Quote Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird View Post
Each to his own.

As an aside. Despite the oft legit criticism Bono gets.. some of his advocacy has been very productive. I work in the sector directly benefitting from some of the initiatives bono has lobbied for or been involved with. In east Africa .. especially Uganda we have an almost 0% transmission rate of mother to child HIV, other countries are also getting there... Much of that success is down to PEPFAR who have invested in research and helped rolled out programmes to make that possible. Also the ONE campaign is probably the most effective advocacy organization in the US. A colleague is working with them to monitor and lobby US politicians to ensure compliance with the US commitment to the most vulnerable groups in the US and abroad. Also I personally worked on a project funded by them.

So a twat he may be but I don't suppose it matters to the people benefitting.
Fair enough again.
I always liked U2 btw - up until 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'.
No idea what they did since that, but I have roundly defended them many a time in the past ;)