Who Gets the Protons?

An Analogy We Love Written by a Mom

When the Titanic was sinking- who was saved first? The children. When a house is burning, who are the firemen looking for? Children. How outraged would America be if 90 year old men were elbowing ten year olds out of the way for a life raft, leaving the child to a much greater chance of death? But why does that anger us? Seriously, how many children would be lost if they were all left to die on the Titanic, or every child in a burning house was left to perish? In the grand scheme of things, that would be an extremely rare event.

If this scenerio leaves a bad taste, why is it that our children are left to perish in a burning house- cancer? They receive a miniscule amount of funding from most major funding sources- including The American Cancer Society and the Government. If you look at the amount of money spent per years of life lost, it is pathetic. Do we really care so little for our children?

The next time you see a house burning on the 6:00 news imagine this commentary: The firemen are doing everything they can to keep the fire from spreading to the neighbors. This tragedy is unfortunate, but there is no funding for the firemen to go in a rescue that child you see in the window. Hug your kids, and be thankful that it is not them in that window. The fireman is well trained in calming down the screaming parents, please think of them in your prayers.

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