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Post by magoonie on Apr 30, 2013 6:09:12 GMT -5
You know, fuck Scott Keith! I know not a popular opinion here but I'm fucking steaming over his snide remarks about the Make A Wish kids segment from RAW. Has he gotten so fucking cynical and bitter that he has to bitch about a segment like that? It made a bunch of kids with cancer happy and probably their families happy as well. God willing all these kids beat whatever diseases they have but there's a chance some of these kids won't make it to puberty. But oh my god, they ate up 15 minutes of my precise wrestling time, how dare Cena and the WWE! Now I'm not going to sit here and say they don't like the good press associated with such an act. But you know what they deserve the good press for what they did for those kids. And when you see that segment instead of feeling a hundred of other different ways including sadness, happiness, inspired by these kids he goes to bitching about it. I really do see inspiration in these kids and what they are facing. Having cancer in my 20s was devastating, I don't even want to know what it's like for these children to be going against such things. And then you get the Scooter lemmings who feel its great to see Scott stand up against such a segment. Assholes! Seriously, are we so jaded and cynical as wrestling fans that we can't be touched and moved by that segment?
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Post by scottyflamingo on Apr 30, 2013 21:26:46 GMT -5
I get what you are saying, but I also get what Scott was saying. My gut reaction was that it was just using the kids to get Cena face heat. At the end of the day, the kids felt great so who gives a shit?
I guess I've always subscribed to the Biblical idea of doing charity quietly where nobody sees. The E just pats themselves on the back for this stuff that it is a little sickening.
But I get your points.
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Post by ucladavid on Apr 30, 2013 21:42:19 GMT -5
I agree with scotty. Raw is 3 hours and they have to fill time. However, instead of that segment, I would rather have spent that time on a Zack Ryder promo (how many Ryder promos (even if its for 2 minutes) have we gotten in the last year on RAW?), a Ziggler promo, a Mark Henry match beating up Tensai instead of the tug of war), a Wade barrett promo or match, or a Daniel bryan promo.
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Post by magoonie on May 1, 2013 10:21:12 GMT -5
I was probably a bit harsh in my gut reaction (dealing with my own crap) but I still feel it didn't harm anybody and out of one RAW, less than 15 minutes where yeah the WWE got to pat themselves on the back but these kids got a once in a lifetime experience. I don't want to blame Cena for anything though as I really believe he does it because he really believes in it and would be doing it whether it got media attention or not. By the way, I'm not saying you're wrong but I thought the WWE was ok now with Cenas mixed reaction status. That they were just happy he got this big reaction and just get that the older crowd is going to boo him while the kids are going to cheer him.
By the way, just for an outsider point of view please, was I in the wrong in that back and forth with Zanadude? I honestly want to know, it just kind of stung for somebody to brag about how much better they handled cancer. He just made me feel like a piece of shit because I was (and am) scared.
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Post by Caliber on May 1, 2013 13:35:58 GMT -5
I thought zanadude was being one of those people who say something, and even though it's wrong, you still think "Well, he's some what right".
I think anyone who gets cancer, and doesn't just give up is pretty brave. I mean, Zanadude said that people aren't brave because they just do what they have to. That's not true. There are some people who won't do cemo, and just give up and die. To hang in there and fight is really brave, because cancer and all the bullshit that comes with it is nasty.
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Post by scottyflamingo on May 1, 2013 18:43:30 GMT -5
I didn't read what he said but I don't think there is anyway someone handles cancer "wrong" it is just one of those things you can't judge from the outside. I had some issues they thought might have been a tumor. It was nothing, but I got a small taste of the weight someone who actually had cancer would deal with.
But people are typically self centered and speak from what they have experienced. Just realize people say dumb shit and move on.
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