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There’s something obviously disgusting about a woman rallying her friends and family around an illness she invented, raising money for treating cancer when it’s nothing but crazy that infects her body.
But what’s even more punch-yourself-in-the-face mind-boggling about the crime committed by Tausha Marsh, who this week pleaded guilty to faking cancer for cash? It was totally unoriginal.
That’s right: Faking cancer is the new Amway. Jennifer Dibble faked hers for donations, just like Marsh. Erika Lauren Wasilewski, of Real World sort-of-fame, did it for attention. A Catholic priest — ! — faked his to raise money for a trip to France.
If you believe in hell, you probably are envisioning a nice little corner of it for these and other cancer-fakers — a place with no cable, a shitty beer selection and lots of flames and whatnot. We’d settle for a nice little corner of prison, mixed in with some angry inmates who’ve lost someone close to cancer. And no cable, obviously.
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