Live 8

[Raz]

Originally Posted by Forgotten Sanity

It depends on whether or not you think that the average person picking up the paper is going "OOOH a big concert for African poverty" and flipping to the sports page, or if they're "OOOH a big concert for African poverty, I want details! And stats! And action plans for the G8!"

The number of tickets available for the concert also has no bearing on an individual's level of interest in current affairs. It's not just newspapers, it's radio, TV, internet, cinema adverts, people are talking about the issue. There will be millions of people watching the concerts, the MPH message will be abundantly clear to all of them. All of that will contribute to increase the pressure for politicians to do something about the sorry mess, rather than sitting around doing fuck all (just because they stand to gain nothing other than doing the right thing).

Edit: this thread should have been created in world.