It's me, stupid!
'The irony is that Bono and his defenders, for all their good intentions, fail to see the deep and lasting harm they do to Africa when they lobby Western governments to bail out and boost up the Dark Continent. In the unexpressed but implicit worldview of Bono, Africans are helpless children, unaccountable for their own actions and in need of salvation from superior and compassionate Westerners. Bono wants us — the taxpayers of the West — to eradicate AIDS in Africa, when if they cared to do so Africans themselves could easily do so by embracing a culture of monogamy and responsibility, and it wouldn’t cost ONE red cent. But don’t hold your breath.
My view is that Africans, like all human beings, are responsible for their own actions. The corruption and misery in Africa is a direct result of African behavior, and will only change when Africans alter it.'
- Matt Patterson, 'Saint Bono and His Endless Crusade.'
My view is that Africans, like all human beings, are responsible for their own actions. The corruption and misery in Africa is a direct result of African behavior, and will only change when Africans alter it.'
- Matt Patterson, 'Saint Bono and His Endless Crusade.'
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Of course, only Africans can change Africa. But a little help from others is not a bad idea.
Tags: Logical, farcical
I don't want work my butt and my children's butt off for some giant sinkhole...and to feed some non tax paying celebrity's idea of help...