Comments on: What a booby

By: una.

una. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:08:42 +0000

Part of the issue is that their main financial support comes from the over-50 A/B consumers. I’d guess that the decision was made in a poorly-judged attempt to avoid alienating an existing (and extremely lucrative) support base, and then badly communicated.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:21:35 +0000

How unbelievably snooty – it’s not as if the money comes from Nazi fundraisers. Or are certain cancer charities doing so good out of the HSE that they don’t need additional donations?

By: Caro

Caro — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:12:22 +0000

Idiots. I’d seriously think twice about buying one of their silly little pins again.

By: Medbh

Medbh — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:27:46 +0000

There’s a great deal of sexism involved with breast cancer campaigns. All that pink horse crap and ultra femme stuff they shove at women. This doesn’t surprise me.

By: problemchildbride

problemchildbride — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:56:52 +0000

God, that makes me angry. Here’s a woman trying to do some real good in the world and all the charity can do is be prissy and pissy towards her.

By: ellen

ellen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:45:32 +0000

Wow, beggers cant be choosers I say. That’s terrible.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:41:17 +0000

Is that true??? Jesus.
I read an interview where she said that much of her motivation to model stems from wanting to raise breast cancer awareness. She seemed like a really together girl. Actually, her whole tale is fascinating – she’s been offered a PhD place in Cambridge to study HIV-related immunology or something, but is going to continue to model for the time being.
I think a lot of people had a problem with that – something along the lines of, why waste that truly brilliant brain by taking your clothes off. I say fair fucks to her.

By: Penny Century

Penny Century — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:21:47 +0000

That’s a really depressing story. I can understand them not wanting money made from, I dunno, coursing or badger-baiting or something, but this is just pure nasty bigotry. Poor Claire Tully. I wonder how the charities justified it to themselves.