Bono is a jerk!

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Postby Peregrine » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:58 am

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Postby Simulist » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:07 am

Looks like he's wishing the mispronunciation of his name was the correct one.
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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby norton ash » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:37 am

Bono Cousteau in Search of the Irish Turtle.
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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:53 am

For some reason, Pontypool seems like an appropriate caption.
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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby Infernal Optimist » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:39 am

Bono is a jerk? Please, please... the term is "sanctimonious prick."
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Postby Peregrine » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:45 pm

I like "pompous windbag" myself :lol:
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Postby vanlose kid » Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:35 am







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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:23 pm

Not Bono.

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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby SonicG » Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:20 am

Fuck Bono

Bono net policing idea draws fire
Bono, frontman of rock band U2, has warned the film industry not to make the same mistakes with file-sharing that have dogged the music industry.

Writing for the New York Times, Bono claimed internet service providers were "reverse Robin Hoods" benefiting from the music industry's lost profits.

He hinted that China's efforts prove that tracking net content is possible.

The editorial drew sharp criticism, both on its economic merits and for the suggestion of net content policing.

"The immutable laws of bandwidth tell us we're just a few years away from being able to download an entire season of '24' in 24 seconds," he wrote.

"A decade's worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators...the people this reverse Robin Hooding benefits are rich service providers, whose swollen profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the music business."

In a move that drew significant criticism, Bono went on to suggest that the feasibility of tracking down file-sharers had already been proven.

"We know from America's noble effort to stop child pornography, not to mention China's ignoble effort to suppress online dissent, that it's perfectly possible to track content," he said.

Several commentators assailed both the logic of net monitoring and the economic arguments of the essay, pointing out that U2 topped 2009's list of top-grossing live acts.

"Bono has missed that even a totalitarian government...can't effectively control net-content," tweeted Cory Doctorow, a blogger and journalist noted for his study of file-sharing policy.

"If only greed and ignorance could sequester carbon, Bono could FINALLY save the planet," he added.

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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby brekin » Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:36 pm

New book.

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The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Frontman-Bono ... 1781680825
Scathing and hilarious takedown of a frontman for the rich and powerful
Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2’s iconic frontman, Bono—a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist—indeed, he is said to lag behind some peers when it comes to parting with his own money—Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.

The Frontman shows how Bono defended U2's partial move to Amsterdam, avoiding Irish taxes; his paternalistic advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman argues that he is an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation—and helped make it worse.
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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby Wombaticus Rex » Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:30 pm

"We know from America's noble effort to stop child pornography"


Oblivious asshole or knowing wink?

Gotta wonder.
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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby Bruce Dazzling » Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:59 pm

Another U2 shreds video...

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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby MinM » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:40 pm

@vulture ·

Bono praises Mike Pence for his commitment to AIDS relief
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brekin » Mon Jun 03, 2013 1:36 pm wrote:New book.

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The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Frontman-Bono ... 1781680825
Scathing and hilarious takedown of a frontman for the rich and powerful
Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2’s iconic frontman, Bono—a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere philanthropist—indeed, he is said to lag behind some peers when it comes to parting with his own money—Bono is better described as an advocate, one who has become an unwitting symbol of a complacent wealthy Western elite.

The Frontman shows how Bono defended U2's partial move to Amsterdam, avoiding Irish taxes; his paternalistic advocacy of neoliberal solutions in Africa; his multinational business interests; and his hobnobbing with Paul Wolfowitz and shock-doctrine economist Jeffrey Sachs. Carefully dissecting the rhetoric and actions of Bono the political operator, The Frontman argues that he is an ambassador for imperial exploitation, a man who has turned his attention to a world of savage injustice, inequality and exploitation—and helped make it worse.
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Re: Bono is a jerk!

Postby Cordelia » Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:27 pm

^^^Clip of subtitled mutual bootlick. (Maybe too close to dinner time to view safely, but only Bono can make almost anyone but Himself seem digestible.)


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