Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/18/in-lieu-of-paying-taxes-bono.html
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Nah, thanks. I’m good…
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Haven’t we suffered enough?
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You all remember “My Sharona” and Weird Al’s “My Bologna”…
How about “My Corona”?
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What?
edit: I swear that when I wrote the above I had no idea that the suggestion had already been made.
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Personally, I would prefer “COVID-19” to the tune of “Come On Eileen”.
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Quick, a counter-agent:
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How many people has Bono stood up for and helped through his charity work? A hell of a lot more than you have Rob. F-off!
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He could still pay his bloody taxes and not fly his favourite hat round on aeroplanes by itself though. And at least try to make less awful music.
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Weird Al has officially stated he will never do that.
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Bono Justice Warrior ?
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I extracted the raw vocal of Bono singing “Tonight thank god its them instead of you”, best regards,
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Or maybe in honor of the Saint Patrick’s day crowds this year, he could have done a version of “Where The Streets Have No Game”
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Thanks. I had no idea. The “What?” in my original message was my attempt to indicate that I knew it was in bad taste.
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In aggregate? None. Nada. Zip.
Pay your fucking taxes Bono. The minute there was a cap put on the personal artistic income exemption (it was made in the early 80s and the thought that any Irish artist could become super rich was fanciful) his band incorporated in Holland.
By the way, there’s a great chapter “Eichmann in Addis Ababa” in Eyal Weizman’s "the least of all possible evils: a short history of humanitarian violence on how Band Aid colluded in mass deaths in Ethiopia.
So fuck Bono. And fuck “Sir” Bob fucking “better together” Geldof…
Any bellend calling himself “Sir” is not welcome.
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Eeeeeeasy there, big fella.
Nobody’s above criticism, especially not when they’re rich and powerful. I’m angrier at Bono for forcing an album I didn’t want onto my iPhone than I am about his accountants using a then-legal tax dodge, but we’re allowed to talk shit about him if he’s done shit. Even if he has also done good things, or we haven’t done enough.
Otherwise you’re engaging in the moral algebra of Trumpism, where the goods automatically outweigh the bads and even if they don’t, well, the people saying that are no angels themselves.
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Furthermore, Hitler was nice to his dog.
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Well, I’d have been nice to Hitler’s dog. Dogs are okay.
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He has NEVER PAID ANY TAXES.
U2 Are the reason the Artist Tax exemption was stopped in Ireland.
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They’re already playing a teaser version of this on my local radio station’s morning show…
Until he tested a cyanide capsule on it.
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