Changing Your Profile Pic May Change the World.

I've been noticing a bit of backlash to the "change your profile pic for child abuse AWARENESS" ... That key word seems to be the one most people are missing, sure changing your profile pic isn't actually going to go do anything toward STOPPING child abuse, but it is a step in the right direction in making people aware of the problem, from there people can then take the necessary steps in helping PREVENT child abuse... I'm just sayin'...

My note from Facebook:
Okay, so I, having compiled a great deal of common sense in my 28 years on Earth, so I feel I have some say-so in the current trend making its way across the Facebook landscape.

I realize that changing your profile pic doesn't actually do anything! However, if by doing it and posting the little chain that comes with it, we can make people more AWARE of a problem, and then whatever steps people wish to take after that, donating time/money to an organization that helps prevent said problem, I'm all for it! But the first step in all this is ... AWARENESS, which is what this current campaign is all about, its not about some magical "change your profile pic, and PREVENT child abuse" ... Its making people aware that there is this problem in the world, and you can do something about, which should be the next step.

In fact I hadn't really thought about this being problem because it never occured in my household, and still hasn't and never will. But it is a widespread problem in the world and you can do something about it. Raise money through fundraisers, donate a portion of your hard-earned pay, volunteer at a shelter/foster home, whatever, but don't think for a second that by changing your profile pic, you have stopped a child from being abused or changed the world in that instant, because then you're just being delustional.

However, I do believe that by spreading the word and making people AWARE, you are jumpstarting a larger movement, which could possibly (I use the term loosely) change the world ... It's possible, so do it, its harmless, you didn't hurt anyone or anything by changing your pic, but by doing you may have made someone aware of problem that they may have been ignoring or weren't aware of in the first place!

Anyway, that's me on my soapbox.. I may be back next week with another .. who knows?