lyndon nixon ([email protected])
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 06:32:30 -0800 (PST)
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March 17 1982 New York City
Originally, U2 planned to join in the annual St Patricks Day parade
down Fifth Avenue... but shortly before the parade, IRA member Bobby
Sands dies as a result of his hunger strike in prison. The organisers
of the parade want to turn the event into a tribute to Sands, and
because it thus acquires political meaning, U2, unwilling to be part
of a IRA showpiece, pull out.
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In an interview two months later for Dutch TV, Bono rejected the idea
that U2 should be a political mouthpiece. Likewise, I would like to
see this U2 fan list NOT being used by certain members as a political
mouthpiece - its disrespectful of other WIRElings and a denial of what
U2 themselves stand for.
zeek.
"Theres only one part of the Irish flag that really concerns me and
thats the white bit" - Bono
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Yahoo ID: zeekthegeek ICQ# 5894585 http://quis.qub.ac.uk/qubcu/ezekiel
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