Live8 wristbands

[Cristo]

What colour will the live8 wristbands be? Are there any colours left ? How much will they cost at launch and, when none available, how much on e-bay ?____________________________________________

Forgive me if live8 wristbands are already available I'm just being cynical.

[Oneeyedvic]

Cristo, how can you be soo cynical......

 

....of course, everyone who wears one will be commited to stamping out worldwide poverty. All the aformetnioned people will know what the G8 is and will be able to tell you who the members are. They will obviously be donating to the cahrity, and not buying it on ebay with the proceeds going to "shorty(372)" or whoever.

 

And of course, everyone going to the concert will not be there for the music, but will be going to demonstrate their support and understanding.

Of course, if you went to their website: www.live8live.com and saw who was performing you would see......

Mariah Carey (paid $58 Million in 2002 - according to Forbes

U2 - who just turned down �12.5 Million for their song to be played for an advert

Madona who made �65 Million from touring in 2004

Elton John - who made �33 Million in 2004

and of course Sir Paul McCartney who is worth a couple of quid

[WaldoMcFroog]

Um, Live8 is part of Make Poverty History, therefore their bands are the MPH bands. I know you were being facetious but still...

[acw]

Oneeyedvic, I don't mean to start a row, BUT, I have seen this arguement a lot recently and i still don't understand. Why shouldn't rich people be allowed to get involved in fundraising? I realise people like Elton spend a LOT of flowers so it's a bit wierd. But surely better that they DO try to do something to help, than just sit at home rolling in their own money. Maybe i'm being naive.

[Oneeyedvic]

acw - you can row if you like - doesn't bother me ;-)

My problem is, as an example, Bono keeps saying how its disgusting that people in Africa die every 3 seconds etc etc etc.

Personally, speaking, I struggle to pay my mortgage every month. A luxury for me is to go out on a Sunday for a meal with my wife to a local restaurant.

If I donated �20.00 (cost of aformention meal) it would (according to Oxfam) feed 3 children in Malawi for a month. Yes, this does make me feel some what guilty.

However, when the opportunity arises for Bono to raise �12.5 Million for letting a company use a song he has already written and is famous already (streets have no name) but refuses (yes he did say then that he donated the money himself - but that means they could have had �25 million), it does annoy me.

All the aformentioned people earn more than per year than a person winning a double lottery every 6 months.

Yes, they can say give, give and then give some more, and if tehy were all living in a semi detached house with a couple of cars, adn only �5000 of savings, I would respect them.

I have no qualms about them having their money - I am not a communist - however, I really don't think they should preach to people about gicing money away to charity when they are living in such luxury.

[acw]

I can take your point, honestly! :-)  I just think that if it was anything OTHER than poverty, people wouldn't have a problem with it.  On the povery issue, I think celebs are d.amned if they do, and d.amned if they don't.  If they give nothing, it's selfish.  If they give something - it's not enough!

I just don't think they should be discouraged from giving what they do.  I agree that for most of us, even a donation of �20 is a struggle, and to them that's mere peanuts.  I just think that sometimes we're a bit too quick to criticise celebs (we, the British public I mean!)

Ho hum!

[Oneeyedvic]

acw - I guess my point is that I don't really care what celebs do - I hate the papers that cover them with as well.

What I do not like, is for them to say "you really should give as much as you can". That to me is just ludicrous when they are sitting there with more money that anyone here can possibly dream of. (unless of course I have misjudged abers and acw is a pseudonym for Bill Gates).

Speaking of which - Bill Gates does give billions to charity - never shouts about it though and never asks other people to give!

[acw]

Nope - not Bill Gates.  For starters, am British, female, under 25, and my idea of I.T. training is shouting at my laptop til it does what I say! 

Give what you can includes giving nothing though. 

I think celebs have a right to keep money back to give to their children - I know I would.  Anyway - we're both agreed on the principals and, whilst this is all (thankfully) remaining very friendly, i don't want to keep arguing with you!! :-)

[kempie]

I support the principle of Make Poverty History but I think a better cause for Africa would be Make Tyrants Atone For Their Sins.

This would mean that if/when national debts are wiped out the local despot doesn't immediately use the money originally earmarked for the interest repayments to buy himself a personal jet, such as occurred in Mozambique and Uganda, instead of urgently required medicines and food.

Just a thought.