Every time I see a “Help support MS” charity, I feel like yelling something like, “Boo, down with MS, and its supporters.” Yeah, I know what they mean and what they’re trying to do. Something about the way they word it makes me chuckle though. There’s an ever so subtle difference between supporting MS and supporting people with MS. For some reason though it just doesn’t turn heads the way having a “support violence” campaign instead of a “support victims of violence” would.
Maybe next time I see one of those guys, I should walk up and casually say, “This is most interesting, I’ve been against multiple sclerosis all my life and have always held the view that we would probably be better off without it. Now people seem to be for multiple sclerosis?” It would definitely be a practice your poker face moment.
