>>12 The same could be said for Bale too, if you want to look at it that way - people told him to visit, and as a celebrity, it would make him look good if he did, right?
But does it lessen the impact of his visit because it wasn't completely his idea, or because he benefits from it otherwise? It's kind of a double standard, if you think about it. I would give them the benefit of the doubt regardless, because realistic or not, it's tarnishing what is potentially a good deed.