If you think Live 8 = 'no possible action'... please explain to me how you personally would go (or have gone) about achieving more?
I can honestly say that I do not care enough about that part of the world to do anything. Maybe though I will do my part to change the world by listening to Pink Floyd the wall and send a donation to some warlord in Africa. Might change the world to a better place that way.
What was there not to understand?
Did you read the links or do your honestly think my thought on false hope is the only one held in the whole world? Honestly here, what is so hard to understand about what I said. Going to try to explain in a more direct fashion, taking into consideration something you said. Man gets people together to have concert. Man says this is to promote help for starving African's and usage footage of such in presentation. Man does not mention that last attempt caused regimes of terror to gain more money and last longer in their terror. Man makes statement that, "my work is done!" Without ending the problem he claims to want to help. I said this is false hope! Yet who is it false hope too? Well to say that African's did not know about this, would not entirely be true. It did have a concert location in South Africa and I am sure cable is around in other countries of Africa. Not all of Africa is a wasteland of tribes, you would be surprised. They understand better then American though, what is wrong in their country and that these concert are not going to change anything. Recently on CNN.com there was a poll addressing what you felt the G8 summit should be most concerned with, and out of the four selections, Africa starvation was last! LAST!!!!!! Top was terrorism! You see, where is the hope Bob promised? Why didn't the world suddenly listen to his concert and put presure on world leaders to do something? Because Africa is a punch line in charity, with so much coruption made public over the years and these image of starving people are used as tools. Terrorism, that is real to people and something that hits home. Plus, we all remember Sudan (See black hawk down) and we do not want our troops to police and die to fix other people's problems anymore. Everyone knows, fix Africa = America fix Africa. So false hope, yes! I am open eyed to false hope now and as a former Witness, you should be too. If not, then send money to Africa and believe some African boy name Johnny is actually getting new shoes. Just not reality