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“Walking Is A Privilege”

Posted by Tiffiny on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Here’s a great video from my friend Cheryl Bogart that I thought I’d share.

Truer than most people would ever imagine.

- Tiff

Comments

By Tiffiny on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 am

glad you enjoyed the video, doug! she rocks.

By abe on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am

Great Vid Cheryl, awsume too see you bringing awareness to more clueless people out there, thanks for posting it Tiff.

By Tiffiny on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 am

cheryl rocks the casbah hardcore. i luv strong ladies who tell it like it is!

By Miki on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm

i get what she’s trying to say - obviously, but i think the video said nothing. she just seemed angry and i’m not sure … if i was the poor pirate i would have given her that look too. she kept saying there were other means to cure sci, but didn’t say what. yelling at people and telling them walking is a privilage won’t help. people in the video seemed to think she was crazy- did you see super woman’s face? weird.

By ;*) on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:43 pm

Well, she certainly is making a statement.
The tone is very “in your face”, but I can understand why in some places. Other moments were bizarre. Pirate? Superwoman? It felt staged and I didn’t know if that moment was supposed to be funny. It wasn’t clear.

I’d like to see more from her.
One thing. The “walking” focus of this bothers me because I think it oversimplifies what higher level folks struggle with.
But, there’s only so much that can be said in 3 minutes.
I look forward to her documentary.

By Tiffiny on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm

i like in your face stuff. sometimes its the only way to get the message across to the masses.

By ;*) on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Well, cable news stations certainly implement that technique.That’s the main reason why I avoid them. I hope she doesn’t maintain that agression 100% of the time.
Whenever I see someone agressive or yelling it never comes across (to me) as intelligent. That “in your face” can turn a lot of people off. People who might otherwise agree with her.
And it sounds like she has great ideas.

By AN on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm

Hmm. I think I’m with M on this one. It’s obvious that she’s got spunk, and that’s cool if this kind of a trailer, but I’d like to see a more detailed, more cohesive version of her message - sans pirate. I imagine the doc. will do that.

Of course, it seems to me that the core SCI research, itself, is not very cohesive and, possibly, over-focused on stem cells. I don’t have the answers, either, and all options are valid until proven otherwise, but I’d like to see more discussion (and funding) of the options being considered. I think that’s her point in the end, right?

By Cheryl on April 25th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

Tiff thanks for posting. For all that commented thank you aslo. The truth is that is just typically the way I am. I am a very “in your face person”. I in no way staged anything or meant to come across angry or rude.It was all natural and all just my attitude. This is a serious condition and I believe that if you dont yell and scream you will get nowhere. But of course yelling and screaming more professionally.

 

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