a lot of people are changing their profile pics to cartoon characters from their favorite childhood tv shows in support of child abuse awareness.
and several things happened after that . . .
1. a meme started up suggesting that this action on facebook is somehow helping abusers and pedophiles.
2. people searching for the person who started this whole thing
3. people have started arguing that changing the profile pics is a useless endeavor and helps no one. and, further more, lulls people into thinking they've done something good when they ain't done shit.
i will admit, i changed my profile pic to a cartoon character in an attempt to support child abuse awareness.
i will also admit that doing so don't do shit for anybody. well, not exactly, anyhow.
but, it is good that this whole conversation has started. it appears that awareness has come about after all. people are debating. and the debate will spur someone to meaningful, helpful action-- someone who was doing little more than simply sitting on his or her rump before today concerning this issue. and this is a debate that perhaps wouldn't have happened if no one thought of the profile pic meme in the first place.
so, the act of changing the profile in and of itself is perhaps useless. but, the collective act, and all the feedback of some many people is helpful indeed. it has started getting people to think and express their passions and challenges for action.
that's a good thing, i think.
now, what am i gonna do to really, truly help.
hmmmmmmm . . . .
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