Our govt should not help other poeple using my money, the taxes will go up and never come back down. You people have no idea how econ works.

My family sends money to a foundation every month anyways. We didnt need to starve ourselves or make a big deal out of it... :sarcasim: OOooO pat me on the back i'm helping people, wheres my cookie? let me into heaven now i've done something good :sarcasim:

I got the video in the mail yesterday for the 30 Hour Famine. It's stupid. What a stupid way to raise money. You don't help hungary children by starving yourself!

Wow daveman...

At-a-way use that free thinking brain of yours...

shut up jebus lover, our gov. spending money means my tax dollars. If you care so much about them give them your own damm money.

I'm glad to finally hear someone else who cares about stuff like this. It's depressing to hear people complain about gas prices and that they don't have enough money when there are people out there starving. I wish our government would some how help, but that's just like what happened at Rawanda, we refused to help and thousands of people starved each day.

I'm sorry, but to me this seems like a pat on the back for people who want to think they're doing something important. I mean, raising the money is valid, but it seems to me that going for thirty hours without food is not only not even SLIGHTLY equivalent to real famine, but it also rather pointless, in that it does nothing to actually help anyone in Ethiopia or anywhere else. (The cash helps. Going without food doesn't.) Sounds like a bunch of overprivileged, first-world country citizens giving themselves a thumbs up for "suffering" through a pale comparison of what others deal with everyday of their lives, with no end in sight. But, maybe I'm wrong. If it does any good at all, more power to you. I'm a bit contemptuous of the idea, but at least it's a sign that someone gives a dang about the problem in the first place.

Jen.

"sacrificing something"

hahaha
sorry...now tell an Ethiopian you are sacrificing something...AHHHHH....AMERICANS!!! Now I see why people laugh at us so much...

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It is? I go 30+ hours without eating all the time...I'm with Gem on this one, 30 hours really isn't that big of a deal. I'd like to see some real effort out of people...maybe even just a week without food.

How about you try a 30 day famine, pucket?

I did it! I felt good doing it, and wasn't hungry, which is very surprising.

hey i did that!!!! i didnt get hungry tho.....and i kind of expected to. 30 hours isnt very long but i love the cause, so it's fun!!! you should all do it.

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Gemini, The point of the statement is that we are going to do something drastic to help other people. Everyone was fine last year, and if anyone experienced any side effects, they weren't bothered enough to not come back again.

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You can do drastic things that don't involve sacrificing your health. You have the luxury of eating food, and some kids don't have as much as you do, thus you're raising money to help them. That's great, but this is as valid as saying, "Well, since there are starving children in Ethiopia, I'm going to eat twice as much." Just eat normally, and don't under compensate. I think finding a more healthy alternative might be more beneficial.

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I don't think starving yourself for 30 hours is really a bright idea

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Wow, wow, wow. Wait, I just signed up for them to send me mail about the program, but I have to starve myself!? What the crap.

-Nicole

Gemini, The point of the statement is that we are going to do something drastic to help other people. Everyone was fine last year, and if anyone experienced any side effects, they weren't bothered enough to not come back again.

Charlie, The point is you are sacrificing something you have a plenty amount of to help thoughts who have none. You get someone to sponsor you, and the money goes to the children, not the food. The point of not eating, is making a statement, and humbling yourself to the reality people starve to death every day, hour, minute.

I want to do this with my youth group, but my dad, like gem, says that it's unhealthy. He wont let me do it. I am not arguing with him too terribly much, because I dont see how me not eating for 30 hours, is going to help some kids in another country. It's not like the food that I am not eating is going to be shipped to them. If I were the starving child I wouldnt care what some kid halfway across the globe is doing. I would care if I got the money to live another day. That is why I am giving one of my friends that is participating in the 30 hour famine some money to go to the children.

I understand you have a cause to do this 30 hour famine, but it's not healthy. You may have a nurse with you, but you can have side effects that don't show up until a few days later. Not eating for that long confuses your body, and it shuts down, regardless of how much water you have. My point is that it isn't healthy, and it might be a better idea to get sponsors and engage in more healthy activity like running a race or something.

Gemini That is the point.

People have brought up this issue many times in the past and no one cared.
It makes a statement when you don't eat, people tend to pay attention more.

Most of the kids last year was their first year, it was a very humbling experience for them, they never understood what it meant to not eat, not because you weren't hungry, but because there was no food. It helped us to appreciate what we were doing more.

We had a nurse with us as well to make sure no one was doing something they couldn't handle. We had plenty of water, and everyone got sleep.

Plenty of people understand what we are doing and why. It is for a cause, and we are trying to get noticed.

Honestly, I couldn't ask for money to save starving people, then go out for a burger. I would feel like a hypocrite.

How about just raising money from sponsors by letting them know what's going on? Isn't that enough incentive to help emaciated people?

I don't think starving yourself for 30 hours is really a bright idea, because not eating for that long can affect your attention span, memory, you sleep habits for weeks, and your general health.

It seems as if you’re saying, "Hey! There are starving children in Africa, so in order to pay for their health care, food, etc. we are going to starve our own bodies to raise money!"

We did that a few years ago at our church. I've been trying to get our new youth pastor into it, and he's all for it. He's just too lazy to actually get materials for it.