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Friday, January 20, 2012

Conquering Cancer?


A word about the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer. If you are planning on taking part in this event, please don't.

If they called it the Imperial Tobacco Ride to Conquer Cancer, would you participate?

Enbridge is big oil - just as heinous a sponsor as big tobacco. Yes, certain oil products like benzene cause cancer but even if they did not, do you really want to give a wash to big oil? Do you want to support Enbridge that is desperate to destroy the Great Bear Rain Forest for the sake of more dirty profits?

Think about Enbridge. And now, let's think about "conquering cancer." Really? How come the more money we pour into the effort, the more cancer there is in the world? We will never "conquer" by giving more and more billions to big drug companies like Pfizer. They don't want a nice, cheap universal cure. They want to make profits - that's it - bottom line. The cancer industry is huge. Shut it down? Are you kidding?

Let's talk about really stopping it. That entails focusing not on cancer, but on health.

I remember when Mother Theresa, years ago, was asked to support an anti-war protest. She refused. But she said she would be pleased to support a pro-peace group. She was right, of course. What we focus on persists. It doesn't matter if we focus on "not war" - we still get war. Focus on peace and you get peace.

So how about a focus on health. Eating good, healthy foods - a plant based diet - organic and local. Exercise. Alleviate stress. Stop taking drugs. We know what produces good health. We have to choose it.

How about the ride to promote health - no sponsor?

1 comment:

  1. Yep, ultimately it's an oxymoron. Like McDonald's preaching healthy eating to kids, then advertising happy meals to them. Funny isn't it...

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