Mimixxx Posted September 9, 2003 Author Share Posted September 9, 2003 I changed the settings and sent one of the pics to ya, try saving that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 kisses and hugs to my dear matie :kiss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted September 10, 2003 Author Share Posted September 10, 2003 :D The accompanying article: CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - In sweltering heat on the shores of an azure sea, British rock band Coldplay on Tuesday asked trade negotiators to keep in mind the needs of poor nations as they hammer out a global trade pact. Lead singer Chris Martin and guitarist Jon Buckland gave World Trade Organization (news - web sites) chief Supachai Panitchpakdi a petition with 3.5 million signatures that demanded poor countries be given a better deal from global commerce. "We're here to meet this important dude, a very powerful man," Martin told reporters before his talks with Supachai. "We would like to raise awareness of the need to have fair trade around the world." Earlier, the duo stood on the beach at a Mexican resort and raised four green plastic blocks to spell out the word HOPE. Martin said the sign meant "people are hoping that things will change." The five-day meeting of trade ministers from the 146 member states of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, is designed to inject new life into struggling trade negotiations. The aim of this so-called Doha Round of talks is to lower import tariffs on all sorts of goods and reduce the subsidies the European Union (news - web sites) and the United States give their farmers. Another goal is to open markets, especially to the world's poor and developing countries. Tens of thousands of protesters in Cancun are among those who believe the trade talks will fail to achieve these goals and might even hurt poor countries. Martin said wealthy nations that subsidize their farmers and prevent imports from developing nations from entering their markets drive poor nations further into poverty. "Trade, war and a lack of education are the biggest causes of poverty in the world. If we can sort out one of them it would be good," Martin said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noni Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It's great that they support that kind of campaign... Thanks God they don't look just to their belly :smug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 and under.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 nice' date=' any guy picture?[/quote'] No :( BUT...lookie what I found from today :D :D :D :D Chris Martin ® and Jon Buckland of British band Coldplay put up a sign on the beach at Cancun during an event organized by Oxfam to promote fair trade September 9, 2003. The band members are in Cancun, where the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) will begin a ministerial meeting September 10, to lobby for fair trade. REUTERS/Andrew winning what?! is jon humping the P?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dionisio Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 :stunned: :uhoh: ....erm...erm........lets say he is trying to hide behind the P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 jon? humping? where? :o :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlissfullyMuse Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 lol i don`t fink hes humping the p lol nice ass tho :sneaky: :kiss: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlissfullyMuse Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 artical that went wiv the pix Chris Martin ® and Jon Buckland of British band Coldplay put up a sign on the beach at Cancun during an event organized by Oxfam to promote fair trade September 9, 2003. The band members are in Cancun, where the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) will begin a ministerial meeting September 10, to lobby for fair trade. REUTERS/Andrew winning The World Trade Organization (news - web sites) Director General Supachi Panitchpakdi ® shakes hands with Chris Martin © while Jon Buckland of British band Coldplay looks on during the delivery signatures, September 9, 2003. The band members are in Cancun, where the World Trade Organization will begin a ministerial meeting tomorrow, to lobby for fair trade. More than 3 million people have now joined the call to key decision makers to Make Trade Fair and change global trade rules to work for poor countries as well as rich. REUTERS/Andrew Winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest LiquidSky Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 nice' date=' any guy picture?[/quote'] No :( BUT...lookie what I found from today :D :D :D :D Chris Martin ® and Jon Buckland of British band Coldplay put up a sign on the beach at Cancun during an event organized by Oxfam to promote fair trade September 9, 2003. The band members are in Cancun, where the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) will begin a ministerial meeting September 10, to lobby for fair trade. REUTERS/Andrew winning what?! is jon humping the P?!?!? Hahahaha! Humping the P?! :stunned: :stunned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 those pics of the lovebirds are lovely! it looks like they're on honeymoon :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 yeah :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimixxx Posted September 10, 2003 Author Share Posted September 10, 2003 They were on Channel 4 news today :D It showed them lifting the 'HOPE' into place and then a small little interview with Chris about the WTO meeting. Also there is an interview in the Guardian today with Chris and Jonny on the subject: 'Everybody agrees with the idea of fair trade; it's just that no-one really knows about it' This is an edited transcript of a Guardian interview with Coldplay's Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland in Cancun on September 9 2003 Wednesday September 10, 2003 Q: Why did you choose initially to get involved in the Fair Trade campaign? Was there any particular event that grabbed you or were you always interested in it? JB: We started to learn about it and then realised that it was a pretty huge issue which affected so many people. It was really important issue that was very under-publicised as well. CM: We went on a trip to Haiti with Oxfam and when they said: "Do you want to get involved in this fair trade campaign?" they may as well have been speaking Japanese. We did not know what that meant. Then we went to Haiti and saw the effects of unfair trade on rice farmers and cotton farmers and the economy in general and then we realised that most countries in the world are struggling with it and so we thought "Well shit, we should probably become a little more interested in this. Maybe even try to advertise the idea of sorting it out." JB: We are trying to make it more known to people like us because we did not know about it. Q: What was your perception then - that trade was an exercise for pointy-headed bureaucrats or something? CM: Well yeah. And then someone comes in and tells you that the problems with trade are one of the three biggest causes of poverty in the world. I think everybody agrees with the idea of fair trade; it's just that no-one really knows about it. JB: For us trade was just figures on the stock market and little more than that. CM: If you say to anybody: "Do you think that a man who grows something and does some work should be rewarded fairly?" then 99 out of 100 people would say "yes". And yet most of us aren't really aware that that doesn't go on. Q: I read that you were going to give part of your income to charity. Is that something you have done and is it something that you would encourage others to do as well? CM: We don't really like to talk about that. Only because it could sound cheesy. Q: What contact do you have with politicians at the moment? CM: Today is our first lowering into the world of actual politicians. We have been happy in the last 18 months to just talk about this website http://www.maketradefair.com and go on a few trips to Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti. JB: Hopefully getting more people interested. CM: Then Oxfam said maybe the next step is to start meeting people who can actually do something about it. And now is the first time that we as a band have been in a position to get those meetings. Today we are meeting Dr Superchai [Panitchpakdi, WTO director-general] and hopefully that will be the first of many. Q: How do you see it going from there? JB: Hopefully it will continue. Hopefully we will have more of a real effect. CM: We as a band can't change anything but if we are doing well as a band, more people know about us, which means if we are advertising, people will know about that. Q: On a personal level: people make choices, They go to the supermarket and buy whatever. Is there something you have found yourself in every day life that you choose differently from what you did before? CM: Back in the 80s people started learning about CFCs and this is exactly the same. There are only a few products now where you can make that choice - coffee and bananas and chocolate. On those products you can make the choice between Nescafé or whatever, and something which says this is fairly traded, people have been paid what they should be for it. You make that choice when you can but you can't make it on everything. Yet. Q: Do you think doing this has inspired some others in the record industry to come on board? CM: I'm sure it makes some people cringe beyond belief, but with other people I think it does make a difference. The lady who got us involved with Oxfam was at Glastonbury the other day and said that more bands were interested. We only got into it because of people like Radiohead, U2 and Blur. We saw what they were trying to do and thought it was a good idea. Most people care about things, but it is a fine line between coming across like you are preaching and coming across as being concerned about something. JB: I mean we're in an incredibly privileged position and it is hard not to be hypocritical about some stuff, and come across as a complete hypocrite. Q: If in your fantasy you had Tony Blair and George Bush in the same room as you what would you? CM:That would be great. JB: We were just talking about that. CM: How many records do you think we would have to sell to get a meeting with George Bush though. I would think probably a few more. If you said "you have three wishes" I would say, if you are going to have free trade - which is what all these guys preach - can you actually go through with it and make it apply to your own country as well as everybody else's ie: other than markets and non-important export tariffs. Also can you please stop over subsidising your richest farmers who then export all the surplus very cheaply into countries where it destroys their own economies because their farmers are then unrealistically undercut. And the third wish would be some beach holiday - but the first two would be nice. Q: What do you think of Cancun? CM: I think the trade ministers have got it right. This is what is so farcical. You come to a beautiful beach resort to talk about the talk about the world's poorest people. And we are as guilty of that as anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 awwwww how cute :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlissfullyMuse Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 go jonny boy and chris.....and the whole band really,doin there stuff 4 charity.I joined the big noise b4 like coldplay got involved....well like a few months b4 only bcoz i heard about it off 1 of my teachers,im sooooooooo priud of them lads bcoz they r defo spreading the word luff Kirsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LiquidSky Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 oh yes they are, oh yes they are, I'm also proud, oh very proud :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 nice' date=' any guy picture?[/quote'] No :( BUT...lookie what I found from today :D :D :D :D Chris Martin ® and Jon Buckland of British band Coldplay put up a sign on the beach at Cancun during an event organized by Oxfam to promote fair trade September 9, 2003. The band members are in Cancun, where the World Trade Organization (news - web sites) will begin a ministerial meeting September 10, to lobby for fair trade. REUTERS/Andrew winning what?! is jon humping the P?!?!? Hahahaha! Humping the P?! :stunned: :stunned: :embarrased: :sneaky: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 I can't believe I missed the Channel 4 news :rolleyes: but anyway, its really good that they're spreading the word as it were. Trade is prob the most important thing to enable countries to flourish, but for many, exploitation by the Western world is holding them back :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 p like peace.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badlydrawngirl Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 my last post was a bit morbid sorry wooooooooo for Coldplay! :rolleyes: :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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