Defender causas politicamente correctas é um Bono negócio
domingo, agosto 14, 2005
O líder da banda irlandesa de rock U2, Bono Vox, exortou domingo os portugueses a ajudarem África, durante a cerimónia, em Belém, em que o grupo recebeu a Ordem da Liberdade do presidente da República, Jorge Sampaio.
Dos trabalhos a que a banda se dedicou, a Presidência da República destacou o seu envolvimento ao nível da dívida do terceiro mundo como a tarefa de maior importância para o agendamento público desta condecoração.
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Em suma, no âmago da miséria que grassa em África sobrenada a maldosa exigência, no Ocidente, do pagamento de putativos empréstimos e o fracasso de consecutivas campanhas de angariação de fundos, destinadas a suprir as carências básicas do parque aeronáutico da oligarquia africana.
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Libertei o Periquito e agora é o que se vê.
O presidente vai mais na música!
Julgo que a ideia deve ter sido promover o país usando a força dos U2 mas duvido que alguém ligue a isso. Foram simpáticos em aceitar e aproveitar para falar da causa
Espero que sejam eles a ganhar o Nobel da paz.
Make Poverty History
Quando alguem tenta fazer alguma coisa, mesmo que se saiba que é dificil e nao vai resolver o problema, atacam. Nem se percebe o que. Pois nao é a banda U2 a culpada da pobreza de Africa, é o mundo todo.
E está empenhado no estudo e combate à malária, por exemplo. Uma das bandeiras de Bono.
Mas também nao podemos criticar a 100% os países africanos, quando bem sabemos que o nosso país tem sido um desastre no aproveitamento dos fundos europeus.
O que nao vale é desistir de ajudar e combater a tragédia africana.
da "medalhação", em: ecosdafalesia.blogspot.com
para quem tenha a pachorra de ir procurar.
Agora todos os povos africanos podem finalmente dizer que vivem muito melhor terminados os 500 anos de exploração europeia. As populações nativas rejubilam de alegria com a saída do homem branco.
A estupidez é tanta... e de circo estamos todos fartos.
A nao ser talvez as pessoas que estao a morrer à fome, para esses era uma questao de vida e de morte. Nao era uma escolha livre.
1º Bono e os U2 foram condecorados por muitas coisas, para além do perdão da dívida e Africa.
2º No perdão da dívida o autor do post de certeza que nem se deu ao trabalho de conhecer um pouco melhor as campanhas, as organizações e o que tem sido feito e como. Senão saberia de certeza absoluta que a luta contra a corrupção é um dos objectivos fundamentais que move as milhares de pessoas envolvidas.
Há uma enorme ignorância e confusão. Neste post e comentários do Insurgente também se pode ver como há quem chame socialista a Bono e quem lhe chame neoliberal. O homem tem as costas largas.
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