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Originally Posted by thinktank
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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Agreed. I was thinking of something along those lines earlier but didn't quite know how to put it. Were Bono living a modest lifestyle due to the sacrifices that he made for something he felt strongly about it would be one thing. But I think a great deal of how people esteem this guy (as well as most other personalities) is simply due to the misplaced hero worship that they have for him being a pop music icon. Bringing attention to some of the things that he has felt the need to "bring to light" is much like stating the obvious. AIDS was a recognized problem long before anyone ever heard of U2 or Bono.