Ray Gin Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/13/bono-send-amy-schumer-chris-rock-fight-islamic-state-isis Bono was speaking in front of a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday 12 April, during a wide-ranging discussion on the Middle East and the refugee crisis. He said: ?Don?t laugh. I think comedy should be deployed. It?s like, you speak violence, you speak their language. But you laugh at them, when they?re goose-stepping down the street, and it takes away their power. So, I?m suggesting that the Senate send in Amy Schumer, and Chris Rock, and Sacha Baron Cohen, thank you.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Send in Bono. He sorts it out - WIN or They shut him up - WIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 I had to double check the article date to see if it was from 1st April. The man is utterly deluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Is Back Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Fruit loop full of his own self importance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajthejambo Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Offering sex to anyone from the former Yugoslavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GforGallo Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 If he thinks comedy would sort it out, why send Amy schumer and Sacha Baron Cohen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvoys Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 If he thinks comedy would sort it out, why send Amy schumer and Sacha Baron Cohen? Unless he fooled them all that his real name was Ali g, im afraid that double barreled surname wouldn't go down too well in Mosul. Although bono wouldn't have to go that far to get a rough sense of the views towards those pointy horned arch-manipulators. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/c4-survey-and-documentary-reveals-what-british-muslims-really-think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenderJaguar7 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 So Bono's solution to war in the middle east is to send in a world famous Jewish comedian? Riiiiiiiight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollyWolly Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 He is rather fond of making controversial statements on the Middle East. I wouldnt be surprised if he is moving up a target list in a tent somewhere in the caliphate.or maybe they just dismiss him as an irrelevant self publicising arsehole like the rest of us do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashauskis9 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Sarcastic, attention seeking drivel from an utter anus of a man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Why the **** are a senate subcommittee discussing peace in the Middle East with a shite 'rock star' in the first place? Is the world really that ****ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Why the **** are a senate subcommittee discussing peace in the Middle East with a shite 'rock star' in the first place? Is the world really that messed. This is a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Why the **** are a senate subcommittee discussing peace in the Middle East with a shite 'rock star' in the first place? Is the world really that messed. The whole thing sounds like something from Brass Eye or The Day Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden Gorgie Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Bono to crawl up his own rectum and never come out = world peace. Solidarity brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousset1 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Bono means ***** in Swahili, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Beale Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Why the **** are a senate subcommittee discussing peace in the Middle East with a shite 'rock star' in the first place? Is the world really that messed. With Tony Blair as a Middle East peace envoy I con confirm that the world really is that messed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor jambo Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Send U2 to play Raqqa- ISIS would be pushing past the gay folk to throw themselves off the buildings...job done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 Heard it on radio 2 this morning but didn't realise it was bonehead speaking. The media really need to stop giving roasters like that any airtime or print space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 I read it, and it looked daft. I listened to it, and it made more sense. Tone of voice and body language can convey meaning that the printed word can miss, and when he was listing off the names you could tell that both he and Senator Shaheen knew he was being a tad tongue in cheek. But perhaps it's just easier to dismiss the guy because of who he is. He's a well-known singer who for more than 30 years has had things to say about political stuff of one kind or another. A lot of people seem to think it would be better if he was a singer who never opened his mouth about any kind of political stuff. I did notice the line quoted at the end of the article about how aid could play a role in addressing violent extremism. Maybe it would be better if Bono shut up and didn't say that, but I think it's no harm that it was said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Why the **** are a senate subcommittee discussing peace in the Middle East with a shite 'rock star' in the first place? Is the world really that messed. That was my first thought as well. Surely there are better qualified people than Bono kicking about to talk to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 A ****ing knobend of a human being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_hmfc Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I agree we should send Amy Schumer. She's shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deesidejambo Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 All female comedians are shite. Send them all. And Bono. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 I read it, and it looked daft. I listened to it, and it made more sense. Tone of voice and body language can convey meaning that the printed word can miss, and when he was listing off the names you could tell that both he and Senator Shaheen knew he was being a tad tongue in cheek. But perhaps it's just easier to dismiss the guy because of who he is. He's a well-known singer who for more than 30 years has had things to say about political stuff of one kind or another. A lot of people seem to think it would be better if he was a singer who never opened his mouth about any kind of political stuff. I did notice the line quoted at the end of the article about how aid could play a role in addressing violent extremism. Maybe it would be better if Bono shut up and didn't say that, but I think it's no harm that it was said. Nah, he dips into politics when he feels like it, in between lucrative tours and suing folk to return a hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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