U2's Bono gets owned

miller8966
miller8966 Posts: 1,450
edited December 2006 in A Moving Train
From lewrockwell.com:
"millionaire socialists rock stars who presume to act as the "conscience of the world" insufferable:

Bono, the lead singer of the band U2 is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous. He is playing a U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland when he asks the audience for total quiet.

Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands, once every-few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."

A voice with a broad Scottish accent, from near the front of the crowd, pierces the silence......."Well, stop doin' it then!""
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  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    The chain letter I received a few months ago said this happened in Dublin. The email i received a couple of weeks ago said it happened in Paris.
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Sounds logical.

    :D:D
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    it's still a kinda funny joke :)
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    While Bono can be a bit over-bearing at times, he does champion a lot of causes that without him would never get any recognition at all.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    "millionaire socialists rock stars who presume to act as the "conscience of the world" insufferable:


    because caring is evil
  • spicewalton
    spicewalton Posts: 41
    flywallyfly wrote:
    The chain letter I received a few months ago said this happened in Dublin. The email i received a couple of weeks ago said it happened in Paris.

    miller8966 gets owned! :)
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    spicewalton wrote:
    miller8966 gets owned! :)

    You act like i invented the joke. If you do this thing called "reading", you can see i posted the link.
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  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    miller8966 wrote:
    You act like i invented the joke. If you do this thing called "reading", you can see i posted the link.
    I'll step in then.

    miller8966 AND Lew Rockwell get pwnd.
  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    exactly, noone cared about what was going on in Africa until he got involved.

    mammasan wrote:
    While Bono can be a bit over-bearing at times, he does champion a lot of causes that without him would never get any recognition at all.
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    miller8966 wrote:
    You act like i invented the joke. If you do this thing called "reading", you can see i posted the link.

    I don't see a link to your bogus article, I see a website, which doesn't have the "story" posted on the home page...

    do you know what a link is...?
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    inmytree wrote:
    I don't see a link to your bogus article, I see a website, which doesn't have the "story" posted on the home page...

    do you know what a link is...?

    i posted it off another forum. If the link doesnt work oh well, but i never made it up.

    But lol @ bono.
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  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    miller8966 wrote:
    From lewrockwell.com:
    "millionaire socialists rock stars who presume to act as the "conscience of the world" insufferable:

    Bono, the lead singer of the band U2 is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous. He is playing a U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland when he asks the audience for total quiet.

    Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands, once every-few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."

    A voice with a broad Scottish accent, from near the front of the crowd, pierces the silence......."Well, stop doin' it then!""

    that's good; but my problem is with people who use their celebrity status for personal attention. my mum once told me that the loudest prayer is the one spoken in silence. if your intentions are the cause; where does your personal "pat on the back" come in? the unrecognised donations far exceed his. those who dedicated their lives to go to africa and help are nameless and faceless. it's cool he's doing something but how many people there actually donated time or money to the cause?
    all the big names that spoke of global warming didn't do much. now that coastal town are being relocated people are listening. dramatics never help a cause.
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    what moron wrote this article?
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    onelongsong wrote:
    that's good; but my problem is with people who use their celebrity status for personal attention. my mum once told me that the loudest prayer is the one spoken in silence. if your intentions are the cause; where does your personal "pat on the back" come in? the unrecognised donations far exceed his. those who dedicated their lives to go to africa and help are nameless and faceless. it's cool he's doing something but how many people there actually donated time or money to the cause?
    all the big names that spoke of global warming didn't do much. now that coastal town are being relocated people are listening. dramatics never help a cause.

    what good is a powerful voice if you don't open your mouth?
  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    dramatics never help a cause? Are you kidding?

    Silent prayers are not going to help people in Africa, I am sorry, that is the way it is.
    onelongsong wrote:
    that's good; but my problem is with people who use their celebrity status for personal attention. my mum once told me that the loudest prayer is the one spoken in silence. if your intentions are the cause; where does your personal "pat on the back" come in? the unrecognised donations far exceed his. those who dedicated their lives to go to africa and help are nameless and faceless. it's cool he's doing something but how many people there actually donated time or money to the cause?
    all the big names that spoke of global warming didn't do much. now that coastal town are being relocated people are listening. dramatics never help a cause.
  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    I really like that anyone who makes a lot of money and champions certain causes is a hypocrite. Hopefully we can just stop these hypocrites from championing these causes, take some attention from them and forget about them. It's all worth it if we can call someone out.
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  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    theboxerorthebag wrote:
    dramatics never help a cause? Are you kidding?

    Silent prayers are not going to help people in Africa, I am sorry, that is the way it is.

    wow; that was taken out of context. the silent prayer comment was to show that those in the field are doing much more. the unsung heros so to speak.
    bono's dramatics never effected me one bit. seeing what is actually happening hit me hard.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    miller8966 wrote:
    But lol @ bono.


    hahahahahaaha....hahahahaha... that's funny that he tries to raise awareness and money for social and economic problems around the world... haha....


    ha.....


    ha...


    h..


    wait....


    no...


    it's not funny... he actually tries to use his voice and influence to help people... while he can be overbearing, he is doing important and admirable work.

    so... lol@miller8966 sitting behind a computer making fun of people that help others. :D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    miller8966 wrote:
    From lewrockwell.com:
    "millionaire socialists rock stars who presume to act as the "conscience of the world" insufferable:

    Bono, the lead singer of the band U2 is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous. He is playing a U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland when he asks the audience for total quiet.

    Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands, once every-few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he says into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."

    A voice with a broad Scottish accent, from near the front of the crowd, pierces the silence......."Well, stop doin' it then!""


    that was me :cool:

    "stoap dae'in it then" - thats if you want to practice the accent at home kids :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    I really like that anyone who makes a lot of money and champions certain causes is a hypocrite. Hopefully we can just stop these hypocrites from championing these causes, take some attention from them and forget about them. It's all worth it if we can call someone out.

    my extended family not only donates millions to causes; some are in africa and other places actually helping. we can put the family name on the donations and be recognised but who would this recognition help? only the family name. to me that is selfish. donating the net profits from a concert draws more attention then hand clapping. all it did was make a joke out of him.

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