We never got a real chance to try Bono’s solution ISIS terror, President Trump having bombed them into near-extinction. I wonder if it would’ve worked.
I mean, you’ve always got to listen to a rich guy with earrings, right? Plus he’s a celebrity, an Entertainer–that’s worth six more Wisdom Points.
What kind of jokes would ISIS have liked? “So this infidel gets thrown off the roof of a skyscraper, and as he passes the tenth story on his way down, he is heard saying to himself, ‘So far, so good!'” Or how about some Addams Family re-runs?
When you’re rich and famous, everything you say is golden.
Yeah, golden. Check it out, not everything that looks golden is really desirable, right?
Bono is a good singer and at least some of what he’s done with U2 stands up as musically sound. I respect him as a musician, but that doesn’t make his opinions on political or social issues any more valid than the next fellow’s. I survived the ’60s and all of the of “raised consciousness” the bands of that era claimed to possess, Many of the features of their “raised consciousness” can be read about in the Bible. Galatians 5:19 “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.”
One toxic effect of the celebrity worship which reach new heights when the Beatles appeared is that many people began to think that pop culture success somehow means that the opinions of these artist are somehow more important than those of people with less fame. This is preposterous, at best, yet it has led us directly to a situation where people like Justin Beiber have become influencers of mass opinions. This is preposterous.
The musicians of the mid ’60s were usually opposed to the war in Vietnam and that resonated with the youth of their day. I understand that, it was a bad situation. Opposition to the Vietnam War was a unifying factor for a lot of young people from the mid ’60s to the early ’70s and a band that spoke out against the war was probably going to be well received. Once the war ended, the youth of the time became a movement in search of a cause. Amazingly, or not, entertainers were still eager to share their opinions and even to posture themselves as influencers on various social issues. Somehow, in the minds of many people, entertainers suddenly became authorities on all crucial matters. This is a very questionable way to choose sources of advice.
From the Daily Mail article: “Another spokesman in New York today dismissed the notion of lavish salaries being paid to its 120 members of staff and said the organisation was highly efficient in its raising of awareness.” OK, now we understand, They are raising awareness. Great, they receive money as a charity so that they can convince us to give money to charities, all the while, the staff gets paid and the poor receive very little, if any, help.
Wait’ll you see the next post.
Today’s comedians can’t even perform on college campuses any more because their jokes are considered offensive. Just think what it would be in Iraq to make jokes about Mohammed the Prophet?