I hope no one takes this the wrong way, as it is not my intent to offend. I feel for anyone with a friend or family member with any kind of illness. And anyone who raises money or donates money for charitible causes of any kind deserves praise. But I do wonder why it is that breast cancer seems to get "special" treatment from a fund-raising standpoint as compared to other cancers? I understand there is an official US Postal Service stamp that is specifically for raising money for breast cancer. RC's event and many others in our area are targeted specifically at breast cancer. Yet what about other cancers? Why goes the US government fund-raise via a special stamp for breast cancer only? Why not "cancer" in general? I have a dear friend who had bone cancer 3 years ago (and God willing has beaten it) and an in-law with kidney cancer now. IMO the government should not be showing preference -- private groups can do as they please of course and I have no problem with that. But I wonder if the doling out of federal research money for various kinds of cancer is also skewed? IMO the government funding should be based on statistics with the most money going to the most prevalent cancer, etc. not based on politics or lobbying by special interest groups. But I fear that politics has gotten into it.
Again, no offense intended to anyone, just some food for thought.
Again, no offense intended to anyone, just some food for thought.