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*lives in USA*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*sigh*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have fun...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cna still take part. Today is International White band Day so wear white. It doesnt have to be an official gel band or anything its only to show your support. Get some fabrix and tie it around your wrist.

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Last edited by Mercifull on Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:25 pm; edited 1 time in total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No i didnt :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh.

 

 

 

:shock: BURN!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*cough*

 

 

 

anyways..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ty for the american link and info.

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"hey look im famous that means you should want to do whatever I say"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"especially when someone takes video of me in black and white"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"but not nightvision"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe in your crappy world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess you don't have the black and white commercials with celebrity faces telling you to do something about G8?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And while you're around, what the hell does smeg mean? I see you use it often. But I've never seen anyone else use it.

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And while you're around, what the hell does smeg mean? I see you use it often. But I've never seen anyone else use it.
lol its a Red Dwarf thing :P

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"hey look im famous that means you should want to do whatever I say"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"especially when someone takes video of me in black and white"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"but not nightvision"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe in your crappy world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess you don't have the black and white commercials with celebrity faces telling you to do something about G8?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And while you're around, what the hell does smeg mean? I see you use it often. But I've never seen anyone else use it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank Goodness no. And yeah as Matt says, Red Dwarf thing :P

 

 

 

PS Hope I didn't insult you with that crappy world. I wasn't trying to say your world is crappy, just that I'd find that pretty crappy if it were mine >.<

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Family are there supporting :).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just saw this post, was going to make the same one: http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=289061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sign the petition at http://www.live8live.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It takes 2 seconds.. I just did it whilst watching REM in the comfort of my own home.. which others don't have.

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i think that the det should be wiped for the simple fact that even if they do pay it eventually (they wont cause they cant) that it wouldnt make a difference anyway. not like the money if going to be missed

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Life 8 is big fake.

 

 

 

No offence, but i feel those concerts of all those stars like we would sell bottles of water to help the victims of the Tsunami.

 

 

 

Why would all those stars give a [bleep] about the problems in Africa? It's easy for them, they don't have to do anything, except increasing their popularity to say they care. If they really would care, they wouldn't live in 15 houses, they wouldn't ask monster prices to give a concert, they would visit the region there, and they would give their money to the local inhabitants. Now u might all say, but it's nice they do it don't they? Yes, maybe it is, but again, the only reason that they do it is for their popularity.

 

 

 

Bill Gates too, like the 5 billion dollar he gave EVER will reach the local inhabitants, no,no the gouverment of the countrys will put the money in their own pockets.

 

 

 

It's a nice inisiative, but for me the only ' star ' who cares about is U2, HE is the one who talked with the pope, HE is the one who doesn't want to come in the media with his fancy houses, i think he's the one who cares...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No offence, it's not becouse i'm an huge flamer i'm always so negative, but i find this inisiative nice and very original, but the stars nowadays only care about money and getting richer :roll:

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Life 8 is big fake.

 

 

 

No offence, but i feel those concerts of all those stars like we would sell bottles of water to help the victims of the Tsunami.

 

 

 

Why would all those stars give a * about the problems in Africa? It's easy for them, they don't have to do anything, except increasing their popularity to say they care. If they really would care, they wouldn't live in 15 houses, they wouldn't ask monster prices to give a concert, they would visit the region there, and they would give their money to the local inhabitants. Now u might all say, but it's nice they do it don't they? Yes, maybe it is, but again, the only reason that they do it is for their popularity.

 

 

 

Bill Gates too, like the 5 billion dollar he gave EVER will reach the local inhabitants, no,no the gouverment of the countrys will put the money in their own pockets.

 

 

 

It's a nice inisiative, but for me the only ' star ' who cares about is U2, HE is the one who talked with the pope, HE is the one who doesn't want to come in the media with his fancy houses, i think he's the one who cares...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No offence, it's not becouse i'm an huge flamer i'm always so negative, but i find this inisiative nice and very original, but the stars nowadays only care about money and getting richer :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U2 is a band man, I think you mean Bono.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I more or less agree with you.

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Life 8 is big fake.

 

 

 

No offence, but i feel those concerts of all those stars like we would sell bottles of water to help the victims of the Tsunami.

 

 

 

Why would all those stars give a * about the problems in Africa? It's easy for them, they don't have to do anything, except increasing their popularity to say they care. If they really would care, they wouldn't live in 15 houses, they wouldn't ask monster prices to give a concert, they would visit the region there, and they would give their money to the local inhabitants. Now u might all say, but it's nice they do it don't they? Yes, maybe it is, but again, the only reason that they do it is for their popularity.

 

 

 

Bill Gates too, like the 5 billion dollar he gave EVER will reach the local inhabitants, no,no the gouverment of the countrys will put the money in their own pockets.

 

 

 

It's a nice inisiative, but for me the only ' star ' who cares about is U2, HE is the one who talked with the pope, HE is the one who doesn't want to come in the media with his fancy houses, i think he's the one who cares...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No offence, it's not becouse i'm an huge flamer i'm always so negative, but i find this inisiative nice and very original, but the stars nowadays only care about money and getting richer :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about Chris Martin from Coldplay? They showed him in the African countries doing his part. I know what you mean and I do feel that some of those people are only doing this for popularity reasons. But can you argue against the awareness they are creating? It's possible that all those kids who want to be cool are then watching this and maybe realizing what's going on in other parts of the world. Sure, so and so celebrity might not give a rat's [wagon] about Africa, but if 10,000(example) people watch Live 8 just for him/her and get bombarded enough with the message that's trying to be sent then hopefully atleast 1% will go out and do something and that's better then nothing.

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Life 8 is big fake.

 

 

 

No offence, but i feel those concerts of all those stars like we would sell bottles of water to help the victims of the Tsunami.

 

 

 

Why would all those stars give a * about the problems in Africa? It's easy for them, they don't have to do anything, except increasing their popularity to say they care. If they really would care, they wouldn't live in 15 houses, they wouldn't ask monster prices to give a concert, they would visit the region there, and they would give their money to the local inhabitants. Now u might all say, but it's nice they do it don't they? Yes, maybe it is, but again, the only reason that they do it is for their popularity.

 

 

 

Bill Gates too, like the 5 billion dollar he gave EVER will reach the local inhabitants, no,no the gouverment of the countrys will put the money in their own pockets.

 

 

 

It's a nice inisiative, but for me the only ' star ' who cares about is U2, HE is the one who talked with the pope, HE is the one who doesn't want to come in the media with his fancy houses, i think he's the one who cares...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No offence, it's not becouse i'm an huge flamer i'm always so negative, but i find this inisiative nice and very original, but the stars nowadays only care about money and getting richer :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about Chris Martin from Coldplay? They showed him in the African countries doing his part. I know what you mean and I do feel that some of those people are only doing this for popularity reasons. But can you argue against the awareness they are creating? It's possible that all those kids who want to be cool are then watching this and maybe realizing what's going on in other parts of the world. Sure, so and so celebrity might not give a rat's wagon about Africa, but if 10,000(example) people watch Live 8 just for him/her and get bombarded enough with the message that's trying to be sent then hopefully atleast 1% will go out and do something and that's better then nothing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What bothers me the most is that the African musicmakers didn't even got the permission to preform in London, Berlin etc. It is for africa, but the only place African artists can preform is in St Johannesburg... That's very hypocrite i think

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Life 8 is big fake.

 

 

 

No offence, but i feel those concerts of all those stars like we would sell bottles of water to help the victims of the Tsunami.

 

 

 

Why would all those stars give a * about the problems in Africa? It's easy for them, they don't have to do anything, except increasing their popularity to say they care. If they really would care, they wouldn't live in 15 houses, they wouldn't ask monster prices to give a concert, they would visit the region there, and they would give their money to the local inhabitants. Now u might all say, but it's nice they do it don't they? Yes, maybe it is, but again, the only reason that they do it is for their popularity.

 

 

 

Bill Gates too, like the 5 billion dollar he gave EVER will reach the local inhabitants, no,no the gouverment of the countrys will put the money in their own pockets.

 

 

 

It's a nice inisiative, but for me the only ' star ' who cares about is U2, HE is the one who talked with the pope, HE is the one who doesn't want to come in the media with his fancy houses, i think he's the one who cares...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No offence, it's not becouse i'm an huge flamer i'm always so negative, but i find this inisiative nice and very original, but the stars nowadays only care about money and getting richer :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about Chris Martin from Coldplay? They showed him in the African countries doing his part. I know what you mean and I do feel that some of those people are only doing this for popularity reasons. But can you argue against the awareness they are creating? It's possible that all those kids who want to be cool are then watching this and maybe realizing what's going on in other parts of the world. Sure, so and so celebrity might not give a rat's wagon about Africa, but if 10,000(example) people watch Live 8 just for him/her and get bombarded enough with the message that's trying to be sent then hopefully atleast 1% will go out and do something and that's better then nothing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What bothers me the most is that the African musicmakers didn't even got the permission to preform in London, Berlin etc. It is for africa, but the only place African artists can preform is in St Johannesburg... That's very hypocrite i think

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah..I will agree with that one. I hadn't heard that information. I did see some group of what I thought were African females performing on tv like Mahatella? Or something foreign similar that would be foreign to me.

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Life 8 is big fake.

 

 

 

No offence, but i feel those concerts of all those stars like we would sell bottles of water to help the victims of the Tsunami.

 

 

 

Why would all those stars give a * about the problems in Africa? It's easy for them, they don't have to do anything, except increasing their popularity to say they care. If they really would care, they wouldn't live in 15 houses, they wouldn't ask monster prices to give a concert, they would visit the region there, and they would give their money to the local inhabitants. Now u might all say, but it's nice they do it don't they? Yes, maybe it is, but again, the only reason that they do it is for their popularity.

 

 

 

Bill Gates too, like the 5 billion dollar he gave EVER will reach the local inhabitants, no,no the gouverment of the countrys will put the money in their own pockets.

 

 

 

It's a nice inisiative, but for me the only ' star ' who cares about is U2, HE is the one who talked with the pope, HE is the one who doesn't want to come in the media with his fancy houses, i think he's the one who cares...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No offence, it's not becouse i'm an huge flamer i'm always so negative, but i find this inisiative nice and very original, but the stars nowadays only care about money and getting richer :roll:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about Chris Martin from Coldplay? They showed him in the African countries doing his part. I know what you mean and I do feel that some of those people are only doing this for popularity reasons. But can you argue against the awareness they are creating? It's possible that all those kids who want to be cool are then watching this and maybe realizing what's going on in other parts of the world. Sure, so and so celebrity might not give a rat's wagon about Africa, but if 10,000(example) people watch Live 8 just for him/her and get bombarded enough with the message that's trying to be sent then hopefully atleast 1% will go out and do something and that's better then nothing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What bothers me the most is that the African musicmakers didn't even got the permission to preform in London, Berlin etc. It is for africa, but the only place African artists can preform is in St Johannesburg... That's very hypocrite i think

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah..I will agree with that one. I hadn't heard that information. I did see some group of what I thought were African females performing on tv like Mahatella? Or something foreign similar that would be foreign to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They built a stage last minute in the Eden Project, Cornwall for African musicians. They were on the BBC alot.

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If youd like to flame about Live8 can you please do so in the relevant thread. This post is NOT about Live8, it is about the MPH march that happened on Saturday. Im not in the mood to argue as ive just got back from an 11 hour bus ride from Edinburgh.

 

 

 

I'll make a proper post about how the event went later on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matt

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Nice article from the BBC here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4642053.stm

 

 

 

Ill post my own pics shortly.

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I uploaded the photos to flickr so you can view them either by going to http://www.dropthedebt.org.uk or using this direct link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I saw loads of speakers and some African bands. Eddie Izzard and Jonathon Dimbleby made appearances and spoke for a little while and there was a suprise when Texas came on stage and did a few songs. Overall it was a great day with about 225k of us protesting all wearing white. We made a ring around the city that lasted from about 12noon until 7pm :D Lets hope it proved to the G8 that we wont stand back and listen to promises any more. We want action!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To repond to the person who was on about cancelling the debt. The poorest coun tries have these debts and are constantly trying to pay them back but they cant. The interest keeps getting higher and higher. They have paid off the debts many many times over to the richer countries yet the debt is still there because of the interest. In the UK this is known as Loan Sharking. Its illegal in this country so why is it allowed to go on when its anoyher country paying? Drop the Debt!

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"We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12

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Very cool Matt. I'm also impressed that according to the BBC article, only 1 person was arrested.

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The time when the living and the dead exist as one.

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There were actually 2 people arrested. One was for a minor drugs offence and the other was unrelated to the rally so it was a great protest. Shame the G8 Alternatives and Wombles couldn't keep their calm like we did when they protested today :(

 

 

 

Its so annoying when the anarchists ruin it for all us activists. It brings bad press and its certainly not going to convince the leaders of the G8 to do what we want. :cry:

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