Bono sinks even lower

by ok Sun Feb 05, 2006 17:51

bono's actions has raised so much more money for AIDS than you could ever in your life or with your whinning article

by Starstruck - Grassroots Dissent Sun Feb 05, 2006 18:54

I knew somebody would take the bait.

I never once pertained that I could raise more money for aids than Bono although by my posting an article on Indymedia critical of Bonos hypocritical stance that does not automatically negate me from doing anything else with my life.
Bono,firstly is a multi-millionaire-OF COURSE he can raise more money than I,just by dipping into his jeans pocket probably.
The point is that a man who unfortunately has as much influence over the publics opinion as Bono stands in a position where his public persona is constantly under scrutiny for some reason and thus waht he says makes people listen.

Thus when he says he is Anti-War,people listen.When he says he is anti-Poverty,people listen.
But then when he gets up at the Labour Party conference and says he "loves" Tony Blair and then goes to an elite Prayer meeting in a ballroom and heaps praise on Bush-people listen again-but now surely theyre confused-how can he be anti-war and yet say he loves the instigators of this centuries bloodiest conflict??

If you tell a dog to sit and roll over at the same time,it won't know what to do-that exactly the message Bono is sending out-its o.k to pretend to be anti-war and anti-poverty,but when it comes down to it we in the west really should just stick together,share wristbands and attend pop-concerts in case we should ever feel bad.

Exposing the falsity of someone's apparent samaritous streak is not whining good sir,it is a warning of how deceptive our public figures can be and how short people's memories have become.Occasional internet articles are a very small part of the struggle that I and many others are involved in to highlight these issues.

by shaner Mon Feb 06, 2006 05:50

you keep talkin' out yer ballbag, george, and i'll keep lipsinkin like it's me saying it

by Lefty type Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:10

tickets for U2 concerts went on sale in Brazil last week for $88, two thirs of the average monthly wage.

Go Bono, you make poverty history ya loveable rogue ya

by Michael R. Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:12

Starstruck - Do you think Bono does all this to increase U2 sales, increase his own personal fortune and to promote his own ego and worldwide recognition?

by ok Mon Feb 06, 2006 15:12

wow, you are just so clever with your trap for people to fall into! everyone looking at indymedia would probably say that bono is a wanker but the fact remains that he with one appearance or phone call can generate more information out there for the masses than starstuck ever could writing articles. and yes he is a rich bastard, but who the hell is gonna pay for end of world debt and AIDS research? me and you and the rest of the people on indymedia? let him hang out with the rich and famous and the politicians who are millionaires who's pocket change and influence can radically change people's lives. how much money have you donated this week starstuck?

by ray Mon Feb 06, 2006 16:45

OK wonders "who the hell is gonna pay for end of world debt "

Don't let Bono kid you OK - the people who will have to pay for world debt are the poor . That's the world order and it isn't going to change unless people start to cop-on a little .Scum-bags like George Bush have got huge nuclear arsenals to make sure that they and the billionaires they represent stay on top .
But they also like to maintain a certain amount of street-cred ,don't they? They use safe ,boring rockstars like Bono and Sir Bob Geldof (neither of whom would be anywhere unless they were on-side) to get the pro-free enterprise ,pro- market message across .Their role is to convince the easily-convinced that the handful of obscenely rich playboys who run the world really care about anything or anybody other than themselves .
The people who are in debt will have to go on paying what they legally owe until they're prepared to break the law and stop the "rich and famous" from making them poor and faceless . You can't have billionaires without ripping off billions of people . That's a simple fact -do the maths.
Michael R asks :
"Do you think Bono does all this to increase U2 sales, increase his own personal fortune and to promote his own ego and worldwide recognition?"
Well yes , or in the words of the great man himself "You got it"

by Lisa O'Donovan Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:50

Did anyone go to the comlamh debate on this back in October in Bewleys. It was Bob and bono:help or hinderance? The speaker saying that they were a hinderance was fantastic,he convinced me anyway!

by Michael R. Tue Feb 07, 2006 15:38

Hi Lisa. Missed that debate unfortunately. I’m sure a convincing argument could be made for either side. I am swayed by the “help” argument but I stand corrected. The “hindrance” argument is obvious.

But whatever about this (which is a huge question & concerns all people doing similar things to them such as Gates etc.) – I feel his motives are genuine. He would want to be some ruthless b**tard to by doing all this just for himself. I just do not believe this to be the case. Mis-guided, maybe, but intentional, I think not.

by Red iPod Imminent Tue Feb 07, 2006 22:22 RediPod at graffiti dot net

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a...1.DTL

The San Francisco Chronicle editorial today reports that Bono's firm, "Elevation Partners, is in talks to buy Take-Two Interactive, the troubled video-game company responsible for the not-so-globally-conscious game "Grand Theft Auto". The deal could be worth more than $1 billion, including debt."

it concludes:

"So is Bono a world-uniting figure whose mission is to alleviate the world of hunger, poverty and disease? Or is he a business mogul out to make a profit even if the business goes against that message?

Bono has proven he can be many things. But in this case, he can't be both. "

by raymo Wed Feb 08, 2006 13:26

"no george - like churchill "