Love him or hate him, he's right!

Bono recently won a pretty huge award from the NAACP (I know, Irish whitey winning an award from the NAACP). Now, I know lots of people hate this guy, and lots more just love him. I'm not going to comment on what he's done so far except to say I support the work he's done in a big way. I think the reason a lot of people hate him is because he won't go away. The dude is rich and famous beyond most of our imaginations, but he does all those things we all say we'd do if we were rich. You know, if I were rich I'd totally use my money to... fill in charitable intention here. I think deep down lots of us know we wouldn't though.

Anyway, in his acceptance speech he did a bit of preaching at the end, talking about God, Religion, and Poverty. I'm transcribing his words here. I don't plan on commenting too much on it, becauseit speaks for itself.

"We're talking about the right to live like a human, the right to live period. Those are the stakes in Africa right now... nearly a million Africans, most of them children dying every year from malaria. Death by a mosquito bite. This is not about charity... this is about justice, justice and equality... True religion will not let us fall asleep in the comfort of our freedom. Love thy neighbour is not a piece of advice, it's a command. And that means a lot. That means that in the global villiage we're gonna have to start loving a whole lot more people... Because where you live should not decide whether you live or whether you die... Because whatever thoughts we have about God, who He is, or even if God exists, most will agree that God has a special place for the poor. The poor are where God lives. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is where the opporunity is lost and lives are shattered. God is with the mother who has infected her child with a virus that will take both their lives. God is under the rubble in the cries we hear during war time. God my friends is with the poor, and God is with us if we are with them. This is not a burden, this is an adventure. Don't let anyone tell you that it cannot be done. We can be the generation that ends extreme poverty.