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Greenwash - the truth hurts, doesn't it? It would seem that none of you know that the 'guy' who wrote the greenwash article about Chris is a very very smart person. You should check out his website - www.monbiot.com - and learn a little before you dismiss his article. He doesn't spend all his time obsessing over Chris' behavior but he does spend a lot of time trying to encourage people to action around global warming, world poverty, the environment, challenging unaccountabe corporate control and corrupt government. However much we like Chris, we mustn't let him - or ourselves - be hypocritical. Chris is in a prime situation to set a real example, but only seems to talk the talk rather than walk the walk. Like Bono (who, along with the other members of U2 have recently moved their assest out of Ireland because the Irish tax laws have changed from very low taxes for all artists to very low taxes only for struggling artists - how's that for good civic behaviour), he needs to be held as accountable for what he says he does even more than people who are not in a position to influence others. If he tells me to care about the environment, why should I listen if he won't do that himself? It's a bit of a rip-off to think he's trading on my concerns (the environment), making me like him because he says he cares, when he doesn't really. Just because you like someone doesn't mean you can't be objective. Challenging people important to us means actually means we care more than if we just let them do shit and not complain. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.