Live 8 The big lie.

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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.

[PorscheNGuns]

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

[tek]

"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]

[Reqtech]

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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

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Mind giving us a little history on this? I'm too lazy to google. TIA!

[PorscheNGuns]

Google Live Aid, 1985, JFK plaza

-Matt

[Arnfinn Madsen]

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.

[HtotheNootch]

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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]

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NH Sir!

[BadBoyBenny]

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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.

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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.

[Arnfinn Madsen]

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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.

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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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Sorry, honestly I did mean bigger, not biggest.

[BadBoyBenny]

Honestly, I meant biggest not buggest