This article on a local website pissed me off more than I should have let it. Read below and I will rant- or at least discuss without spitting on people:

There's an epidemic in Bermuda and around the world right now that I must address. It infects the young and the old and if you are affected you should know that I hate you. I'm glad I found this out at the beginning of the article
I'm talking, of course, about the plague of these ridiculous plastic wristbands that adorn the wrists of far too many people. What is the attraction? Why are these silly things popular? Has everyone lost their mind?
We're talking about a crappy piece of colored plastic stamped with some contrived icon or word, which people shell out $2 for so they can feel like they have done something philanthropic. Should I stop putting my loose change into buckets to get "silly" stickers now too?
I blame Lance Armstrong. This all started when he decided to celebrate his missing testicle by stamping his ridiculous charity name on one of these plastic monstrosities. Wow. That's a little below the belt in so many ways. Do I detect a small hint of jealousy because you don't have ANY balls? LiveStrong? Are you kidding me? Is there any name more self serving and self promoting? Why not call it "Lance Armstrong is freakin' amazing for surviving cancer?" I think LiveStrong has a nice ring to it for people WHO ARE DYING OF CANCER, you prick
Don't even get me started that Armstrong felt the only way to help cancer research was this self serving marketing ploy. There's a ton of great research organizations that could use not only the funds, but also the publicity that would have come with Lance Armstrong's endorsement. Have you only just noticed that philanthropic organisations are constantly marketing themselves? How else would they make money? I resort back to the buckets that I should hope you're dumping at least some of your loose change into??? This is called marketing. Instead he makes up a charity in honor of "lefty" and names it after himself. Congrats to Lance. He's an evolutionary miracle and a freak of nature. If his wins at the Tour de France weren't evidence enough, surviving cancer surely was. This comment is such a low blow for all the people the world over who have survived cancer. Clearly, this guy has no conscience. Make fun of the stupid plastic bracelets but lay off the cancer survivors for Christ's sake! Unfortunately most people aren't so lucky to be as genetically gifted as he is. But I digress.
My question is why are people buying and wearing these things? I hear people say they buy these rings of stink because, "All the proceeds go to cancer research!" Here's the thing about the proceeds. Are the bands being manufactured for free? Are they being shipped for free? Is the advertising free? The answer to all of those questions is NO. Ok, let's just take this little scenario and assume that "these rings of stink" probably cost all of about 2 cents to make. Again, I resort back to those sweet Salvation Army ladies and their buckets. Who made the stickers? The nice sticker fairy? No sweetheart, your philanthropic proceeds! Duh! People are making money off of these things and what do you get? You get to look like a 5 year old as you wear an elastic band around your sweaty wrist. The proceeds on these things are infinitesimal compared to the amounts of money being made on them. Ok, I'll admit I'm not an economics major or proclaim to know anything about math but I would say that the $1 that's going to charity (you can always give more if your big heart be so generous) is more profit than the bracelets original cost? Ahhh...I'll shutup, what do I know, I'm just a writer. So that reason is out the window.
Maybe they buy them because of how fashionable they look? Forget Tiffany or Cartier, I want a piece of jewelry that looks like it was made by Fisher Price. Or maybe you're going for the, "I forgot to take off my entry bracelet from the club last night," look. Better yet, you too can look like you were just released from the hospital.This fad has officially jumped the shark. Time to let it die. Release your wrists from their plastic prison and feel free for having done it. Or continue to wear the bracelets and your pink ribbon for breast cancer and your red ribbon for AIDS research and the dozen sitckers you've probably accumulated (or possibly thrown away) and continue to support charities. Regardless of whether Lance Armstrong is the poster boy for his charity or the red cross is the symbol for the Red Cross this is how marketing is done. Even for charities If you want to give money to charity, that's great. There are a ton of organizations that you can donate to who would appreciate the assistance and won't even make you wear any gaudy adornments. Or as most of them like to do and slap that sticker right on your boob So to sum it up; Cancer is bad. Wow, this guy is a freaking genuis! It took me all this time to figure that out! Donating is good. Yellow silicone is bad. Lance Armstrong is a superhuman and an egregious self promoter. And finally, if you are still wearing one of these wristbands, I hate you.

I think this guy, whose pseudonym is Che Guevara, by the way (my co-worker put it nicely: that revolutionary is probably rolling over in his grave.), has an issue with the bracelets, which is fair, but I think it's completely unfair to use his position in the media to openly mock someone who, not only survived cancer but also is probably an inspiration to many people, who lived, survived or died with cancer. One of those people, namely being my grandfather, who died 2 years ago of cancer, wanted so desperately to read Lance Armstrong's autobiography but was too sick and never got the chance. I always wish I could have been there to read it to him.