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I know I am kind of late, but, here it is anyway. I love this piece. I haven’t written anything like it before or since, but that’s why I really love it. I was also sure hey wouldn’t sue me, but still, it’s better if I considered all the options. The thing is, how can I mock someone million times my net worth, who does charity work for Africa, well, like this…

The Arrogance of Bob Geldof 13/7/2007

Normally, I would never criticize real people. I am OK with dissing ideas, movements, bureaucracy or the way that society runs, but there comes a time in life of every hero, when he has to change from the inside to achieve great things. And so I will diss Bob Geldof. And I will try hard to diss him bad.

It amazes me, but I suppose that unless you are a culturally aware member of our generation, you might not know much about Bob, except that he is the guy behind the hit single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”. Well, I know the song, but I never knew he’s the guy that caused it. I guess that sucks. I mean, we’ll all remember that Madonna sings “Like a Virgin”, or that James Brown does “I Feel Good”, but doesn’t it suck that hordes of teenagers can’t acknowledge you as a creator of a mega hit. Well Bob, I’d feel bad for myself too, but don’t worry, it gets worse.

So this “musician” becomes an activist. Personally, I do not agree that you are a proper activist if you say “fuck”. Which means that Bob is as much of a “musician” as he is “activist” (at least nowadays). He WAS famous at some point and he was a good musician, but you can’t really consider yourself a celebrity once you don’t do your job regularly (so try to spit out an album sometimes, Bob, “best of” albums don’t count). But seeing as I never had a job, I shouldn’t criticize him any longer.

So we come to the point (finally, I hear you say). I read this interview a month or two ago, where Bob showed his distaste over Live Earth Concerts that are finally supposed to change the world (they’ll fail, but so did you, Bob, there are still starving children and adults, and they’re closer to home than you think). So Arrogant Bob, the “musician” and “activist” says something like “Everybody knows about f*cking global warming”.

OK, Bob, I might not be Einstein, or you, but yes, I know about Global Warming, just as I know that there are children starving in Africa and elsewhere. I might not know the exact numbers about starvation, but you don’t know the exact rate at which the polar ice melts, do you, Bob? So why don’t I hug trees and send my lunch off to Africa? Well, I recycle, I take showers instead of baths, I don’t waste food, sometimes we send old clothes to where they need them, once our school even sent food to a homeless shelter. So I don’t think we’re revolutionary, but we’re doing the best we can. I don’t see you publishing the amounts of money that you give away to save the planet. You just make massive concerts and hope that the rest of us will pay, and when some other noble goal comes along, that could steal your spotlight, you fight it; so it seems. Why else wouldn’t you publish the amounts of money you give to charity. So don’t be afraid to show us all how much you give, maybe you’ll redeem yourself in my eyes.

And don’t worry, there are many people that deny Global Warming exists, take your pal Bush. Yes, I read about how you agree with his anti AIDS policy (ie abstinence). So you must know some of his other views as well. Well Bob, sue me!

To the rest of you, chill out, it’s hot summer.

Peter S

P.S.: OK, sorry Bob, I just think that everything that can save the planet should be done, not just your thing. That’s just plain selfish. And I’m just plain ignorant.