Eddie Vedder tix auctions benefiting West Memphis Three

my_small_self wrote:

Good luck to those bidding

I hope this makes tonnes and tonnes of money to help the WM3

for sure!

Enjoy the show. You should get a pick or two thrown to you for that donation.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/

"Stuff White People Like"

#18 Awareness
January 23, 2008 by clander

An interesting fact about white people is that they firmly believe that all of the world’s problems can be solved through “awareness.” Meaning the process of making other people aware of problems, and then magically someone else like the government will fix it.

This belief allows them to feel that sweet self-satisfaction without actually having to solve anything or face any difficult challenges. Because, the only challenge of raising awareness is people not being aware. In a worst case scenario, if you fail someone doesn’t know about the problem. End of story.

What makes this even more appealing for white people is that you can raise “awareness” through expensive dinners, parties, marathons, selling t-shirts, fashion shows, concerts, eating at restaurants and bracelets. In other words, white people just have to keep doing stuff they like, EXCEPT now they can feel better about making a difference.

Raising awareness is also awesome because once you raise awareness to an acceptable, aribtrary level, you can just back off and say “Bam! did my part. Now it’s your turn. Fix it.”

So to summarize - you get all the benefits of helping (self satisfaction, telling other people) but no need for difficult decisions or the ensuing criticism (how do you criticize awareness?). Once again, white people find a way to score that sweet double victory.

Popular things to be aware of: The Environment, Diseases like Cancer and AIDS, Africa, Poverty, Anorexia, Homophobia, Midde School Field Hockey/Lacrosse teams, Drug Rehab, and political prisoners.

100 Pacer wrote:

my auction bid of $600 secured me a pair of tickets for the April 3rd Vancouver concert

WOW....Only $600, I would have figured this to go much, much higher than that....I would have bid $600, christ I paid $800 for my Wembley tickets for last year........D'oh!

fanch75 wrote:

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/18-awareness/

"Stuff White People Like"

#18 Awareness
January 23, 2008 by clander

An interesting fact about white people is that they firmly believe that all of the world’s problems can be solved through “awareness.” Meaning the process of making other people aware of problems, and then magically someone else like the government will fix it.

This belief allows them to feel that sweet self-satisfaction without actually having to solve anything or face any difficult challenges. Because, the only challenge of raising awareness is people not being aware. In a worst case scenario, if you fail someone doesn’t know about the problem. End of story.

What makes this even more appealing for white people is that you can raise “awareness” through expensive dinners, parties, marathons, selling t-shirts, fashion shows, concerts, eating at restaurants and bracelets. In other words, white people just have to keep doing stuff they like, EXCEPT now they can feel better about making a difference.

Raising awareness is also awesome because once you raise awareness to an acceptable, aribtrary level, you can just back off and say “Bam! did my part. Now it’s your turn. Fix it.”

So to summarize - you get all the benefits of helping (self satisfaction, telling other people) but no need for difficult decisions or the ensuing criticism (how do you criticize awareness?). Once again, white people find a way to score that sweet double victory.

Popular things to be aware of: The Environment, Diseases like Cancer and AIDS, Africa, Poverty, Anorexia, Homophobia, Midde School Field Hockey/Lacrosse teams, Drug Rehab, and political prisoners.

cmon fanch....

dont you want to donate money to help this guy????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poLEzt4slKw&feature=related

elvistheking44 wrote:

WOW....Only $600, I would have figured this to go much, much higher than that....I would have bid $600, christ I paid $800 for my Wembley tickets for last year........D'oh!

im thinking......

the 3 convicted murderers would be thrilled to get $600....

Lizard wrote:

So would it be better for these white people to do NOTHING??? Or should EV and the like go to law school and get their degree to defend the WM3?

By the way, EV, I believe, has done more than just raise "awareness". He has visited at least one of them a couple of times and I would assume helped his wife, etc. so that is a little beyond doing a t-shirt.

The only better than raising awareness, is to be a vegan and thus save the environment!

http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5253450&postcount=54

I rest well at night knowing that part of my ticket dollar went to free that gentleman!

chromiam wrote:

He must be innocent...


I mean Ed had him on stage with a tamborine...

what is your opinion of the west memphis 3 child murderers???

guilty or innocent????

chromiam wrote:

Honestly don't know enough about the case to say either way. But sure as hell would do some research before deciding they were innocent because a celebrity said they were (ala Mumia Abu Jamal).

you should do some research on Damien Echols the fucking "mastermind" of these brutal murders....

complete and total fucking weirdo......

and a child murderer....