03-11-2014, 06:53 PM
(03-11-2014, 05:12 PM)Cynical Ninja Wrote: Bono is a pretentious bog trotter who should sing and otherwise shut the fuck up.
And saying Di was the nicest royal is like saying a healthy and uninjured guy is the most handsome man in a burns unit. Meaningless. If they wanted to do a truly fitting tribute to Di they should have organised a gangbang in a minefield. Goodbye Englands rose!
On this we disagree greatly CN. Those boys have done massive amounts of humanitarian work. They were involved in the Nelson Mandela story long before it became 'trendy'. Also, when they won album of the year they couldn't enjoy it because he was still incarcerated at that time. Why are you so down on him? Ask the poor and starving in the third world if they want him to just sing. The fact he does all the work he does PROVES he is NOT a pretentious bog trotter. Honestly, I think sometimes because someone is famous and well known around the world we can tend to dehumanise them and assume they are vain and full of themselves. I am with Bob Geldolf on this one, Bono is the real deal and anyone who says different should fuck off. (Not saying that to you CN, just that's what Bob said). Don't forget too, Bob got his arse off the couch in the 80s and thought it was disgusting all that poverty and starvation in Africa whilst Margaret Thatcher was in power.
I know Diana had issues, we all have issues. She had a privileged life. In her book she admits she came from a privileged background she says, 'privileged yes, snobbish no'. She was flawed, I read her book by Andrew Morton, and Patrick Jephson's book. She did try and set him up and fire him, he resigned first. From my observation and understanding, she was trying to find happiness. I am surprised for you to judge her morally, I didn't think that was your bag. I personally, would not fool around with someone else's husband or stray outside of the marriage even if there were problems. But she was very young when she got hitched, and she was way in over her head. I hope my friends and whoever else thinks she died in a car crash was an accident, I think there are unanswered questions that cannot be dismissed as a conspiracy.
She helped significantly to de-stigmatise HIV/AIDS. Initially, sufferers were treated like lepers. Her life was definitely a lark compared to how the rest of us live, but I think she was a good person. That's my take on her. It was ridiculous the way everyone watched what she wore and the magazines promoting all that. I hated all that.
Anyway, she's gone now, I cried all through the funeral. She affected so many people and touched so many people because there was something authentic about her, frocks aside.