Comments on: Raising Awareness of Awareness Raising

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:11:43 +0000

Amen to Burrill. I have always wondered what “awareness” accomplished. “Aware” rhymes with “care” but similarity ends there. What is so noteworthy or celebratory about adding a tiny-bit-of-info to my already crowded brain? I am AWARE–Yay Me!!!!!

Began to think, though…as Christians, don’t we often play this game? We hear a prayer request, a need…and do nothing. “I’d appreciate prayers for my sister”, we are asked. “Ah, yes,” we answer gravely, “I heard about that.” Well, SO? Big deal! Are we praying? How easily I fall for this cheap imitation.

By: Burrill

Burrill — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:11:05 +0000

Yes please thank you. I’M SO TIRED OF HAVING MY AWARENESS RAISED. It’s such a pointless and lazy way of tricking yourself into thinking you’re doing something when, in fact, you’re not actually contributing anything worthwhile to your cause: awareness is not money, expertise, or volunteering. Do something or do nothing, but don’t talk at me to make yourself feel like you’re doing something. That just irritates me and, quite frankly, makes me less sympathetic to your cause.

So, to give fair warning: if you try to raise my awareness about your cause, you will succeed in raising my awareness to the level at which I can be fully aware that I’m going to ignore your cause. If that’s what you want, then by all means, try to raise my awareness.

By: Rach

Rach — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:20:37 +0000

I totally agree. Have you seen the Seinfeld episode where he goes through the same idea with medicine? You can just have basic Tylenol….it’s all extra strength, or super long lasting…..as if it’s any different from the basic. Now that it’s all super strength…doesn’t that just equal them all out again? Another favorite quote from that movie is “They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity.”