meekus wrote:

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How is it that people can even begin to assume Bob Geldof's ideals? His favorite newspaper? His brand of tea? His most liked place? Mor and more, people in this forum are arrogantly suggesting that Bob Geldof would agree with what they do, and disagree with the opposed. 

yeah, first off...When you're discussing something that you're passionate about, it is very easy to say things you would never say when talking about these things...things you'd never ever say when talking about..erm..painting the house, or something. I'm sure I'm be one of those 'arrogant' people who in someway or another has used him as a bat in the heated arguments we've had here on the forum recently. Yes, you are right..it may be a bit arrogant, and of course we'd all rather hear from the man himself. (not that is likely, but we can always hope...) In the more political discussions maybe saying "bob wouldn't like that, he'd never do that" has no place, but surely in the more laidback topics there's no real harm in having a bit fun..for me anyway, that's different..I don't mind people saying that geldof likes that tea or he likes that colour, I really don't..but as I said, fair enough that it doesn't belong in the ideological/political discussions.

But he has at least one fan here that would truly like to know how he feels about these things.

erm...I think there may be more than one fan who wants to hear from him..

 For once I would like to hear a real Bob Geldof opinion on the issues surrounding Bob Geldof. Would anybody else like to see this?

of course! I'd love for him to come on here, even if it only was to post a message..

I want to have clean threads from now on. Hate only spawns more of the like. If agreeing to disagree is the only solution, so be it.

yeah, about that...we've had some discussion here this week or so, about keeping the threads "clean"..which I totally agree with, in the sense that we attack ideas rather than people...attack maybe isn't the best word, but...disagree with! Insulting people for not having the same opinion isn't the "right way" to go, I will never say otherwise, but...I can only speak for myself here, but when certain topics have come up, people stating that Bob only wants to (am I being arrogant again?) make money, gain publicity, he hasn't done enough, he's an arrogant bastard...that upsets me! you know? When I read stuff like that I do get angry, and when we get angry about things we like, it's sometimes hard to keep objective, and clean..Oh I don't know what I'm rambling on about...but..y'know..

oh, and another thing...just in general, I'd like to ask you, the fine people on the forum, do you think that it's ok to say "****" on this forum? Is that crossing the line? Where is the line drawn, wtf? hell, ****? a bit curious to know how you feel about that.. (wouldn't it be ironic if most people said it's not ok to say ****, when being on a geldof forum? )

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Maybe we should all chip in and "Book Bob" as is advertised on this very board? Then we could grill him about all these burning issues. I wonder how much it costs to get Bob to speak at a corporate dinner thingy?

We had Kris Akabusi speak at one of our national professional conferences a few years ago. I did enjoy his talk but there was no time for a good Q & A at the end, so maybe this is a crap idea (Can I say "crap"?).

Bob does give a lot of interviews though and there's a lot of info. about the guy and his views out in the public domain already.

Now it makes more sense. Thank you.

And booking Bob would be good. How much is it?

I'm going to go over to the Bob Geldof section of the forum and start a thread on "Questions for Bob".

Maybe someone in charge will pick the nest ten and get them to Bob.........?