Another Response to Maura

I like a lot of what Maura had to say about Bono's speech, so I'm mainly just chucking in my two cents. I think it's important not to overlook how Bono creates his ethos by preemptively addressing the reasons people could conceivably dismiss his words. He is admittedly only a rock star who didn't do the college thing like the people he's addressing. From that point he is able to follow up with the ways in which that life has still given him insight and ideas worth listening to. I looked hard for the logos. It's where Maura pegged it, though it almost always seems to be in danger of being overtaken by the pathos present. The Franklin and founding fathers realted people, places, objects, etc. were a good uniting idea that blended the logos and pathos. Specifically, the section where he discusses the Ireland Franklin saw is one of the more concrete instances of logos bolstered by the quote. I like this speech, but I have to cop to the fact that it's almost all pathos, but that's because he's selling possibility, and it is difficult to do that from a more cerebral place. It is often the case that change is fueled by passion not logic, so I can't fault the tactic. It is unfortunate however, because I can see how someone who isn't as inclined to listen to the subject of African poverty and disease and may especially be dismissive of someone like Bono would fail to be swayed by his speech because of that characteristic.