ribbonlogo.jpg" alt=" - " />

More than 50% of newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer each year are former or non-smokers. (note: the other half never smoked)

Despite claiming more lives than any other cancer, lung cancer receives comparatively little research funding

More Americans die each year from lung cancer than from breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers combined.

Similar to AIDS in the early 1980s, lung cancer patients report feeling ashamed to tell their family, friends, and others that they have been diagnosed with lung cancer because they feel that they will be blamed.

www.lungcancer.org

So what about the children who grow up with smoking parents and develop lung cancer later in life? Is that self-inflicted, and do they not deserve people to stand behind them and further the research to cure them? Oh I guess not…since most people who get it are smokers, then we should just let them die because they did it to themselves. How about people who smoked before and realized how stupid it was and quit? But I guess we should expect everyone not to make mistakes, right? How about those who go to concert venues regularly and breathe in tons of second hand smoke? But I guess they deserve to get lung cancer, if they risked it to go to the show.