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Charity at spring scrimmage.
nihilistdawg
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So with Nebraska bringing a young cancer patient on the field to run in a TD during their spring game, do you think Sark puts Cooper in the game to run for a TD? Or will his knees just fall apart?
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'Nuff said
On a related note, if you are going to "pay it forward" at Starbucks or help someone out if they are short in the checkout line at the store, don't go on Facebook and tell even one how awesome you are. You immediately go from doing something nice to being a self serving prick/cunt. And if you buy a random unseen blond a banana and a coffee, STFU and DIAFF. #HIKIM
That act actually damaged the kid. It reinforced the idea for him that he is "special" and deserving of things he hasn't earned. It sent the entirely wrong message. If I was his parent I would not have allowed that to happen. I would want him to return to a normal childhood as soon as possible.
It's the same thing with a little girl that survived being shot by a stray bullet a couple years ago in Seattle. She was celebrated in the news and the mother started a Facebook page documenting her every move even after as she returned to normal life. The mother was getting a high from her daughter being a "celebrity". I sent the mother an email trying to tell them that they're damaging her, let her return to a normal childhood and don't live through her vicariously like that. She didn't like that so que sera sera.
The kid is special....you beat cancer you deserve special recognition.
Why?
I get doing nice things to brighten the day of a sick kid, buy why does he or anyone who beat cancer deserve special recognition from the public?
It seems these days many people who do something nice for someone, do it in such a way that they end up getting pats on the back an accolades to the point where it becomes about them, the giver, not the recipient.
Once someone stats boasting about the great and kind deed they did, they need to DIAFF.
It also reminds me of people who just had a kid, they many act like they are the only ones in history who figured out how to do this. I understand their excitement, but when the excuses start popping up on why they are late, or how tired they are, or why they missed a deadline, don't expect me to give a fuck.
In all seriousness, the he didn't earn it and it will make him entitled is some of the dumbest shit I have read in awhile (since I left Dawgman.)
And yes, it would be very inspiring if the kid did go on to workout and become good at a sport or excel at anything. There are many example of sports figures getting cancer, going through the rigors of treatment and then coming back to perform at an elite level. (Mario Lemieux comes to mind) That is something that we should celebrate.
I don't think it's going to damage the kid in any real way. He's 7 years old, he's got a cool memory. If he thinks everything in life is going to be handed to him because of this he wasn't going to amount to much anyway.
That said, I agree with Damone. It's hard not to see something like this and wonder if it's more about getting recognition for the one doing the act than the one receiving it. I don't want to be a cynical bastard and assume that's what Pellini was up to, but it's certainly questionable.
But for a kid going through cancer treatments, it seems like a well deserved reward.
Too soon?
Fuuuucccckkkk.....reminds me of that classic PSU game this past year that I took the kids to since they had never been to Qwest/CenturyLink (we be broke country folk). My 9 year old son turns to me and asked why that other kid can be on the field and he can't? Ie explain that he is very sick with terminal cancer and they try and make his last days the best they can. He looks me straight in the eye and says "Guess he really isn't a Lucky Dawg, is he"?
Deep