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Pete Wentz is actually a pretty cool guy

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Caspian:

--- Quote from: the_pied_piper on 26 Apr 2009, 18:47 ---Actually, part of my annoyance towards this is that by being a 'celebrity' of sorts it seems to need to be said that Pete Wentz actually does these things. There are plenty of people everywhere who don't get the coverage that he does who do much more of this kind of work on a much more regular basis.
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like bono

A Shoggoth on the Roof:
I feel like, when people like senators or members of parliament or celebrities notice a cause it's rewarding if you've been supporting it and volunteering because it shows that the word is getting out there and people are noticing. It's like, all that work is finally showing results. And he can use the press coverage he's got to bring press coverage to those people who have been doing much more of this work on a much more regular basis, which is what he's doing. Also I fully believe he would do charity work if he wasn't famous, as long as he was privileged enough to have time and money to spare. He is human after all, and it's nice to be reminded of that sometimes. Getting annoyed at him because he's famous isn't very rational thinking.

also,

--- Quote ---There are people on this forum who have already done more volunteer work than he will ever do and haven't received any reward for it either.
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seriously? reward for volunteer work? that is not what the word volunteer means to me, I dunno about you.

the_pied_piper:
No, you have missed my point completely. It was that Pete Wentz is receiving reward just by people noticing him being there.

A Shoggoth on the Roof:
He is not going to sell a significantly greater number of albums just because he was there. Most of us were definitely not his target audience, and his name is already fucking everywhere. The name that's getting spread further is Invisible Children, which would be the volunteers doing more work. Also, after listening to his speech, he was totally sincere about it. It would be different if it seemed like he was just there to join in on the publicity, but he definitely came off more as if he was there to share his publicity with Invisible Children and the people up in Northern Uganda. (read: he cares about this)

Besides, what kind of fucked up person looks at children being forced into the army, forced to kill friends and family from their village at a young age, and mutilated as punishment(ears, lips, nose cut off), and then thinks "I can totally cash in on this, make a profit." It's not really much of a moral grey area here, Joseph Kony's pretty fucking out there, and he needs to be stopped.


but whatever, the point is, he is human, even if he's in a shitty band, and there's no point on judging him differently just because he's famous. Get the full story, then decide whether or not you think he sincerely cares for the cause, then judge him.

Tom:
Am I the only one here who thinks the dude makes alright pop-rock that plenty of people can just enjoy?

I mean seriously, he's good at what he does and should be congratulated in capitalist sense even though personally, I'd rather be bummed by a big, hairy leather daddy named  'Sweetie Pie' in a prison shower block than listen to any of it.

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