STOP THE ICE BUCKET THING, NOW!

  I love and appreciate the fact that many people are responding massively to this social awareness call to ALS, especially world superstars. I must be honest that prior to the ice bucket thing I did not know anything about the ALS myself, I believe it is among the sicknesses that are unjustly classified as unknown or strange because only a little percentage of the world population suffer from it which is why a lot of world governments and even world rich organizations do not allocate any or enough money into its scientific investigation for the purpose of finding a cure for it.

  But after this massive publicity stunt, I am sure I will never forget what the ALS stands for, my heart will always be with those who suffer from it, and most importantly too, I shall try to donate my little widows might, especially financially to the cause, notwithstanding, I must admit that I am waiting eagerly to see the person that will put an end to the ice bucket challenge thing that has suddenly turned into a trend, where some people are grossly bastardizing the good intention of whoever it was that started the honorable feat in the first place. We cannot do this forever, there are other issues affecting the world that needs part of our attention too, with all due respect to ALS victims. ALS is a sickness which cure is yet to be discovered but the cure to the millions of persons dying in the world today as a result of hunger is known, FOOD, and in some part of the world we still continue to throw edible foods into the dustbins, in fact, one school of thought says that more food are wasted in the western world than what is actually consumed in some part of the world.

  People are dying everyday in one unjust war in some part of the world, what are we doing about it? in what way are we pressurizing our government to cease selling or handing weapons to those who are using it to terrorize innocent world citizens?

  I know it is cool to have the world see your name mentioned and then see you take up the ice bucket challenge, but after the ice bucket challenge what next? Some people are even eager to do the ice bucket thing even if they were not nominated in the challenge chain just to hype their status, how much have you given to the cause? Why do we like to be seen giving to the needy? Or presuming to assist others while only arrogantly satisfying our ego? People need assistance every day, some stars have their families and community members going through worst situations, but they won´t assist them because the world won´t see them on social media and because a camera won´t be there to showcase it.

  The positive side of the whole hype about the ice bucket challenge is that it has proved that the world is a small community and that if we really desire, we can all be interconnected somehow. I hope to see us use the opportunity that the social network has given to us to bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots, to continue to genuinely feel a part of this same world, to rise every day and at every moment to defend the cause of the powerless against their oppressors, to stand constantly and not occasionally against injustice, to step forward every now and again in the favor of those who cannot stand for themselves.

  Please, enough of this ice bucket thing and let us attend to other world problems too.