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BlogHere are the thoughts and news of the people in our community. Leave a comment as you wish. If you want to join the blogging ask Mark.
Friday, May 19, 2006Belated Red Tuesday
 Last Tuesday Bono edited the Independent to help launch teh Red campaign. I regret not having got hold of a copy [could have made a cracking profit ... am I missing the point?!]. There is nice little profile here at LICC: The first thing the U2 frontman did was to ask Damien Hirst to provide a fitting image to replace the usual front-page splash. He chose a red field, of course, and imposed on it a cross made of icons: a skull, praying hands, a syringe, some pills and, at the apex, a dove. See a less favourable comment here at Complex Christ, particularly in response to the RED phone. Good points i thought: As you know, I'm a fan of the concept of 'gift', and this idea seems to me to be anti-gift. We buy the phone because we are buying into a brand. Not because we really care. If the only way we can get people to help those in dire need is to have to offer them something cool in return for their pennies, then I think there's something very wrong. What do I think? I think that Bono is changing the way people think about the AIDS and Africa issues. I find it inspirational and challenging. I do wonder though whether I am buying the celebrity in with the package? Posted by: Mark | 12:29 pm |
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