AWARENESS

Media has been inundated with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which has caused a flood of comments from various perspectives.  The first challenge to the challenge I read was from those against stem cell research.  I jumped into that particular frey which produced a comment from someone who had taken the "challenge" and donated to a non-stem cell research program.

Next came the report that this act was some sort of satanic ritual, and stemmed from pagan roots.  It does in some ways make me think of some sort of counterfeit or mock baptism . . .
Basically, just about everything going on in the world today is questionable.  Sadly, much of the questionable is believed and embraced, while the truth is ignored and discounted.  Since I already consider (pharmaceuticals) to be pagan, I didn't feel the need to go looking for satan in what's trending.

The challenge that came to me has to do with the point of raising awareness.  ALS, formerly known as Lou Gehrig's disease is not contagious, there is no cure, and the cause is unknown.  Now, if this was a communicable disease, awareness might help stop it, but it isn't.  This awareness campaign is a business strategy to solicit funds, since Congress cut the funding.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/lawmakers-ice-bucket-challenge_n_5696290.html

Health care is the new arm of government control and guilt obligation, without calling it taxes.  A fine for mandated health insurance is going into the coffers without calling it a tax.  While Americans are struggling to make ends meet, working at jobs that qualify them for food stamps and medicaid, they are willingly being degraded with a bucket of water thrown on them, for a "good cause."  The government has been throwing a bucket of water on us for years, while telling us it's raining . . .

One more challenge regarding this challenge.  For those who are truly using ice water on their heads.  Has there been any research on the potential impact of that shock to the nervous system?