Posted on 07/08/2005 7:58:49 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
As everyone surely knows by now, the purpose of the Live 8 concerts that were held last Saturday was not to raise money for Africa. They had a twofold purpose; to raise awareness about the economic plight of Africans and to pressure the leaders of the G8 countries to increase foreign aid to the African continent.
It is doubtful that either of these goals will be accomplished; at least to the extent that any starving African children will see any benefit. Many people who had little or no knowledge of Africa before Live 8 were likely to forget about it shortly after the concerts came to a close. Those few that do actually remember are not like to have much effect on the condition of African people. The difficulty with concerts such as Live 8 is that it is transient in nature and likely to be forgotten by much of the crowd as quickly as the event came into being.
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yeah most of the hippies that were at those concerts were so drugged out of their minds they probably barely remember who was there :-)
Can't argue with that.
Is that in honor of some topological group?
The Lie 12 concerts would be representitive of the number of minutes that pass between the lies spewed out by Ontario's liberal government.
For it to have worked, without Live 8 the G8 would have had to have given nothing to Africa. That wasn't going to happen. They gave what they originally planned to give.
Great image. Thanks.
Ya Maybe Martins liberals can go to Africa and promote federalism?
Why not? It's worked so well here in Canada!
/sarcasm
Seriously, this is getting more ridiculous by the day.
What part of Canada are you from?
Born and raised in Toronto. I go to school in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When I'm done, I am either moving out to Alberta, where my grandfather grew up, or to the States.
I am getting ready for a family reunion at Magog Quebec. Many of my relatives are from Ontario including Toronto and St Catherines.
I am not looking forward to all my liberal Canadian family America bashing in which they are in the habit of always doing in our presence.
Be strong. And carry some mace.
I was kidding.
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