re: #57 lawhawk

I did the challenge - and donated. The whole viral nature of this has kicked off a tremendous fundraising boost to the ALS Foundation. Whereas they normally get only about $2 million dollars this time of year, they’ve gotten more than $53 million as a result of the challenge.

I’d say that the challenge has done its job admirably.

Now, if most of that money goes into research, then we’ve really got something here.

And every other charity on the planet is wishing to come up with a viral success even half as good as the ice bucket challenge.

I’m sorta ambivalent about the ice bucket challenge. Yes, it’s good that money is going to research. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to get doused in a bucket of ice because “all the cool kids are doing it.”

Also, it seems that there’s a link between head trauma (as in football players’ concussions) and ALS, which I was unaware of.