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Fundraiser For "White Male" Illness Dropped

Posted by samzenpus on from the stop-the-penis-party dept.

gubachwa writes "The student association at Carleton University in Canada recently voted that Cystic Fibrosis was a charity unworthy of receiving money raised during orientation week fund-raising activities. The reason behind the decision, as given in the motion on which the student association voted, is that Cystic Fibrosis 'has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men.'" I'm speechless.

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  1. what's sadder here? by v1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That they did it, or that anyone cares?

    Shouldn't we stop fund raising for prostate cancer because it only affects men!
    Discrimination? Someone needs their head adjusted. Maybe raising funds for condition xxx isn't a good idea, but that's a ridiculous reason to stop.

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    1. Re:what's sadder here? by qbzzt · · Score: 4, Interesting

      What's sad is male-oriented products, e.g. razor blades, with packaging touting their contribution to womyn's diseases like breast cancer.

      My wife handles most of our shopping. They need to convince her which brand to buy, even if I'm the ultimate user.

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  2. Re:Update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Cystic Fibrosis affects women, it's just that women tend to die faster than men who have it. Thus, more men appear to have it.

    Someone must have looked up a bunch of statistics, and drew their own conclusions without actually putting them into context.

    Yay for critical thinking.