Chris Martin: Tool
Following up on my previous post about CCG, I found this article, which demonstrates just how stupid Chris Martin is.
Now, let's expand on this a bit. Chris Martin doesn't feel any obligation to the shareholders, or the record company? Let me think about this... Who is it that finances his tour so that he can spread his anti-globalization message? Who is it that finances, promotes, distributes, and manufactures his album? What's that? It's the shareholders and the record company? Interesting.
And what allows Chris Martin's music to be distributed around the world? What allows people to listen to "Speed of Sound" or "Yellow" or "Clocks" on radios from Tokyo to London to Cairo to Los Angeles? What allows his albums to be sold in Seoul, Toronto, Rio, and Mumbai? Globalization? Fascinating.
If it weren't for the shareholders and the record company, Chris Martin would be using his degree in Ancient World Studies (yes, I know, it makes me sound somewhat hypocritical, but stick with me on this one) to pump petrol at some garage in London. Aside from singing and playing the piano, he's not extremely qualified for that much, is he? He's certainly not an economist or a political scientists. He absolutely doesn't have any expertise in world economic principles. Instead, he allows himself, an artist, to be the mouthpiece for Oxfam, the same group that criticized "rich donor countries" for not giving enough money for hunger relief in Africa, weeks after Live 8.
And what about Chris Martin's views on international justice? Well, this quote from his IMDB bio page should give some indication:
That's right, folks, we're all going to die when (President) George Bush has his way.
What a tool. Good grief. Is it any wonder that I don't want to sink money into this lunatic's coffers?
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has caused quite a ripple in the media by saying he couldn't care less about EMI shareholders or the company's profits.
Martin reportedly told New York journalists, "I don't really care about EMI. I'm not really concerned about that. I think shareholders are the greatest evil of this modern world."
In February, EMI's share price fell after the company issued a profit warning that said numbers would be down because of the delayed releases of new albums from Coldplay and Gorillaz.
On May 17 - only days before EMI Chairman Eric Nicoli was expected to announce 2004 year end profits have fallen about 13 percent to £141 million with sales down 10 percent to £1.9 billion - Martin insisted that he felt no pressure to hurry in order to please the company or its shareholders.
"Deadlines mean nothing to us. We'll sink the whole company if we have to," Martin told a VH1 audience.
Now, let's expand on this a bit. Chris Martin doesn't feel any obligation to the shareholders, or the record company? Let me think about this... Who is it that finances his tour so that he can spread his anti-globalization message? Who is it that finances, promotes, distributes, and manufactures his album? What's that? It's the shareholders and the record company? Interesting.
And what allows Chris Martin's music to be distributed around the world? What allows people to listen to "Speed of Sound" or "Yellow" or "Clocks" on radios from Tokyo to London to Cairo to Los Angeles? What allows his albums to be sold in Seoul, Toronto, Rio, and Mumbai? Globalization? Fascinating.
If it weren't for the shareholders and the record company, Chris Martin would be using his degree in Ancient World Studies (yes, I know, it makes me sound somewhat hypocritical, but stick with me on this one) to pump petrol at some garage in London. Aside from singing and playing the piano, he's not extremely qualified for that much, is he? He's certainly not an economist or a political scientists. He absolutely doesn't have any expertise in world economic principles. Instead, he allows himself, an artist, to be the mouthpiece for Oxfam, the same group that criticized "rich donor countries" for not giving enough money for hunger relief in Africa, weeks after Live 8.
And what about Chris Martin's views on international justice? Well, this quote from his IMDB bio page should give some indication:
"Awards are essentially nonsense, but we're all going to die when George Bush has his way - it's good to go out with a bang."
That's right, folks, we're all going to die when (President) George Bush has his way.
What a tool. Good grief. Is it any wonder that I don't want to sink money into this lunatic's coffers?
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