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Vanity Fair- July 2007: The Africa Issue — Brooklynian

Vanity Fair- July 2007: The Africa Issue

lmboogie
lmboogie
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
Everyone should go pick up a copy. It is absolutely brilliant!
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  • shishkab
    shishkab
    um... why, exactly?
  • lmboogie
    lmboogie
    Bono is the guest editor and it's the Africa addition.
  • noisejoke
    noisejoke
    um...yikes?
  • lmboogie
    lmboogie
    um...yikes?
    What does that mean?
  • noisejoke
    noisejoke
    um...most would assume a request to view a magazine (and usually a specific piece) is in regard to an association with the forum topic.
  • raw
    raw
    I wish I was smart enough to figure out what you're all talking about.
  • noisejoke
    noisejoke
    Blowed up REAL good!
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    a: this doesn't belong on the PS board.

    b: bono is really good friends with jesse helms. JESSE. HELMS.

    ergo, my home is a bono free zone. no vanity fair, sorry
  • lmboogie
    lmboogie
    I wish I was smart enough to figure out what you're all talking about
    me too...i missed something (first time writing on a board) but clearly my vanity fair post was inappropriate. should have taken the time out to read the rules.
  • noisejoke
    noisejoke
    Park Slope, Brooklyn, that kind of stuff. Post when Bono's shopping for something restored on PPW.
  • lmboogie
    lmboogie
    got it and once i thought about it.... it makes sense. got a little too excited is all.
  • laura
    laura
    brooklynpotter wrote: my home is a bono free zone
    Mine too. Plus I differ with his views on how to best help Africa, so, no Bono for me thanx.
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    lmboogie wrote: got it and once i thought about it.... it makes sense. got a little too excited is all.
    s'okay. no harm, no foul.
  • germfree!
    germfree!
    However - if someone get's excited and wants to share, surely this board is such a forum? lmboogie just wasn't very clear. I would still like to know exactly why he/she is so into it. Apart from merely the magic Bono touch.
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    sure. but i think it would be better served in The Lounge forum.
  • germfree!
    germfree!
    ok. never bin there. So many places to visit. Hard to keep up.
  • shishkab
    shishkab
    well go take a looksee, then! always seeking fresh blood (heh heh heh)
  • erikka
    erikka
    I'm glad it takes a pompous holier-than-thou celebrity to make people give a shit about Africa.
  • pitu
    pitu
    meh
    Bono's doing something, instead of not doing anything. What's wrong with that?
    If we have to have celebrities, I'm delighted to have them Do Good Works. Haven't seen that VF yet . . .

    :D
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    except that the good work comes along with a piggybacked message about choice, women, civil rights, etc.
  • pitu
    pitu
    brooklynpotter wrote: except that the good work comes along with a piggybacked message about choice, women, civil rights, etc.
    I have no idea what you're refering to . . . is Bono anti-abortion, anti-civil rights, anti-women? Now I can't wait to look at his guest-edited VF!

    Fekking Mother Teresa was anti-abortion . . . but Bono?
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    bono is an irish catholic who is vehemently pro-life.
  • doctorj
    doctorj
    Does this mean I need to rethink pro bono activism?
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    it depends on which side you're on
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    brooklynpotter wrote: bono is an irish catholic who is vehemently pro-life.
    really? because these anti-abortion folks seem to think the opposite:

    http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/005986.php

    and granted this is an old interview, but:

    http://www.motherjones.com/arts/books/1989/05/bono.html

    and didn't he convince jesse helms to support something or other about human rights in china? (it was a long time ago; i may have it wrong, but i remember being SHOCKED as an nc liberal to see that jesse and i were on the same side of any issue.) refusing to talk to our ideological enemies is a very principled stance, but a poor way to effect change.

    that said, i don't know much about his plan for africa, and i wouldn't describe myself as a bono fan per se; i just think that trying to do good is better than doing nothing.
  • lmboogie
    lmboogie
    Plus I differ with his views on how to best help Africa
    are you kidding me? do you even know what he's done to help the people of Africa?

    believe me I'm not a fan (don't listen to his music) but the man is a saint for his commitment to fighting hunger and aids around the world.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    honestly, i know this isn't very PC, but i think we should be taking care of our own before we take care of others. lest you forget our "liberation" of iraq.
  • laura
    laura
    lmboogie wrote:
    Plus I differ with his views on how to best help Africa
    are you kidding me? do you even know what he's done to help the people of Africa?

    believe me I'm not a fan (don't listen to his music) but the man is a saint for his commitment to fighting hunger and aids around the world.
    Hunger, fine. As for AIDS, I don't think toxic AIDS drugs are the answer to poverty-caused diseases. People in Africa are dying of the same things they've been dying from for ages - malnutrition, contaminated water, etc. Except that now it's called AIDS.
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    what people in africa need the most are condoms. it's about as basic as that.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    laura wrote: [quote=lmboogie]
    Plus I differ with his views on how to best help Africa
    are you kidding me? do you even know what he's done to help the people of Africa?

    believe me I'm not a fan (don't listen to his music) but the man is a saint for his commitment to fighting hunger and aids around the world.
    Hunger, fine. As for AIDS, I don't think toxic AIDS drugs are the answer to poverty-caused diseases. People in Africa are dying of the same things they've been dying from for ages - malnutrition, contaminated water, etc. Except that now it's called AIDS.

    wait, seriously? what do you think of toxic drugs for people in the US with AIDS?
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