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While I think a lot of the performers genuinely don't like the current situation in Africa I struggle to fathom what this indulgent display ofwelthy westerners will acheive:
*it's not a fundraising event, it's solely to "raise awareness of how bad the situation in africa is.
* If the original live aid was so succesful why did all the millions of supporters go ahead and vote in the reagans and thatchers of the 1980s who did little to remedy the problems in africa
* if the people who are going to the concerts genuinely cared then why don't they join the marchs and lobby groups?
* Aren't most of the acts ageing rock dinosaurs who are using it to boost public profile and pick up ailing CD sales?
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This was posted in another forum by someone else but it sums up my thoughts on Live 8 totally.