to think comic relief is a manipulative millionaire sleb lovein?

[glasnost]

After watching most of last night's nth comic relief can't help thinking it's ever more hypocritical in laying a guilt trip on us poor folk to get us to part with some of the dwindling cash we have whilst never getting to the root of the problem.

Political corruption, greedy pharmaceutical companies etc. Without addressing these core problems we'll keep on having comic relief as an annual salve to people's consciences while poverty and injustice continue.

Jonathan Ross et al who earn vast amounts have alot of front in standing there emotionally blackmailing us when the obscene wealth he and others like him earn is part of the problem. AIBU?

Not to drag this back up from the deep depths of page 3 of the thread list, but just wanted to add this last thing.

As I said earlier, my social circle includes alot of African/ Caribbean people who are very educated on this topic. I was not surprised then to find one of my Caribbean friends had put this on her FB page today.

www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Poverty+as+entertainment/-/440808/1129596/-/9qgkgyz/-/index.html

More interestingly, look at the comments below, which have obviously been written by Kenyan's who have experience of the issue first hand.

Says it all really, especially the comments on CR and other charitable/ NGO organizations and what they actually contribute.