Comments on: Why aren’t kids with cancer funny? http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:36:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: GeoffAndNicky http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28584 GeoffAndNicky Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:24:02 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28584 Problem is that there are people out there that spend there lives mourning the loss of a child. Some do something positive about it. The Chasers seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel for something funny. Calling it "edgy" is just an excuse and they should realise that there time is up. I know an ordinary guy who is doing an extraordinary thing about this very thing. Friday, 29th of May, Craig Goo-zee left on a 12,500KM ultra marathon around Australia to raise $1M for the Children's Cancer Institute of Australia (CCIA). He will be cycling, paddling and running for 92 days. Craig was inspired to do this because of his daughter Jessica, who died from cancer 10 years ago. He doesn't want any other child and family to go through what he went through. So he is raising money for Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA). He has already done two previous ultra marathons. 1. Avalon to Broadbeach for Cancer: he paddled 800KM raising $150,000. 2. Albany to Broken Bay for Cancer: he cycled, paddled and ran 5,000KM raising $500,000. This A2B4C, Australia Square to Bennelong Point, is his third and will be his last. His charity website is www.A2B4C.com.au. He is fitted him out with an Omniscout so you can keep track of where Craig is at by going to the website http://www.omniscout.ca/omnicontrol/a2b4c.html. You can also read/see what he has been doing on his blog http://a2b4c.wordpress.com/. He also has a supporters group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=97276678625 and YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/CCIADVD. To the Chaser Team: Im sure Craig would be happy for you to tag along with him. There has been, and will continue to be, plenty of material you could use. It would be one way for you to make up for crass insensitivity. Problem is that there are people out there that spend there lives mourning the loss of a child. Some do something positive about it. The Chasers seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel for something funny. Calling it “edgy” is just an excuse and they should realise that there time is up.

I know an ordinary guy who is doing an extraordinary thing about this very thing. Friday, 29th of May, Craig Goo-zee left on a 12,500KM ultra marathon around Australia to raise $1M for the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia (CCIA). He will be cycling, paddling and running for 92 days. Craig was inspired to do this because of his daughter Jessica, who died from cancer 10 years ago. He doesn’t want any other child and family to go through what he went through. So he is raising money for Children’s Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA). He has already done two previous ultra marathons. 1. Avalon to Broadbeach for Cancer: he paddled 800KM raising $150,000. 2. Albany to Broken Bay for Cancer: he cycled, paddled and ran 5,000KM raising $500,000. This A2B4C, Australia Square to Bennelong Point, is his third and will be his last.

His charity website is http://www.A2B4C.com.au. He is fitted him out with an Omniscout so you can keep track of where Craig is at by going to the website http://www.omniscout.ca/omnicontrol/a2b4c.html. You can also read/see what he has been doing on his blog http://a2b4c.wordpress.com/. He also has a supporters group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=97276678625 and YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/CCIADVD.

To the Chaser Team: Im sure Craig would be happy for you to tag along with him. There has been, and will continue to be, plenty of material you could use. It would be one way for you to make up for crass insensitivity.

]]> By: Kevin Rudd http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28475 Kevin Rudd Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:46:23 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28475 Andrew Denton, the mentor of the Chaser boys, managed to find the right approach to humour with cancer suffers. Good humour is always edgy, sometimes it goes over the line, as it did in this case. Andrew Denton, the mentor of the Chaser boys, managed to find the right approach to humour with cancer suffers. Good humour is always edgy, sometimes it goes over the line, as it did in this case.

]]> By: sprinkles38 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28452 sprinkles38 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:58:34 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28452 Why is it that so many people can laugh at other peoples expense all the time - at celebrities & those in the public eye but cannot laugh at a joke like this? is it because we have no connection to those celebrities so we feel we are distanced & can attack them how ever we feel, going along with the tabloids of who cheated with who & who is now going naked? so much of comedy is skirting the line - toeing over it even - to get a reaction. im sure Chas & co didn't want this reaction but its done its job by making some laugh, some cringe, some think & some react. good on you Chasers - stir up that pot! i'll always be laughing with you even when im cringing...thats why i watch Why is it that so many people can laugh at other peoples expense all the time - at celebrities & those in the public eye but cannot laugh at a joke like this? is it because we have no connection to those celebrities so we feel we are distanced & can attack them how ever we feel, going along with the tabloids of who cheated with who & who is now going naked?
so much of comedy is skirting the line - toeing over it even - to get a reaction. im sure Chas & co didn’t want this reaction but its done its job by making some laugh, some cringe, some think & some react. good on you Chasers - stir up that pot! i’ll always be laughing with you even when im cringing…thats why i watch

]]> By: jen http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28428 jen Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:00:38 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/to-whom-it-may-concern-why-arent-kids-with-cancer-funny/#comment-28428 The question is, what is so special about you? What makes you think that people shouldn't critique your sense of humour? Want to be comedy’s sacred cow? Make a realistic wish. The question is, what is so special about you? What makes you think that people shouldn’t critique your sense of humour? Want to be comedy’s sacred cow? Make a realistic wish.

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