hcbiggs2002
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I think most of us “U2 fangirls” do get the fact that because Bono doesn't make public what he donates to charity that some people will assume he doesn't donate anything and therefore those people may perceive him as being a hypocrite. 
But does the fact, that he doesn't make public what he donates to charity, make him less credible in his fight for Africa? In some peoples eyes yes but not everyone!
Some people honestly don’t care what he chooses to do with his own hard earned money coz in the end it’s his message is that’s more important and the fact that he is making a difference. I personally had no idea the dire straits Africa was truely in until Bono started his caimpaigns and I'm sure many would agree with me on this.
I mean, you can’t live your life waiting for someone else to make your choices for you i.e. if you feel that you want to help your brothers and sisters in Africa by buying (red) products, joining Bono’s ONE campaign or encouraging your government to get your national GDP (not sure if I got the wording right!?) up the agreed 0,7% (this isn’t a figure that Bono’s invented but an agreed proposal made by all the member states of the UN several years ago!) then do and don’t look to Bono or anyone else, do what you feel is right and proper and helps YOU sleep at night!?!
Yes it would be great if Bono could please everyone all time but that's just asking the impossible of him! He's only human!! One should always remember the old saying, and I've posted this before but it obviously needs to be said again, 'You can please some of the people all of the time, All of the people some of the time but never ALL of the people ALL of the time'!!!
But does the fact, that he doesn't make public what he donates to charity, make him less credible in his fight for Africa? In some peoples eyes yes but not everyone!
Some people honestly don’t care what he chooses to do with his own hard earned money coz in the end it’s his message is that’s more important and the fact that he is making a difference. I personally had no idea the dire straits Africa was truely in until Bono started his caimpaigns and I'm sure many would agree with me on this.
I mean, you can’t live your life waiting for someone else to make your choices for you i.e. if you feel that you want to help your brothers and sisters in Africa by buying (red) products, joining Bono’s ONE campaign or encouraging your government to get your national GDP (not sure if I got the wording right!?) up the agreed 0,7% (this isn’t a figure that Bono’s invented but an agreed proposal made by all the member states of the UN several years ago!) then do and don’t look to Bono or anyone else, do what you feel is right and proper and helps YOU sleep at night!?!
Yes it would be great if Bono could please everyone all time but that's just asking the impossible of him! He's only human!! One should always remember the old saying, and I've posted this before but it obviously needs to be said again, 'You can please some of the people all of the time, All of the people some of the time but never ALL of the people ALL of the time'!!!
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You put that way better than I have the couple times I've tried to articulate something similar on here and in a couple PMs. I remember telling someone in a PM yesterday that all of the people who have made the biggest difference in the world didn't care or lose sleep over being misperceived in their causes, motives, and words as long as they believed (and more importantly in many of their lives, including Bono's) that God believes what they're doing is right. As Bono has said, The most important question is "not whether I believe in God, but whether God believes in me." Another quote I love of his is from one of his pastor friends, "Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Get involved with what God's doing because that's already blessed." It's clear from The Bible, that after redemption/salvation (something Bono always says) caring for the poor/sick is what's next on God's mind and what should be next on ours.
And this has been said before but obviously needs to be said again IT WAS Ms CASHMAN WHO BROUGHT THE CASE TO COURT NOT U2!! U2 didn't really have any other choice in the matter. 
