The Limits of 'Live 8' and the G8 in Making Poverty History:
"A Christ-like Bono proclaimed they were there not for charity but for 'justice' but little detail was offered about what that means in the songs or from the stage where entertainment was dominant and edification virtually non-existent."...
"(Member of Parliament George) Galloway...was one of the few speakers to challenge Sir Bob Geldof and what he mocked as " Sir Bono, because he soon will be" for playing up to and lobbying Bush and Blair rather than confronting and denouncing them as war criminals."
Ouch!
"Yeah, who are these people to ask for such things as "justice" and an end to poverty, let's string 'em up!" seems to be the sentiment of this article. I guess somebody has to write a critical article of Live 8 that isn't all about the sorry coverage on MTV/VH-1. My take: Bob & Bono are being smart...their outright opposition to the war would make their goal (ending poverty in Africa) harder to reach. They are doing the politically smart thing, and I'm sure biting their lip on the war. It's a part of the brilliance of their plan...getting all sides to agree to do the right thing. Petty bickering against the war is futile, and they were smart not to fall into that trap.
Bono may win the Nobel Prize one day, but he'll never be a "Sir"!