Kony 2012

It makes me sad that I am the first to post this, shows how slow it is here.

Edited by SSOK - 09 March 2012 at 5:23pm

My exact response...

Richard Griffiths

I'd love to see Joseph Kony's face when he next logs onto facebook.
In all seriousness, we get it. You don't support violence, rape or child exploitation but gony wrap this? its doing my nut in. 

Something to read in the meantime:
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/ 
I've not given it a lot of attention but raises a point.

Edited by scotchyscotch - 09 March 2012 at 6:06pm

Growing up sucks. A few years back, this thread would already be locked from the flaming and arguing.

Now we all have the same, "Eh, I gotta life to live" shrug and walk away response

I have no comment on the issue itself because frankly child murder and the LRA are such old topics that any attempt at outrage just shows how little my generation really cares about Africa.

It wasn't long ago that the LRA marched a couple hundred kids having them kill and burn each other along the way.

Now obviously the initial reaction is "OMG WHY AREN'T WE THERE FIRIN SOME LASERS", and for the Facebook drones that's perfectly fine. But for the rest of us there's the stark reality that this country A:) generally only moves large amounts of troops when there's a threat / benefit involved (start Iraq argument here), and B:) has played an advisory role in Africa for quite some time.

Again, I know next to nothing about Africa's place in the world political scheme, but I do know that it generally annoys me when someone thinks that hitting the "Like" button on a Facebook status suddenly turns you into a human rights crusader. It then absolutely infuriates me when I see crap like "YOU HAVE A VOICE IF YOU DON'T USE IT YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM" (actual Facebook quote in actual caps.)

I don't feel like reposting the pic, but a guy on my FB put up a play on the LOTR meme that said "One does not simply like a status to destabilize a Ugandan warlord."

usafpilot07 wrote: I prefer the responses that point out the scam that Invisible Children is running. Only something like 35% of the money they take in goes to actually supporting any efforts in Uganda.

tallen702 wrote: In B4 EE shows up to tell you all to do your effing research and realize that the US has sent hundreds of Special Forces teachers to train Ugandan SF forces to track and kill this guy.

stratoaxe wrote: and B:) has played an advisory role in Africa for quite some time.

stratoaxe wrote:  and so when some duck face starts going off on OMG WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING it generally invokes a large amount of facepalm from the majority who both knew about and were bothered by world events most of their life.

tallen702 wrote: In B4 EE shows up to tell you all to do your effing research and realize that the US has sent hundreds of Special Forces teachers to train Ugandan SF forces to track and kill this guy.

I slept through the day this blew up on reddit/the internet.

Snipa69 wrote: ...donate to the right places; not Invisible Children. If you can't pick up a gun, pick up a check and send something off to Africare or the Red Cross as they actually help.

This sums up the whole topic. Why donate to an organization that only uses 31% of donations to help the ones they film. Also they are a day late and a dollar short with the video.

Saw this gem on my newsfeed.