Go Bald for St. Baldricks Day!

[Southern Breeze]

Perhaps some of the ladies here would participate.
It sounds like a good cause.

[possingk]

Hosehead has been doing this for years, he isn´t doing it this year but I already signed up my pledge site is http://www.stbaldricks.org/ShaveePho...umber=15330721 Please notice the kilted outfit on the site, I know about the red hose already.

It is a great cause, and since I had Testicular Cancer when I was 24 I try to help cancer causes as much as possible. Besides my wife likes it when I shave my head.

[Graham]

Perhaps some of the ladies here would participate.
It sounds like a good cause.

Sorry, but this is an issue I find most abhorrent, the thought of women shaving their heads!
What genius first decided that women shaving of their beautiful hair equates to a worthy and charitable cause??

In ancient times, a woman with a shaved head was a symbol of shame, do we now call this a symbol of good?

I could not give a toss how "worthy" the cause is, I say if you want to give to a charity, FINE, GIVE, but why shame yourself in the process?

People who think such things are without understanding.

On another issue, I know that this matter relates to loss of hair as a result of cancer treatment.
More misunderstanding......
I think modern treatments for cancer are more in the league of leeches and bloodletting.
There are natural therapies available for treating cancer that do not result in the loss of hair and don't destroy the immune system. So for me at least, this places just another question mark on the (well meaning) desire to shave one's head to "support" cancer patients.
(and before anyone says 'I don't understand cancer', I've had many near relatives die of cancer).

[Moosehead]

In ancient times, a woman with a shaved head was a symbol of shame, do we now call this a symbol of good?

Graham,
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this point. It was not women who had shaved heads per se, but women whose heads had been shaved by someone else.

[Graham]

Graham,
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this point. It was not women who had shaved heads per se, but women whose heads had been shaved by someone else.

you are correct.....and the difference being...?

[Southern Breeze]

The comment on the ladies participating was a joke, nothing more.

[Graham]

The comment on the ladies participating was a joke, nothing more.

Flippin' 'eck, NOW you tell me, after really raising the hackles...you are a rascal of the highest order

[Moosehead]

you are correct.....and the difference being...?

Personal choice, perhaps. Makes all the difference.

And on that note, no more from me so as not to end in lockup.

[Southern Breeze]

Flippin' 'eck, NOW you tell me, after really raising the hackles...you are a rascal of the highest order

Well, there IS a at the end....

[Paul Henry]

sometimes when reading posts which are meant to be jokey,which are then taken to be very serious, I wonder where our world is going.

If a man or a woman wants to have their head shaved for charity why don't we respect their good intents.I can't believe that many of us really believe that a shaved head is actually a sign of shame?
The fact that some people are prepared to do this is GREAT, and I for one applaud them, I hope that they raise all the money they wish, and that it serves the cause well.
My partner of many years lost his hair as a result on chemo therapies,today he is still around and feels no shame about shaving his hair to raise money for charity

My point with this point is .. I think .. just to let live and enjoy life, however you want to