document.write('<div id="pan_container"><div id="pan_header"><div id="pan_stationAsksImage"></div><div class="pan_pad"><div id="pan_tq"><div id="pan_content_title">Can rock stars really stop genocide and hunger or reverse global warming with albums and concerts? </div><div id="pan_content_question">or is this really about selling more records? Which events do you think really made a difference? The Concert for Bangladesh in \'71, Live Aid in \'85, or Live 8 two years ago?   <br/> <br/>  <br/> Would you like to hear Lisa read your comments on the air? Become a registered user and log on when you join the discussion. <a href="http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/user/insert.page" target="_blank">Click here to register</a></div><a id="pan_replyImage" href=\'http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/157609.page\' style="display:block;"></a></div></div></div><div id="pan_messages"><div id="pan_commentsTitle"></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: Can rock stars really stop genocide and hunger or reverse global warming with albums and concer</span> Added: 02/27/2008 12:21:42 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">Never will happen, because the politicos won\'t stop it.</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: Can rock stars really stop genocide and hunger or reverse global warming with albums and concer</span> Added: 12/17/2007 7:55:36 AM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">Modern (&gt;=1950\'s) popular culture could be the problem which would make it a complicit or even guilty party to keeping developing countries and communities from progress.  Marketing and advertising campaigns target sets of demographic victims like a well organized army plans and executes strategy on a battlefield.  Tactics can include; targeting the young to smoke, drink, and always multiply their peer pressures, plan & develop cults of popular personality (the more stupid the better to dumb down your customer base), and above all keep them connected and interactive (so the machnine can adjust input data to exploit pent up demand-no matter how marginal).  The net effect on young people is stunted intellectual, emotional, and sociological growth.  Rebels without causes are more important than the quiet seekers of truth and knowledge who will no doubt inherite a very different world with problems more complex and insidious than any other civilization in human history.  Atomistic pod pressures, dipiti-do-dah & bubble-headed role models rule; I mean how many times will aids endemic african communities view sexually explicit divas on-stage before they recognize the mixed messages pop icons deliver.  It\'s all part of a plan to make legend and mythology driving forces for demand.</div></div></div><div class="pan_messageContainer"><div  class="pan_messageStats"><div class="pan_pad"><span>Re: Can rock stars really stop genocide and hunger or reverse global warming with albums and concer</span> Added: 10/17/2007 10:19:09 PM</div></div><div class="pan_messageBody"><div class="pan_pad">  In one respect, I find it disturbing that rock stars have influence in the political arena. I think popular culture is too influential on Western youth and produces a sort of passivity and lack of real action or commitment to change the body politic <br/> . <br/>  On the other hand, I am pleased to see rock stars like Bono use their stature and influence to address real work problems like hunger and disease. They could be complacent,indifferent and never speak out and they would not be faulted for it. <br/>  <br/>  Rock music has traditionally been controlled by selfish, narcissistic, white  males and unfortunately, this is still the norm. It is not a form of music I find that interesting.</div></div></div></div></div>');