All rock, no action

Here is a link to the article we discussed a bit yesterday critiquing the "Live 8" events and charging that the purpose of the campaign "was to amuse the crowds and to clear their own consciences, and whether they realized it or not, to reinforce dictatorships. They still believe us to be like children that they must save, as if we don't realize ourselves what the source of our problems is." The source of the problems, according to Jean-Claude Shanda Tonme, is the persistence of nondemocratic regimes.