Why can't we all just get along?

it's another G8 meeting this week and a good time to recall live8.

I was lucky enough to be there for that event and it was really quite a wonderful and encouraging day, only marred slightly by the ban on your own drinking water (er, what was up with that?) and the bloody golden circle - a horrific corporate invasion of what was supposed to be a very anti corporate occasion. i'd never have made it to the front anyhow! We are also fortunate to be on the dvd if only our backs for one second, but hey waddya gonna do?

Of the bands its pink floyd who really stand out in the memory, especially given my fondness for Roger Waters in particular for whom this must have been a huge psychological step.

The saddest thing for me is that the promises made by the G8 at that time are no nearer being lived up to three years later. Lets just hope they get their acts together on third world debt soon or we can hand at least the victory of attention to those responsible for the july bombings of that fateful week.

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