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Is Live 8 evil? Si!
Jul. 3rd, 2005 12:57 amForgive the silly subject, I've just been in a palindrome mood lately, ever since I came up with one for an event-planning email last night:
A man, a plan, mutual aid, a firm lap, a Noda, a 'do, napalm, Rif, a dial, autumnal Panama!
I don't actually think Live 8 is evil at all. Ineffective, sure. Overhyped as a consciousness-raiser when really it's closer to a big party, definitely. But not evil. Just misguided. And tiring to volunteer at:
( My day at Live 8 )
Also, I think the numbers were ridiculously off. Several times I heard performers say "we've got over a million people here!" Maybe. I'm the first to admit my estimating skills are carp.
But I figure there was a huge stretch from about 18th St to the Art Museum and as wide as the Parkway packed with people at a density averaging one person per six square feet. That area is about a mile long and 250' wide. So 5280 * 250 / 6 people is about 220,000. To get a million people there, you'd have to fit a lot of people in areas that I didn't see...
A man, a plan, mutual aid, a firm lap, a Noda, a 'do, napalm, Rif, a dial, autumnal Panama!
I don't actually think Live 8 is evil at all. Ineffective, sure. Overhyped as a consciousness-raiser when really it's closer to a big party, definitely. But not evil. Just misguided. And tiring to volunteer at:
( My day at Live 8 )
Also, I think the numbers were ridiculously off. Several times I heard performers say "we've got over a million people here!" Maybe. I'm the first to admit my estimating skills are carp.
But I figure there was a huge stretch from about 18th St to the Art Museum and as wide as the Parkway packed with people at a density averaging one person per six square feet. That area is about a mile long and 250' wide. So 5280 * 250 / 6 people is about 220,000. To get a million people there, you'd have to fit a lot of people in areas that I didn't see...
