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Originally posted by CalvP Take the example of the bill gates foundation; the richest people on the planet essentially working all their life, then giving away all the billions they've made. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful cause! but it just seems a rather pointless existence to me

I tell you want I find pointless, and thats people who collect and hoarde wealth for thier one family whilst screaming babies in Sudan this very moment are overcomes with hunger and fear. What an utterly pointless existence to hoarde a mass overshare of cash and never do I admire such people and it bugs me that we fawn over these folk say when interviewed on a chat show.

Buffet and Gates are bloody heros in my book. Bono with his billion is wealth sickens me. Why on Earth can he not make do with say £2m in the Bank and a nice house, and then use ALL of the rest to help the world.

I'm a bit ranty here, sorry.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler I'm a bit ranty here, sorry.

Rant away sir! we should have a sub forum dedicated to the rants of us poor unappreciated producers

Bono can fu*k right off, i've had enough of his preachy nonsense. 99.9% of "celebs" are parasitic egomaniacs imo. All the free time in the world & what do they do? sit on as many chat show couches as they possibly can & talk about THEMSELVES...all the causes they could champion with their profile & what do they do? chat about another god awful book, or CD re-release of a re-release with 1 special "newly recorded" bag of ass.

Buffet & co i have immense respect for; they don't have to give away a penny, but they choose to.

What i don't understand about money, is how 1 million is any different to 2 million? how can you justify needing 2 billion instead of 1? it's a truly bizarre world, especially when the biggest give it all away at the end of their life

Don't even get me started on inherited wealth either....Ivanka Trump, Paris Hilton WHY just WHY

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Originally posted by Richard Butler I tell you want I find pointless, and thats people who collect and hoarde wealth for thier one family whilst screaming babies in Sudan this very moment are overcomes with hunger and fear. What an utterly pointless existence to hoarde a mass overshare of cash and never do I admire such people and it bugs me that we fawn over these folk say when interviewed on a chat show. Buffet and Gates are bloody heros in my book. Bono with his billion is wealth sickens me. Why on Earth can he not make do with say £2m in the Bank and a nice house, and then use ALL of the rest to help the world. I'm a bit ranty here, sorry.

You pretty much captured my sentiments on the financial mess our world is currently in. Staggering sums of money in the possession of a few and to seemingly no good, let alone just, end.

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Thanks for the William Shatner info btw Eddie, i have the latest cued up in spotify ready to listen to

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Originally posted by CalvP Thanks for the William Shatner info btw Eddie, i have the latest cued up in spotify ready to listen to

Definitely interested to know what you think. Hopefully, I haven't over-sold it.

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While I can't stand Bono or the other 'more PC than thou' crowd, I don't begrudge him his cash. He earned it and he IMO should do with it as he sees fit. If he wants to horde it while demanding that regular Joes and their Govt's across the planet cough up theirs, THATS where I have a problem with he and the rest.


My personal politics likely run contrary to many here, but I would think that anyone 'demanding' we fork over the bux better damn well lead by example. I think many would agree with that, regardless of politics.

More to the topic, Success to me is not in the 'achieving' but in simply striving for your goal, whatever that may be, and refusing to give in to all the problems and naysaying you invariably encounter. By never giving up, IMO you will achieve far more along the given path, than just getting the ultimate goal itself. In other words, if the goal was "Z", you gained "A-Y" along the way as well.

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Originally posted by CalvP Rant away sir! we should have a sub forum dedicated to the rants of us poor unappreciated producers Bono can fu*k right off, i've had enough of his preachy nonsense. 99.9% of "celebs" are parasitic egomaniacs imo. All the free time in the world & what do they do? sit on as many chat show couches as they possibly can & talk about THEMSELVES...all the causes they could champion with their profile & what do they do? chat about another god awful book, or CD re-release of a re-release with 1 special "newly recorded" bag of ass. Buffet & co i have immense respect for; they don't have to give away a penny, but they choose to. What i don't understand about money, is how 1 million is any different to 2 million? how can you justify needing 2 billion instead of 1? it's a truly bizarre world, especially when the biggest give it all away at the end of their life Don't even get me started on inherited wealth either....Ivanka Trump, Paris Hilton WHY just WHY Breathe, relax; aaaaaah that's better

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Originally posted by Normie While I can't stand Bono or the other 'more PC than thou' crowd, I don't begrudge him his cash. He earned it and he IMO should do with it as he sees fit. If he wants to horde it while demanding that regular Joes and their Govt's across the planet cough up theirs, THATS where I have a problem with he and the rest. My personal politics likely run contrary to many here, but I would think that anyone 'demanding' we fork over the bux better damn well lead by example. I think many would agree with that, regardless of politics. More to the topic, Success to me is not in the 'achieving' but in simply striving for your goal, whatever that may be, and refusing to give in to all the problems and naysaying you invariably encounter. By never giving up, IMO you will achieve far more along the given path, than just getting the ultimate goal itself. In other words, if the goal was "Z", you gained "A-Y" along the way as well. Normie Zen Nudist

I don't think anyone's demanding much of anything as much as they're noting a disparity between some haves and have-nots which causes one to question the worth of having massive amounts of cash with very little nobility to show for it.

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What I meant was people Like the celebrities demanding, not anyone here.

Bono is a great example of that. He can't seem to give a concert without berating someone for not giving enough to whatever cause. There are many who do the same in Hollyweird and the music industry. The Global warming thing is the best example of that. Celebs taking private jets to exotic locales for GW 'confrences' in such quantity that the airport can't hold them all, then get on TV and tell us we have to do with less over polution concerns... as if those private jets ran on unicorn farts. These are the same people who demanded DDT be banned over questionable claims and as a result, tens of millions of people in the poorest countries have died from malaria.

That's the kind of thing that drives me nuts.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker I don't think anyone's demanding much of anything as much as they're noting a disparity between some haves and have-nots which causes one to question the worth of having massive amounts of cash with very little nobility to show for it.

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Originally posted by Normie What I meant was people Like the celebrities demanding, not anyone here. Bono is a great example of that. He can't seem to give a concert without berating someone for not giving enough to whatever cause. There are many who do the same in Hollyweird and the music industry. The Global warming thing is the best example of that. Celebs taking private jets to exotic locales for GW 'confrences' in such quantity that the airport can't hold them all, then get on TV and tell us we have to do with less over polution concerns... as if those private jets ran on unicorn farts. These are the same people who demanded DDT be banned over questionable claims and as a result, tens of millions of people in the poorest countries have died from malaria. That's the kind of thing that drives me nuts.

I actually lived in a house that got bombed with DDT right before they outlawed it. Over twenty years later and I never saw so much as a roach scurrying out across the floor. It used to be an ROTC barracks near the University of Texas campus.

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The book 'Silent Spring' made it out to be worse than Agent Orange, but we now know scientifically that that was all BS. Today DDT would do so much good in Africa and other poor countries.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker I actually lived in a house that got bombed with DDT right before they outlawed it. Over twenty years later and I never saw so much as a roach scurrying out across the floor. It used to be an ROTC barracks near the University of Texas campus.