Most readers should by now be aware of the latest strange viral fad, which involves pouring a bucket of ice over one's head in order to somehow raise money for the ALS association. Among the participants are the likes of George Bush, Lady Gaga, and Oprah Winfrey.
In the video, Ayman al Aloul, a journalist based in Gaza, candidly explains the situation in the besieged territory, which has suffered weeks of bombardment from psychopathic Israeli forces, and has been reduced to little but rubble. He then proceeds to dump a bucket of said rubble over his head to bring attention and solidarity to the plight of Gaza.
The campaign does not ask for material assistance, but simply solidarity and recognition.
As the massacre today enters it's 50th day, so far 2100 Palestinians have been murdered, with more than 17000 homes destroyed. Surrounded as they may be by rubble and bodies, the hearts and spirits of the people of Gaza are still intact, and they are an inspiration to all of us humans still remaining with the capacity to think and feel.
Even the Bollywood stars do it, well of course - its in! But apart from serving to divert attention from much more important planetary issues and self promotion this planetary hysteria is a perfect example of brain washing so no wonder throwing water on one's head is involved
It is a global chain reaction - initiated, as usual from - Hollywood. This ice bucket challenge is in fact a scary illustration how easily human behavior can be engineered and controlled. Those who accepted the challenge are not even aware they have, symbolically speaking, conformed to voluntary slavery.
Ice bucket challenge, pointless as it is is nothing but social experiment with charitable cause as an excuse. Its result a scary testimony of the state of global human awareness. Bring on the comets