What was the point of Live 8?

Started by ((The_Anomaly))7 pages
Originally posted by §P0oONY
I'm wacthing hte Canadian one on TV now... 😆

is that funny for some reason...

i dont get it...

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Originally posted by ((The_Anomaly))
is that funny for some reason...

i dont get it...

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Its not really funny..... at all...... bag

My friend asked me if I was watching this, I flipped it on for a second then changed the channel. I didn't care much for it.

If they would have actually just charged €2,- for every ticket. Asked the preformers to give 1% of their years salery and would have sold the rights to show the concert they would have actually made a difference.

Right now people pay attention mostly becuase of the artist, and in a few months time most of them won't even remember where Africa is.

This whole thing isnt happening just to provide money for them.

8 world leaders, gathered in Scotland for the G8 summit, will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make the trade laws fair. If these 8 men agree, then we will become the generation that made poverty history.

But they'll only do it if enough people tell them to.

They're trying to get the 8 leaders to change the current laws. This isnt going to end poverty straight away, only start to try and end it.

Yeah, we know.

But if you actually believe that, I pity you.

-AC

Err well, but why the hell would we want to?......I don't see any reason.....except you want to become "the generation that made poverty history".....well if that is your selfish goal I guess you got a point, excêpt for that......really who cares.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Err well, but why the hell would we want to?......I don't see any reason.....except you want to become "the generation that made poverty history".....well if that is your selfish goal I guess you got a point, excêpt for that......really who cares.

Bardock, you're talking on behalf of yourself and arent seeing my point. I know, i will be a part of the generation to actually help Africa. i have been there myself and it was a big hit on the head to see people actually living like this. The reason i want to help is because no one deserves to live like that. We are all equal. I mean, what makes me any better than a person living on the streets over there?
I know i wont be helping very much but through other charities and sponsoring, i'm doing my part. And i want to, not out of self satisfaction. Because of the fact that i DO care about other people.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Yeah, we know.

But if you actually believe that, I pity you.

-AC

Why? I pity you for not having any faith in a good cause. Yeah i see your point, but something will happen, be it big or small.

Originally posted by *SpunkiE*
Bardock, you're talking on behalf of yourself and arent seeing my point. I know, i will be a part of the generation to actually help Africa. i have been there myself and it was a big hit on the head to see people actually living like this. The reason i want to help is because no one deserves to live like that. We are all equal. I mean, what makes me any better than a person living on the streets over there?
I know i wont be helping very much but through other charities and sponsoring, i'm doing my part. And i want to, not out of self satisfaction. Because of the fact that i DO care about other people.

Wait there was a word.....ah yes...BULLSHIT

No one cares aboot others, not honestly at least, all you do you do for selfish reasons, you just do it to feel better, not out of compassion....don't mistake it for that....yes you feel bad, probably because you were raised to think that you have to feel bad if there are others that live in "worse" conditions than you....if you want to help then...sure thing do it but don't think you are any better than anyone else because you do....

Hahaha.

The people doing it probably don't have faith in it. They don't care or else they'd be donating out of the millions they have.

Wake up.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Hahaha.

The people doing it probably don't have faith in it. They don't care or else they'd be donating out of the millions they have.

Wake up.

-AC

Think what you want AC. In my eyes you're wrong and in you're eyes i'm wrong.

No, you're actually wrong.

But ok.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
No, you're actually wrong.

But ok.

-AC

What he's saying...damn idealists without reasoning....

Originally posted by Bardock42
Wait there was a word.....ah yes...BULLSHIT

No one cares aboot others, not honestly at least, all you do you do for selfish reasons, you just do it to feel better, not out of compassion....don't mistake it for that....yes you feel bad, probably because you were raised to think that you have to feel bad if there are others that live in "worse" conditions than you....if you want to help then...sure thing do it but don't think you are any better than anyone else because you do....

Hey man, i'm not saying i am better than anyone else for helping, i said that before. It might be hard to believe, but people do GENUINELY care about others. And again you're presuming you know what i'm about, you dont. I dont know you and you dont know me.

Originally posted by *SpunkiE*
Hey man, i'm not saying i am better than anyone else for helping, thats what i said before. It might be hard to believe, but people do ACTUALLY care about others. And again you're presuming you know what i'm about, you dont. I dont know you and you dont know me.

Doesn't change Human nature...you don't do it cause you "care" you can't tell me that...no one does anything just for others...no one....not even the Dalai Lhama, the Pope, Ghandi....whoever......its just not the Huiman nature to do so........

I have to say Bill Gates speech at live8 inspired me 😛

Originally posted by Fionnuala
I have to say Bill Gates speech at live8 inspired me 😛

What did he say?

Originally posted by Bardock42
Doesn't change Human nature...you don't do it cause you "care" you can't tell me that...no one does anything just for others...no one....not even the Dalai Lhama, the Pope, Ghandi....whoever......its just not the Huiman nature to do so........

So you're saying there is no such thing as being genuinely caring?

Again, I dont know you and you dont know me. So to talk on behalf of everybody in this world and say no one cares, is naive.

Originally posted by Bardock42
What did he say?
I don't remember..but his voice kept breaking and he reminded me of someone from the Simpson's