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Re: Live 8
There's two. I liked them as well.
I would like to think that Live 8 having drawn our attention to the various different situations in Africa will have done some good. I'd like to hope that changed will take place but I have to agree with A-b that throwing money at it isn't the answer. If the money goes into the pockets of the oppressors it simply makes some of those situations worse.
On the one hand we have the almost ludicrous PC situation here where you daren't mention anyone else's religion or ethnic origins for fear of being branded a racist whilst elsewhere ethnic cleansing takes place and the rest of the world doesn't bat an eyelid. Makes you wonder somewhat about the sense of proportion doesn't it?
I'm just watching a program about Rwanda and Sudan. Perhaps without Live 8 this program wouldn't have been shown. But will telling us about it actually help to change anything?
I feel that we are fighting a losing battle and desperately wish we weren't.
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