http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011740342_electronboy30m.html



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Aww that's so... cute I guess. Maybe I should get some deadly disease so I can go to that foundation and wish to be a Lucario for a day, but I digress.

:clap: Thats just awesome. Great story.

A bit of duct tape and some beer and we can have you Lucario'd in no time,bro.

A nice story for sure, but I can't help but think that those resources could have gone towards a better cause.

What's better than letting a dieing 13-year old have his wish?

Saving multitudes of children in developing nations from death from starvation?

letting TWO 13-year old boys have their wish!!!!!

I lolled

Aw, you could still wear the costume I suppose.

Nearly brought a tear to my eye. :blush: Amazing story.

I can Imagine them on 90, black mustang, going way over the speed limit.

Sweet'n the ride, yeah, sweet'n the ride, black sunshine :rock:


But seriously, though, good story.

That much money? First of all, no one here has a clue how much money it took to make this all possible - I've looked through the article and on Google and haven't been able to find a dollar amount. But from what I've been able to find (though not verify) the police escort was actually a drill for the Presidential motorcade which Electron Boy and crew became a part of, so the freeway closures and such were already part of the drill and thus can't be counted against the "cost." Secondly, Make-A-Wish, like thousands of other charities, makes its money through donations by individuals and corporations. The people want to donate to Make-A-Wish, knowing that their money will go towards making a child with a (possibly) terminal illness happy. In all probability they also make donations to various other charities that provide necessary medical care to young children that can't afford it. Regardless, no one here has the right to say "That money should be spent elsewhere" - it's not a "logical error" to try and make a child - who might die any day - happy for just one day when that money might otherwise have been spent feeding other children. If we held to logic in making our decisions... well, the world would be a very different place.

Also, on an unrelated note, there is more than enough food produced today to feed everyone on the planet. The problem is distribution and access to food.

Awesome story.
Amazing to see so many people willing to participate.

A video from youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FCIskbu-OM

I have no room to be cold here. This is [censored] awesome.

Also, a DELOREAN.

This is great and all, but couldn't they do something a bit better than letting some boy play superhero? There is famine throughout Africa and Asia. Saving lives is more important than helping one single person I think.

This. I think that honestly, that was an amazing thing to do. Like that kid could really get a better day?

Nvm, it was a soccer team.

Damn , some day.....anyhow why is it always spider man?

"Racing back to Seattle, Electron Boy stepped out of the DeLorean to a cheering crowd of dozens of admirers, and confronted his nemesis."
So they had to run back downtown on foot (at superhero speeds of course) and step into one side of the time machine and out the other, cos that thing hasn't raced since it left Northern Ireland. Well spotted, um, habitted heroine.

Some of you guys need to cheer the [censored] up, it was a nice thing done for a very sick kid, don't try and cheapen it with edgy internet forum pessimism.

Spend a month or two in a country where families starve or die of preventable diseases every day due to a lack of funding to transport food and supplies to those in need, then come back and say that.

I don't think anybody is disputing that it was a wonderful thing to do for the kid, and very much a worthwhile cause... just remember that not everybody who disagrees with your opinion, or the general public's opinion, is doing so to be "edgy".

This.
Poor kid.
Also, agreed with DR D!!
His geographical location and relative fortune at not being born in a third world country where governement mismangement and nepotism run rampant shouldn't go against him.
Just like thousands of kids worldwide, who die before they grow up, fall in love, accomplish goals, start families, and all the things we take for granted.
Something good happened, and it made his day. Mine too.

This. Although expected from this forum, definitely.