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Re: Live 8
I know you've got a point and yesterday was a bit pious but I think it was right for it to happen. Before hearing about Live8 I knew very little about the G8 summit and wasn't really aware of the extent of the problems in Africa. Because of this event I do know more about it as do a lot of other people.
Bob Geldof and his cronies did manage to persuade the issue to be raised at the G8 summit and that can only be a good thing.
I don't think the problems of Africa can be solved by a rock concert but I do think that it's impossible to solve a problem unless you know about it.
The report that you linked to says that public opinion doesn't count but I was always under the impression that our politicians are supposed to represent us - therefore our opinion has to count. And public opinion is saying to our politicians that we must really work towards a solution. Whether that will happen or not, I don't know.
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