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Live 8 The big lie.
I'm all for helping out the hungry.
The organizers of this nonsense state "We don't want your money, we want your voices." Then they want the governments of rich nations to give 0.7% of their GDP to Africa. So instead of just asking me to donate, they are asking me to demand of my government that I be taxed so my government can donate. WTF??? Btw, If they would have allowed me to buy tix to see Pink Floyd I probably would have paid enough to cancel the debt of several small countries. |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
The organizers are being very weary of asking for money directly after having committed, self-admittedly, one of the single largest atrocities to the continent of Africa 20 years ago.
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime” -Matt |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
"Don't send them money or food. Send them suitcases and U-hauls. Tell them to move the hel away. They live in a sandbox. It's been a sandbox for thousands of years. It always will be."
Sam Kinnison on Somalia in the late 80's [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
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The organizers are being very weary of asking for money directly after having committed, self-admittedly, one of the single largest atrocities to the continent of Africa 20 years ago. -Matt [/ QUOTE ] Mind giving us a little history on this? I'm too lazy to google. TIA! |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
Google Live Aid, 1985, JFK plaza
-Matt |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
What a crappy, nonsencical post [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img].
They realized sometime between the last one and this one that their governments' policies were the biggest obstacle to a better Africa. Therefore this concert is to put public pressure on governments, which is much more important than collecting $100,000,000. |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
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"Don't send them money or food. Send them suitcases and U-hauls. Tell them to move the hel away. They live in a sandbox. It's been a sandbox for thousands of years. It always will be." Sam Kinnison on Somalia in the late 80's [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] NH Sir! |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
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They realized sometime between the last one and this one that their governments' policies were the biggest obstacle to a better Africa. [/ QUOTE ] That is ridiculous. It is the African govenrment's policies that cause the buggest problems. I will be very upset with my government if they give anything Zimbabwe or Sudan before their governments step down. |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
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[ QUOTE ] They realized sometime between the last one and this one that their governments' policies were the biggest obstacle to a better Africa. [/ QUOTE ] That is ridiculous. It is the African govenrment's policies that cause the buggest problems. I will be very upset with my government if they give anything Zimbabwe or Sudan before their governments step down. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry, honestly I did mean bigger, not biggest. |
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Re: Live 8 The big lie.
Honestly, I meant biggest not buggest
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