Bob Geldof

[Porty]

The guy has been an inspiration of that there is no doubt. I know some people are dis-enchanted (or is it misenchanted ) by his apparent dissing of Midge Ure and there seems to be reason. I'm not bothered about that issue and I don't think Midge is either. In some ways its a relief that Midge hasn't had as much credit or as big a profile, can you imagine; "arise Sir Midge"??


What do you think the 8 make of Bob and what he has to say? Nuisance, irrelevance, friend, leader, vote winner..... "OMG, we have to see that scruffy twerp today, just smile a lot til its over"?

Some of the stuff he said at Murrayfield was baffling and I thought quite insulting to the 8. And to the people who were at the concert's. "The 8 do not know what is going on in this place"

What's your views?

[ifstar]

Not sure what all 8 would make of him but he has had a number of meetings with Tony Blair and he does seem to have turned him to his cause. Whether this is because Tony truly believes in it or because it could be a vote winner, I am not sure. To be honest i think they will probably have regarded his as the scruffy twerp before this week but hopefully they will have changed their minds now(or at least taken note of what their own people say).

I am not sure what the full 8 will think of him and what he stands for, I suppose over the next few days we will find out. Hopefully though they will have taken note of what has happened all over the world recently and their human side will make the decisions. I know at the weekend Gordon Brown said that they have decided to scrap the debt for the poorest countries but hopefully they won't think this will pacify everyone who has supported the make poverty history campaign.

I hope they have ignored the minority of idiots who have been causing or involved in violence for the last few days and listen to the millions of peaceful protesters worldwide.

With regard to the Midge thing, are you meaning a recent incident or from the original Band Aid? There was a programme on a few weeks ago which went through the night of Band Aid and how events unfolded with interviews of people there and Midge did say at the time he though Bob had shafted him as he felt his act was moved so that Bob could play for the Prince and Princess of Wales but he said soon after it happened that he decided that it shouldn't matter as his(Midge's) ego had to take a back seat to the much greater issue. (or words to that effect)

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[Gemini]

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ifstar - you have developed some odd habits.

1. Post editing.

(i) You have revised your definition of involvement in violence from "failing to calm it down" to "escalating or keeping it at it's current level".

(ii) You inserted "Original Poster" next to OP.

If it weren't for the fact that (thankfully) it shows up on your post when you have edited it when you have had a reply, it would look to someone reading the post that either time was running backwards or I had been sniffing Tipp-Ex again and was asking questions which had already been answered.

2. You have accused me of hijacking posts but have failed to point out which ones (apart from this one).

3. You need to recognise that a topic is a fluid thing (obviously within certain limits) and as such it is ok to talk about things which have been brought up as a consequence of the original post, not just the original post itself. A highly charged, sensitive, opinionated and debatable phrase like "idiots who have been causing or involved in violence" is therefore open to scrutiny by people with posting rights in the discussion.

4. Personal insults. These are fine, it's just taking me a while to work through them all and so far I have only dealt with the first of ned ludds (too much time on my hands, intellectual bully, thought police) but will get to yours in due course (sad, bored, difficult to live with, talking to geraniums, and *** (can you let me know exactly which banned word this was)) so I was wondering if you could put your insults in bold type so I can skim for them quickly. Even though I have too much time on my hands, the rate of your epithets is hard to keep up with.

5. Saying you're leaving a thread, then coming back. I find your level of inconsistency and contrariness almost anarchic.

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