Walking past the park yesterday i noticed a large statue of Terry Fox. Why is it that Terry fox is treated as a christ-like figure in our society? People worship this man. It's like Terry Fox has a cult following. Im suprised people dont pray infront of that statue every morning. In my opinion Terry Fox's achievments are a little over rated. I believe he deserves far less social credit then what we merit him for. Please dont think I'm a monster, Dont get me wrong, Terry Fox was a good man and made many noteable achievments in the fight against Cancer, but should not be treated like a a demi-god, as he is today. First of all, Mr. Fox is only considered a hero because he was handicapped. People run accross the country ALL THE TIME raising money for cancer. Able bodied people raise far more money then Terry Fox did in his day and their names dont even make the headlines. Susan G. Komen, Nancy Brinker, Fred Hutchinson, who has ever heard of these people? Where are their statues? Terry's original Marathon of Hope only raised $24 million in support of cancer. Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.com (another statueless individual) donates this amount anually. It's only because Terry Fox had a stump for a leg that he will be remebered for generations to come.
Scondly, Terry never completed his run across the country. He died half way. If you think about it we worship him for doing a half assed job. He never even finished the job and he's still one of the most celebrated canadians of all time!!! Way to be clutch terry.
Using superior logic the only reasonable conclusion is as follows. Terry Fox's legacy was faulsly created by cancer researchers in order to maximize profits. His achievements, although noteworthy and truly amazing are far short of gaining him the cult status he has today. Terry fox is a hero, Yes, but a God? I think not. His achievments have been blown far out of purportion by the media in order to create a legacy. This faulse legacy is used today in order to generate profit for various reasearch foundations. All readers who disagree with the statements made in this post should perhaps start a Chruch of Terry Fox. I'm sure there would be many followers.
3 comments:
Your a tool.
HAHAHAHA... I wouldn't go as far as saying your a tool, but I think you have some ill informed facts. I see what you mean when you say that people "Worship" him. But I think that you could have used a better word in its place (as in idolize, or adore) simply because I think to people who are reading it and you are not explaining it to will not think of it in the meaning you meant. On top of that you compare him to Jesus so it even further makes people believe that you think that others perceive him as a god, or godlike.
I think your argument is solid, however I still believe that he is every bit deserving of the hype he receives. This man was diagnosed with cancer at a relitivly young age and lost his leg, and because of this he decided to run across Canada. It is true that others who have run/traveled across Canada have not received the same recognition but none of them (to my knowledge)
a)died
b)Had one leg (because of cancer)
c)were as young as he was
Think about it, this man was unable to complete his trek across Canada because he died, not because he did not want to. This philanthropist has not stopped helping us too. To this day every year we have a run in his name to raise awareness about cancer and raise money for research.
If it is true, like you say, about them having a cure for cancer and they are just holding out on us, then I am willing to eat my words about how he continues to help us today but the fact remains that at the time there was ("most likely") no cure for cancer, and at the time he was doing it not for himself so his "Hero" status still remains untainted.
All in all he has been hyped up because of the media, but I still think it is deserved.
I might be a tool but at least I have an identity.
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