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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
Some members have suggested tht the concerts were about "raising awareness".
Whose awareness?
The problems of Africa and the poor of the world have consumed more acres of newsprint and miles of videotape than any other subject. Do we have such a short collective attention span that we need a handful of strutting poseurs to remind us of our obligations every twenty years or so?
Or was it perhaps the awareness of politicians? Errmmm, weren't debt re-structuring and trade issues already on the agenda of the G8 conference before Saint Geldoff stuck his foul-mouthed oar in? Seen in this light Live8 is little more than a bandwagon for the self-satisfied and the sanctimonious, a vehicle for the political enthusiasms of people with more money than sense and more influence than is good in any democracy.
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Errr. 'Raising awareness' was the stated aim of Live 8, as opposed to raising money back in '85 at the original Live Aid concert. So it wasn't any 'members' here who gave it that tag line.
'The problems of Africa and the poor of the world have consumed more acres of newsprint and miles of videotape than any other subject.'
The above statement is just plain wrong.
More than sport/soap operas/ even page 3 stunners?
Try and keep your argument within the realms of some common sense. Also not forgetting that a lot of people have no idea of the shock that was felt when the Michael Buerk reports were first broadcast on the BBC back in 1984, which started the whole ball rolling.
P.S. Just because l said in another thread that Pink Floyd were the musical equivalent of masterbation and you are the only person who said that they enjoyed them, don't get tetchy.