Did the G8 concerts exceed expectations?

[Smurf]

I don't think we can say that it was an unwillingness this time to find solutions as at previous summits.

Really now, I'm quite comfortable thinking that.

 

[alexandra]

In response to the statement "I don't think we can say that it was an unwillingness this time to find solutions as at previous summits",

Really now, I'm quite comfortable thinking that.

I have to agree with you, Smurf. In some quarters, the London bombings are even seen as some sort of 'good' thing, as this exchange between Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade and Fox News business contributor and substitute host Stuart Varney, shockingly demonstrates (again, why, why, why am I shocked? I keep on believing in human decency, for some odd reason!):

KILMEADE: And he [British Prime Minister Tony Blair] made the statement, clearly shaken, but clearly determined. This is his second address in the last hour. First to the people of London, and now at the G8 summit, where their topic Number 1 --believe it or not-- was global warming, the second was African aid. And that was the first time since 9-11 when they should know, and they do know now, that terrorism should be Number 1. But it's important for them all to be together. I think that works to our advantage, in the Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together, just 500 miles from where the attacks have happened.

VARNEY: It puts the Number 1 issue right back on the front burner right at the point where all these world leaders are meeting. It takes global warming off the front burner. It takes African aid off the front burner. It sticks terrorism and the fight on the war on terror, right up front all over again.

KILMEADE: Yeah.

Reference: http://mediamatters.org/items/200507070005

 

[ron damon]

I keep on believing in human decency, for some odd reason!

you know, disagreeing with your priorities does not constitute human indecency