Funny, I seem to have had a post deleted. Or maybe the bit-bucket-in-the-sky got it, or there may be another reason. If it was mod action, no doubt it will happen again.

There are two good (IMHO) reasons to criticise the establishment of events like Comic Relief.

First they take the pressure off governments. The good causes supported should be fed by the state and the state should not evade those duties by farming them out to volunteers.

Second they palliate and and thereby delay merited revolution.