Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Idiots of the Day - The Breast Cancer Society of Canada
Idiots. If exotic dancers want to help prevent breast cancer (their breasts...and lives are kind of important to them), what right does the Breast Cancer Society of Canada have to refuse the money? As someone who has previously donated to them (they’ll be on last year’s tax deductions, if we’re allowed to take a foreign deduction), I find it offensive that they would turn down any money, from anyone. I don’t care if Kiddie Porn Priests 4 Baby Sex are donating money to a good charity, I want the charity to accept the money.
Exotic dancers’ ‘stigma’ too much for charity
Last Updated: Thursday, February 8, 2007 | 11:22 AM PT
CBC News
The Breast Cancer Society of Canada has rejected the offer of thousands of dollars from a fundraising group of exotic dancers in Vancouver.
Exotic Dancers for Cancer holds an annual charity event in memory of a former dancer who lost her life to the disease.
Last year, the event raised $6,000.
However, former dancer Trina Ricketts said the society sent her an e-mail declining the money this year, because its major donors did not support a connection to exotic dancers.
She says the society has taken the group’s contributions in the past.
“I really feel that it’s a strong indication of the degree of the stigma that exotic dancers experience when an organization doesn’t even want to be associated with them for fear of experiencing the same stigma.”
Ricketts said her group is still looking for a cancer charity that will accept a donation.
The annual event will be held next month at a downtown hotel.
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I have to completely agree with you on this one. How incredibly idiotic to get on a moral high ground about the profession of “exotic dancing” and refuse not only a significant donation, but also the spirit of coming together to do something to help your fellow human being.
Every year I donate to a charity, maybe I should write them and say “perhaps my donation show go next year to a charity that is more concerned about saving lives than 18th century Victorian morality.”
Brian Finch on 02/09 at 10:00 AM -
Wow, that’s so wrong. And weird - years ago, like in the ‘70’s, there was a fundraising event run by exotic dancers to raise money for the Children’s Hospital in Montreal. The nickname of the event was “Tits for Tots”, but that hospital never turned down the money. Maybe because Montrealers are so cool.
roro on 02/09 at 12:30 PM -
Flippy I can’t even BELIEVE that - how assinine of the Breast Cancer Society to refuse to take money from ANYONE! The only money to be refused is if you know it’s STOLEN or something like that. I’m linking this story...how stunned.
Lisa W. on 02/09 at 07:41 PM -
Wow. That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard in awhile.
Turning down money for needed cancer research - I thought we Canadians were a tad more open minded than that! But really, why do you even HAVE to be open minded? It’s money! For cancer!
Crazy.
Kai on 02/10 at 11:36 PM
