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In effect, i put Bono on thinktank's "List of Capitalist Phonies" along with just about everybody in entertainment who tries to make a political statement, but still rakes in millions every year. It's a matter of having your cake and eating it too. Everything Bono does is one big publicity stunt to line his pocket. Great, he donates a small fraction of what he makes to chairty, but thats just not enough for me to consider him some great humanitarian. In the last century, let's look at some of the people who have won the Peace prize... Nelson Mandella, The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Mother Theresa... I just feel it would be an insult to put Bono on the top of a list of people who really did sacrifice a LOT. People who did a lot more than drop a couple pennies to the dollar while they snort coke off of the dash of their 62K car, or whatever Bono does when he's not trying to force people to pay attention to him. Sorry if i offended anyone, but i saw it as a pretty negative statement about the current state of affairs in our world.
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