Live 8

Is Live 8 THAT Great?

I'm getting sick and tired of everyone RAVING about how "wonderful" and "charitable" Live 8 is. Live 8 is a fucking joke of massive proportions. Too many people think that the Live 8 concerts will miraculously bend the perception of the world's most powerful leaders to "end poverty". What the fuck? Like you cancel a few debts and then no more poverty? Do you honestly think that Bono, Destiny's Child and Madonna have outwitted the world's best economists? Don't you think if the solution to poverty were THAT obvious it wouldn't be a problem?

Moreover, Live 8 doesn't actually DO anything The Live 8 concerts just make suggestions, that's it. Then the leaders nod their heads and agree poverty is bad. Maybe they increase their country's support, but it typically miniscule and gets lost in the shuffle of world politics and policies. Live 8 is supposed to "raise awareness" - Hello, what idiot doesn't know that there is poverty in the world?! Am I the only one who thinks it's ironic that we're wasting money on a concert to end poverty? HAHAHA! Additionally, it raises the participating artists to a God-like platform of martyrdom and compassion - as if! The only artist suitable to play for Live 8 in the recent concert was Youssou N'Dour. If you want to raise awareness - interview starving orphans in Ethiopia or exploited workers in Sierra Leone. That raises awareness.

In conclusion, everyone stop talking about Live 8 before I kill myself.