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Originally Posted by Zippy
Obviously I have replied to several posts in this thread as is flaming obvious. But Im not responding to something youve copy/pasted from elsewhere out of pure laziness. Theyre not even your words so why you think I need to reply to them Im not quite sure. You're not debating by stealing other peoples words.
And the example I gave of a donation was a specific one which was clearly done as part of promoting their tour and Live8. It was correcting a big untruth that was posted. Lets stick to facts here.
I have addressed both the tax issues and his charitable donations. You need to wake up and realise that they are actually very interlinked; charity begins at home and the millions that he is denying the Irish goverment could be spent on new schools, new parks, new roads etc etc Ireland is not a rich country and he should be proud to pay his due taxes...if he's the caring saint he parades himself as. If if if...
Obviously you still fail to see the blatant contradictions in how he conducts himself so Im not gonna waste too much time on you.
Besides all that, he should bloody stick to his job. Nobody elected him to be a politician and he really has no place next to elected world leaders. He's just an absolute egomaniac. Because being a huge rockstar isnt enough, right?
Bottom line; he talks the talk but doesnt walk the walk. Nobody needs to hear some megarich tax evader preaching about poverty or charity. NOBODY.
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It's funny, really, because I don't do gifs, or whatever they're called, I'm not well versed on linking etc. I almost entirely depend on my own words on here. But if you want to fling that as a criticism, fair enough, point taken. I would just ask politely that you reflect on the fact that all of our opinions and views are shaped by the sum of our experiences and what we have read, or more pertinently, not read, shapes us as human beings. We are none of us origiinal. We are the sum of our genes, influences and experiences. So we can twist it and turn it and pound seven shades of shoite out of it to make it our own. But I, personally, have no problem in acknowledging a situation where someone else's words are worthy of applause and repitition. It's not something I do often, but if it's worth quoting, I see no shame in doin so.
But getting back to the subject of the thread, the one thing that unites us all is that we are all going to shuffle off this mortal coil and the very most we can hope for is 80 vital years. I admire anyone who takes a chunk of those years and devotes them to increasing knowledge, awareness or a sense of community. Through his music, Bono has done all three. Through his charity work, Bono has attempted to do all three. If he hasn't succeeded because some people feel that a positive and laudable message cannot be accepted without dissecting the messenger, so be it. I don't think much can be served by my defense of him; but I'll defend him anyway. Because I'd accept mountains of pomposity and vast oceans of illusions of grandeur if the payback was an increased awareness of and discomfiture at the things that divide us.
But that's just me. And your opinion is as valid as mine. The problem is that mine is also as valid as yours.