Live 8

[ndrwrld]

hello everyone.
Live 8 is having a concert here near Toronto Canada.
the following, makes me sick.
http://www.pulse24.com/Showbiz/Top_S...3-003/page.asp

yeah...i was the one who called this television station, to blow the whistle on Craigslist.org...
little has been done to stop it.
craigslist.org , is still allowing posts, for people to sell tickets....free tickets, for upwards of $500 CAN each.
my question...in any of the other cities holding a Live 8 concert, has anyone here seen the same greedy bullshit trend ?

[dubman]

vvvvvventuuurrrre caaaaapitalism.
scalpers are souless whether it's for Live 8 or U2, but i guess that what happens when HUNDREDS of people give you hateful looks when you're standing there like a schmuck trying to con another schmuck.

except maybe you'd be the rich schmuck, but... OMG PINK FLOYD.

Dan Aykroyd

HA!

[Dirty0900]

Bob should go round and bitch slap those mother fuckers

[ndrwrld]

ive contacted city tv...house of blues canada ( promoter ) and Live 8 .
ive chastized Craig ( owner of craigslist ), but to no avail.
go figure...Sir Bob calls ebay...tells them to ban sales, and they listen.
shame the other sites ( craigslist.org ... adpost.com ) wont follow suit.

greed...an ugly trait.
rick...karl...your thoughts ?

[Future Proof]

Here's my suggestion then - don't ever sell anything that was given to you. Your premise is that people are making too much money on the sales of these tickets, or that they shouldn't be selling them at all. But what is too much? $5? $500? I've always felt that it was an obvious right to make money by capitalizing on demand, even if the item in demand was originally given away for free. A sucker is born every minute but without a lollipop to chase, they're just another face in the crowd...

I think Geldof's a fucking idiot personally - he gives away free tickets (which of course all get gobbled up) and then tells people not to make money on the sales of those tickets. And meanwhile, since he's not selling tickets, he's not making money either, he's just preaching about a cause. Yeah right you fucking dickhead, I'm sure that African children are pleased to know that you have the opportunity to make enough money to make Bill Gates blush and you could send it to them, but instead... all you want to do is preach away instead of also sending money. Face reality Bob, Money talks -- not words alone. God damn, what a waste of opportunity!!

Me personally, I would castrate myself to see the original line-up of Pink Floyd. And if a $500 ticket comes my way... I very well might spend the money.

P.S. - Scalpers are smart, if they know that there's an idiot that's willing to pay what they ask.

[big screen satellite]

if i won some tickets i'd go and watch the gig, but...

if i won two lots of tickets - i'd sell em for a big fuck off profit...

i bet the bands playing won't be donating their hard earned record sales for the next ten years to stop world povety....

[Future Proof]

Exactly. I recognize that a big fuck-all concert and a huge show of solidarity may show the G8 that people are willing to deal with the rampant greed that perpetuates African poverty, maybe even enough to actually vote the G8 leaders out of power. And god forbid those stiffs lose their almighty power.

Geldof could've sold tickets though, ramped up a huge donation campaign (which I believe that he has so, big up's to him on that), sold merchandise, et cetera... and could've had a big check to send off to the oft-forgotten continent. That's where he failed, and that's where I feel that Live 8 in general is less about the cause, and more about the fact that Geldof and Bono have a huge God complex and all that this concert is going to do is massage their egos.

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

Exactly. I recognize that a big fuck-all concert and a huge show of solidarity may show the G8 that people are willing to deal with the rampant greed that perpetuates African poverty, maybe even enough to actually vote the G8 leaders out of power. And god forbid those stiffs lose their almighty power.

Geldof could've sold tickets though, ramped up a huge donation campaign (which I believe that he has so, big up's to him on that), sold merchandise, et cetera... and could've had a big check to send off to the oft-forgotten continent. That's where he failed, and that's where I feel that Live 8 in general is less about the cause, and more about the fact that Geldof and Bono have a huge God complex and all that this concert is going to do is massage their egos.

gotta agree...Bob Geldof is getting irrisponsible in his campaigns...first off he rather foolishly suggested, live on TV, that hackers should bring down Ebay...forgetting thats where some people make their living, and i don't mean the ticket scalpers, some people run their business and work entirely on Ebay...its alright to condone illegal computer hacking but not alright to sell free tickets legally on a website...

secondly, he has now suggested that we go and get a load of french people by boat, like we need that...what they gonna do when they get here

thirdly, he's asked millions of people to converge on a city that probably can't cope with them...and you know that all the tree hugging, hippy, anti capitalists will be there too causing major trouble...and i think he secretly wants that...

fourthly, he has suggested that because the gig is free that 'it'll be easy to get in' at Hyde Park if you 'just turn up'...talk about asking for trouble...is Geldof not providing security or something because its a free gig?

the man is a loon...and although he is working for a worthy cause, his motives are genuine (he personally has nothing to gain), his methods are very questionable...and if you think that some £6bn worth of Rock stars are gonna do anything to stop world poverty - then i think you underestimate the power of the worlds leaders...

don't get me wrong - i would have gone to Hyde Park, had i won some tickets and i will be watching on Saturday on TV, but not because i think it will do anything to make me more aware of World Poverty...i am aware...it sucks...but admitting that won't help...i'm sorry to say, but I will only be watching to see some decent bands perform live...and i believe thats what 90% of the people going will be doing...why else are they forking out $500+ for tickets...because its a unique once in a life time event, and not because its gonna change the world....

[//\/\/]

bob geldoff - cock.



nice idea about the concerts - i don't care if somebody who has spent their contribution to the event sells their ticket, nor should bob - he's had the money he wanted from it. as far as hyde park goes - what's this about releasing more tickets? what gives bob? why not just open up the park? if you don't care about edinburgh, why care about hyde park?

and as for the boats to france - that's a cockheaded thing to ask - sail small boats across the world's busiest shipping lane to pick up a bunch of protestors (will there be anybody there...?!) that could safely have caught a ferry? and then what will they do? if they can't get from france to england, they're fucked if they're going to get to edinburgh - it's much further? he really doesn't think some things through...

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

bob geldoff - cock.

should get on well with Bonio then