viralamo

Menu
  • Technology
  • Science
  • Money
  • Culturs
  • Trending
  • Video

Subscribe To Our Website To Receive The Last Stories

Join Us Now For Free
Home
Entertainment
Bono Recommends Doing Comedy To Fight Extremism
Entertainment

Bono Recommends Doing Comedy To Fight Extremism

13/04/2016

The musician tells stars like Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, and Sacha Baron Cohen could be employed by the Senate to fight Daesh.
U2 frontman #Bono has recommended that comedy should be used to fight extremist groups.
In testimony before a Senate subcommittee at Capitol Hill, the musician called members to take speedy action to deal with the global refugee crisis and terrorism.
“It’s like, you speak violence, you talk their language. But you smile at them when they are goose-stepping down the way, and it takes away their power,” he said.
“So I am proposing that the Senate address in Amy Schumer and Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen, thank you.”
US Senator Jeanne Shaheen replied: “Actually that’s not the first time I’ve heard specialists on how we counter brutal extremism talk about that.”
Bono talked about the flood of people escaping their homes and called it a human torrent threatening the very idea of European unity.
He urged lawmakers to think of international aid as national security instead of charity.
“When aid is structured correctly, with a focus on fighting pauperism and growing governance, it could just be the best bulwark we have facing the extremism of our age,” Bono said.
Bono said members of Congress required to confront an “existential threat” to Europe that hasn’t been marked since the 1940s.
Countries such as Poland and Hungary are going to the right politically, a shift he described as a “hyper-nationalism”, as the UK is set for a referendum on EU membership in June.
“This is unbelievable stuff,” he said. “And you should be very excitable in America about it.”
Africa, in particular, is fighting with what Bono called a phenomenon of three extremes – ideology, poverty, and climate.
“Those three heights make one unholy trinity of an enemy, and our foreign policy needs to face in that direction,” he said. “It’s even bigger than you think.”
Bono co-founded the One Campaign, a support group that works to end poverty and preventable disease.

Share
Tweet
Pinterest
Linkedin
Stumble
Google+
Email
Prev Article
Next Article

Related Articles

The singer played in Atlanta despite feeling unwell and felt …

Prince 'Fighting Flu After Crisis Landing'

James Cameron tells fitting his ideas into three sequels was …

Avatar Director Cameron Pledge Four Sequels

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Find us on Facebook

Related Posts

  • Kodak will present clear 35mm film on …
    27/04/2016
  • John Cleese Award Hotel 'Damn Good Thrashing.'
    17/04/2016
  • Pamela Anderson Meets The Rock In Baywatch …
    23/04/2016
  • Rolling Stones On Fresh Babies And Paying …
    05/04/2016
  • Phil Spector's Wife Sad Over Divorce
    28/04/2016

Popular Posts

  • Microsoft fends off record-breaking 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack
    Pro-Russia threat group Killnet is pummeling Lithuania …
    27/06/2022 0
  • 10 Huge Problems Animals Should Have But …
    30/05/2022 0
  • 10 U.S. Towns with Terrifying Local Legends …
    30/05/2022 0
  • 10 Inventions Meant for the Military They …
    31/05/2022 0
  • 10 Darkest Rock Albums Ever Made – …
    31/05/2022 0

viralamo

Pages

  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2022 viralamo
Theme by MyThemeShop.com

Ad Blocker Detected

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Refresh