Comments on: Live 8 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/live-8/ A design blog with a particular emphasis on green design, design for society, and environmental technologies, Vestal Design Blog also discusses web design, product design, graphic design, and architecture. Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jessica http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/live-8/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Jessica Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:50:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/02/live-8.html#comment-164 also check out Bob Geldoff's I-don't-quite-know-what -to-make-of-this <a HREF="http://sail8.ybw.com/sail8/" rel="nofollow">Sail 8</A>. ^_^ also check out Bob Geldoff’s I-don’t-quite-know-what -to-make-of-this Sail 8. _

]]> By: Jessica http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/live-8/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Jessica Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/02/live-8.html#comment-163 while i agree that there is an arguement to be made for the hypocrisy of rich artists calling to aid poor countries without loosening their grip on their millions, i do agree with Live 8 supporters in that the difference we can make in the lives of those starving around the world by altering the course of action of the world's leading powers far surpasses what we can do for them by only charitably and publicly dropping a few dollars their way (which many of us do anyway). as for reducing all artists to little more than strike-it-rich easy "drug peddlers", I accuse you of gross over-simplification and too much media-watching. while i agree that there is an arguement to be made for the hypocrisy of rich artists calling to aid poor countries without loosening their grip on their millions, i do agree with Live 8 supporters in that the difference we can make in the lives of those starving around the world by altering the course of action of the world’s leading powers far surpasses what we can do for them by only charitably and publicly dropping a few dollars their way (which many of us do anyway).

as for reducing all artists to little more than strike-it-rich easy “drug peddlers”, I accuse you of gross over-simplification and too much media-watching.

]]> By: Inquisitor http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/live-8/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Inquisitor Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2005/06/02/live-8.html#comment-162 Personally, these 'stars' are little more than drug peddlers criticising the system that makes drug addicts out of people whilst profitting from it. They criticise the G8 and the capitalist establishment for hoarding surplus wealth whilst they themselves do the same thing with the surplus wealth they accumulate from the their 'sing-one-time & earn-a-life-time' approach to their labour. If you look at the total wealth of the world, you'll find much of it clogged up the drainpipes of the likes of Bob Geldoff, Bono and their other capitalist counterparts. Personally, these ‘stars’ are little more than drug peddlers criticising the system that makes drug addicts out of people whilst profitting from it. They criticise the G8 and the capitalist establishment for hoarding surplus wealth whilst they themselves do the same thing with the surplus wealth they accumulate from the their ‘sing-one-time & earn-a-life-time’ approach to their labour. If you look at the total wealth of the world, you’ll find much of it clogged up the drainpipes of the likes of Bob Geldoff, Bono and their other capitalist counterparts.

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