Joseph Kony

[Gwadien]

Let's make him famous.

View: http://vimeo.com/37119711

 

[Aoami]

He is on the worlds ten most wanted list so doing ok without a facebook campaign i think

 

[Gwadien]

Well, the point is, he's first on the worlds top ten wanted list, but I had never heard of him before, I'd heard of the rebels before, but not him.

 

[Chilly]

I'd never heard of him before either. I like the campaign. What a cunt.

 

[Chilly]

Those poor sods who are on kony.com are screwed

 

[caLLous]

I'd only heard of the Sinaloa drug lord out of the 10 most wanted list. They're all cunts one way or another, that's kinda why they're on the list.

 

[Gwadien]

I'd only heard of the Sinaloa drug lord out of the 10 most wanted list. They're all cunts one way or another, that's kinda why they're on the list.

This is kinda exactly why they're making this campaign, to make people aware who these people are, that list means nothing unless there's the pressures to do something about it.

 

[Aoami]

m.topix.com/forum/city/stuart-fl/TQJSGHMES035Q6OI0

 

[Gumbo]

I got bored of the video after 2 minutes and switched it off.

Campaign didn't work for me.

 

[Lamp]

I'm sorry but watched 3 minutes and it bored the arse off me. That dull soporiphic American narrator, the cliched soundbites, rehashed rhetoric. I'll take a rain check.

 

[ECA]

repost from reddit:

"The problems with the 'Kony 2012' campaign: Ok so let's get this out of the way first, the basic idea of the campaign is great, to raise awareness of a war criminal that uses children as soldiers and sex slaves. Unfortunately the whole campaign seems to be missing the bigger political picture, I think this is nicely demonstrated in the statement of its second goal: 'That the U.S. military advisers support the Ugandan Army until Kony has been captured and the LRA has been completely disarmed. They need to follow through all the way and finish what they have started.' This statement not only suggests that the campaign is in favour of U.S. intervention but is completely uncritical of the Ugandan Government and its army, both of whom are by no means 'the good guys' in this. I can't be bothered going into too much detail but here are a few key points:
1) The Ugandan Government is a dictatorship with Yoweri Museveni as the president since 1986. Among many of its human rights violations the regime tortures prisons, oppresses other political parties and the press and also wishes to introduce a bill that would have 'convicted homosexuals' put to death.
2) In the civil war in which Yoweri Museveni gained power child soldiers were used by his army (National Resistance Army) which is now the army of Uganda but under a different name. ([1]http://www.teachkidspeace.org/doc315.php)
3) The Ugandan army, or rather its high ranking officers have being using 'ghost soldiers' (soldiers who are no longer on the pay-roll) to siphon off funds, making the war even more profitable for them than usual, giving them a vested interest in its continuation. ([2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3514473.stm)
4) (kinda the same point again) War is profitable, especially for large arms economies such as the U.S. and the UK. 'U.S. Military adviser support' may as well say 'we want to US and its arms manufactures /dealers to sell the Ugandan Government shit tons more weapons'. I'm sure there's many more points that could be made, and this is still a really basic explanation that barely goes into any detail, but even a single one of these points is enough to be critical of the campaign and its support of the Ugandan army. If the campaign really wants to be truly supportive of human rights it needs to recognise that Kony is not the only war criminal, all warmongering is a crime against humanity" Unknown
Additionally,
Of the $8.9 million in donations they spent in 2011, this is the breakdown: $1.7 million in US employee salaries $357,000 in Film costs $850,000 in Production costs $751,000 in Computer equipment $244,000 in "professional services" (DC lobbyists) $1.07 million in travel expenses $400,000 in yearly office rent in downtown San Diego $16,000 in Entertainment etc... Only 2.8 million (31%) made it to their charity program (which is further whittled down by local Ugandan government officials) - what do the children actually get?
Their rating on Charity Navigator is because they haven't had their financial books independently audited, and have no independent board members ...which is not a surprising given the use of cash noted above.
Source: Their own finacials -> Pages 6 and 12 [3] http://c2052482.r82.cf0.rackcdn.com...1-Audited Financial Statements.pdf?1320205055
Source For Ratings: [4] http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12429 [5]http://c2052482.r82.cf0.rackcdn.co
EDIT: [6] Another Thread that has reached the front page

 

[old.Tohtori]

Don't know, don't care, couldn't do f*ck about the guy even if i was arsed.

 

[caLLous]

That's the spirit.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Have to say the bandwagon jumping on this video is really quite amusing.

 

[Gwadien]

Have to say the bandwagon jumping on this video is really quite amusing.

Better than the youts bangwagon jumping onto the latest tech.

 

[old.user4556]

Bodhi got excited about this viral vid, then realised it was about 'Kony'.

 

[megadave]

Good intentions but made by sanctimonious cunts who don't seem to have much of a clue.

 

[caLLous]

Yeah I'd agree with that. Good luck to 'em though.

 

[old.user4556]

I feel a meme coming on.

 

[Keitanz]

I feel like there is something really dodgy with that Invisible Children lot.

 

[Mey]

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well done on the campaign, i now want the people spreading this crap on every internet orifice hunted more then some dictator using kiddie sex slaves.

 

[caLLous]

I don't understand the animosity. No matter how much of an idiot the narrator appears to be, there are children being abducted and forced into either sex slavery or violence. How is spreading the word about that a bad thing? If more people talking about it helps keep the US government's people in Uganda helping, then fair play to them.

I watched it and then read more abouit it with the same sadness as when I read that a 12 year old boy (allegedly) had his throat slit by government forces in Syria last week.

Toht, words escape me.

 

[Chilly]

Seems like a pretty fuckin good idea to me, hunt and murder the bastard. Assuming this isnt all propaganda and he isnt actually a proper freedom fighter.

 

[Scouse]

Assuming this isnt all propaganda and he isnt actually a proper freedom fighter.

It's probably true, and he's probably still a freedom fighter.

Nobody seems to remember that Nelson Mandela was an active member of the ANC - a terrorist organisation that killed women and children*.





*not that I think that's any worse than killing men...

 

[Ch3tan]

Fix the formatting ffs eca you lazy git!

 

[old.Tohtori]

I don't understand the animosity. No matter how much of an idiot the narrator appears to be, there are children being abducted and forced into either sex slavery or violence. How is spreading the word about that a bad thing?

When you see it everywhere, shoved down your throat on every single page you visit/chat you happen to be in etc. Missed that point in the post.

ESPECIALLY since a week or two from now, all these holier then thou people will hop on the next "horrific must fix nau!" issue and forget all about this.

Just to be clear; posting it on places like this, a general discussion forum, is fine, but could people keep this sh*t out of things that have nothing to do with it.

 

[Ch3tan]

I've not watched it, purely because I hate viral stuff. I honestly did not know the reason for the video though, and now I do I can't hate on it.

Toht; it's for a very good cause, let it go.

 

[Fweddy]

I don't understand the animosity. No matter how much of an idiot the narrator appears to be, there are children being abducted and forced into either sex slavery or violence.

Because it's not quite so clear cut as the video makes out.

 

[CorNokZ]

I don't understand the animosity. No matter how much of an idiot the narrator appears to be, there are children being abducted and forced into either sex slavery or violence. How is spreading the word about that a bad thing? If more people talking about it helps keep the US government's people in Uganda helping, then fair play to them.
I watched it and then read more abouit it with the same sadness as when I read that a 12 year old boy (allegedly) had his throat slit by government forces in Syria last week.
Toht, words escape me.

This.. Because people are spreading the word of bad things happening in the world it is suddenly a bad hipster-like thing?

Get over yourselves ffs, it is for a good cause