1. I must be missing something - what did Bono suggest in these recent articles that are so bad?
  2. Originally posted by hamman:Yeah Bono is an idealist but not a realist. I mean this specifically if people who follow Bono's ideas in these war zones would die and Bono would not hold himself responsible


    I'm sorry, but this is straight up wrong. If you look at all the work Bono has done through Red, ONE, and Data, his partnership with Amnesty International, his phone calls to politicians during ZooTV, and even his most recent trip to the refugee camps, it should be clearly obvious that Bono's ideas are grounded in reality. In fact, most of the lyrical themes seen in U2's music are grounded in reality.

    Bono has done an amazing job of standing for the powerless while making the privileged feel uncomfortable in their own skin.
  3. Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]


    I'm sorry, but this is straight up wrong. If you look at all the work Bono has done through Red, ONE, and Data, his partnership with Amnesty International, his phone calls to politicians during ZooTV, and even his most recent trip to the refugee camps, it should be clearly obvious that Bono's ideas are grounded in reality. In fact, most of the lyrical themes seen in U2's music are grounded in reality.

    Bono has done an amazing job of standing for the powerless while making the privileged feel uncomfortable in their own skin.
    This!
  4. Originally posted by ahn1991:[..]


    I'm sorry, but this is straight up wrong. If you look at all the work Bono has done through Red, ONE, and Data, his partnership with Amnesty International, his phone calls to politicians during ZooTV, and even his most recent trip to the refugee camps, it should be clearly obvious that Bono's ideas are grounded in reality. In fact, most of the lyrical themes seen in U2's music are grounded in reality.

    Bono has done an amazing job of standing for the powerless while making the privileged feel uncomfortable in their own skin.
    Seeing as how much of their lyrical content is about God, not so sure this is true (about it being grounded in reality). But very much agreed on the humanitarian stuff.
  5. Hope that pic means recording again.
  6. Bono said he was serious in the way to deal with Extremism is to laugh at them and Europe should let refugees in. People living under isis control would be beheaded if they started laughing at them. We have already seen the effects of letting Syrian refugees into Europe.
  7. Originally posted by hamman:[..]
    Bono said he was serious in the way to deal with Extremism is to laugh at them and Europe should let refugees in. People living under isis control would be beheaded if they started laughing at them. We have already seen the effects of letting Syrian refugees into Europe.
    It's not the only thing he said and he's not the only one saying it. And even if it's not the first time that he says half ideas that may or may not be feasible at all, that doesn't makes him unrealistic, actually he's pretty well known as being realistic and presenting well documented ideas to politicians, businessmen et al.

    When things are already fucked up, you don't get good options, you only get bad, terrible and worse options. So far he has shown that he'll always look for the one that seems more humanitarian, and this time he's being consistent with that.
  8. Bono's ideas on this are for the most part bad and the EU leaders are saying so. If an idea to resolve this means European citizens dying then i think most people say its ridiculous. And thats what they are saying with words and actions. Everybody is entitled to ideas no matter how unrealistic
  9. I hate the refugees and ISIS