They may have been dubbed cynics at the time, but the naysayers who pointed out some of the lyrical weaknesses to Do They Know It’s Christmas? in retrospect, probably did make a few salient points.

“There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time,” sang Bono and a slew of other pop stars. The fact this might be a surprise to Tanzanians and Kenyans living anywhere near Mount Kilimanjaro was…