Kony 2012

[Fox 6]

This has been spreading like wildfire around the internets

I know its long, but give it a watch.

This had 1,000,000 views this morning, now it is over 15,000,000 views tonight.

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[The Duggler]

There's always 2 sides to a story:

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[Vampyr]

Maybe it's just me, but that video doesn't present much of "another side."

[Professor S]

This is more of a rebuttal to the movie:

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[Neo]

This is so gay for a variety of reasons. That hipster douche makes it sound like all we have to do is arrest that guy and we will all be shitting rainbows. The situation is so much more complicated than that.

I want that 30 min of my life back.

[Vampyr]

This is so gay for a variety of reasons. That hipster douche makes it sound like all we have to do is arrest that guy and we will all be shitting rainbows. The situation is so much more complicated than that.

I want that 30 min of my life back.

You could say you were...konned.

[The Germanator]

My friend Eugene is in that video for a split-second and used to work for Invisible Children.

For people with criticisms, he's been directing them here. http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html

I don't personally have a lot to say about it, but I know Eugene is a good dude and this has always seemed like a great cause to me.

[Neo]

You could say you were...konned.

:cool:

[Neo]

The only Kony I want..... comes with chili and cheese.

[Typhoid]

Someone told me this was a scam. I didn't look into that, or what they even meant because I never watched the video or asked/cared what it was about in the first place. Because I don't give a single poop.

[The Germanator]

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I think the bottom line is that Kony is a bad dude and needs to be stopped. I think you can argue in a way in which this project conveys that info, but they've certainly raised awareness and have people talking about it. That's a big deal.

[Professor S]

The biggest criticism of Kony 2012 I've seen is the distribution of funds, but considering their business plan their distribution makes sense to me. They spend a lot on getting the word out because their mission is to get people's attention and keep their attention until the job is done. Basically, they want to influence world powers to take a stand against African warlords, and I think they're using the ICC's #1 enemy to give the effort international legitimacy. You can argue the plan is unsound, but I don't think there is any evidence to claim that it is insincere or they have false intentions. I think we spend far too much time debating people's sincerity these days. In politics, or otherwise. We've become cynical.

Personally? I think they should just us that money to hire Blackwater to track down and kill the guy, then move on the the next on the list.

[Vampyr]

The biggest criticism of Kony 2012 I've seen is the distribution of funds, but considering their business plan their distribution makes sense to me. They spend a lot on getting the word out because their mission is to get people's attention and keep their attention until the job is done. Basically, they want to influence world powers to take a stand against African warlords, and I think they're using the ICC's #1 enemy to give the effort international legitimacy. You can argue the plan is unsound, but I don't think there is any evidence to claim that it is insincere or they have false intentions. I think we spend far too much time debating people's sincerity these days. In politics, or otherwise. We've become cynical.

Personally? I think they should just us that money to hire Blackwater to track down and kill the guy, then move on the the next on the list.

This is how I feel. People should research what they are donating to before they donate. IC is pretty up front with their love of making films to raise awareness. That stuff is expensive, it's pretty obvious that's where a lot of money is going to go to. Personally I think that's still a good cause.

The guy in the video you posted put a huge emphasis on how the money should be going "straight to the kids." I feel like constantly funneling your money into something like that is often like throwing it into a black hole. Nothing is going to change things long term if you don't cut out the root of the problem.

What IC is dong is pretty unique for a non-profit, I think it needs to exist.

As for the legitimacy of the plan, I don't think they need to go into details like that in a promotional film. The masses don't want to hear about foreign policy and all that it entails.

Post Analysis

Someone told me this was a scam. I didn't look into that, or what they even meant because I never watched the video or asked/cared what it was about in the first place. Because I don't give a single poop.

1. Didn't watch original video
2. Didn't watch rebuttal video
3. Didn't read response to the rebuttal video
4. Heard information second hand
5. Doesn't care

Conclusion: Shouldn't have posted

[Fox 6]

If you donate or not, at least the message and awareness is being spread, and effectively at that. I see people making fun of those spreading the message on FB and other social media. Why?

1. How can you be against spreading awareness of such a topic? These are human beings.

2. It not causing you any grief at all.

3. It's a positive message

That being said, all the donating, posters, and advisers in the world wont capture the man. The job is left up to the Ugandan military to do all the grunt work. a 3rd world army with American advisers is still a 3rd world army.

[manasecret]

Interesting model. The world has become smaller now; the U.S. gov't or any other gov't I know of was not designed to handle crimes outside of its jurisdiction, and maybe that should change but that's a bigger topic. Until then, it is time we speak up if just a little to help our brothers and sisters next door. I will do my small part to raise awareness -- tell people I know about Kony.

[Typhoid]

Conclusion: Shouldn't have posted


Touche. However I was relaying the second-hand-unchecked-formation I had been told that it was a scam. I even went so far to say I have no knowledge of what it is, nor do I care - yet wanted to make the possibility of a scam aware to those involved in whatever-the-fuck this 30 minute waste of time video is all about. :lol:

It's kind of like if someone tells you there's a trap ahead, even if you're not going or don't care who or what's there - you should probably yell "It's a trap", even if you're not entirely sure.

[Combine 017]

You know whats worse that a lot of people probably dont know about?
Men with AIDS have started raping babies as a cure for the disease. We're talking less than a year old babies, straight out of the womb, and obviously not curing them.
Africa is pretty screwed up and needs to be fixed in general, mainly by removing horrible people like this from existence.

[The Duggler]

It's funny how the other 2 videos in this thread were removed...

[Bond]

NPR story on this: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/08/148235383/fact-checking-the-kony-2012-viral-video

[Professor S]

It's funny how the other 2 videos in this thread were removed...

The one I posted was removed due to a policy on violence? Huh?

[The Duggler]

Yeah that's weird, I can't recall anything inappropriate in that video.

IT'S A CONSPIRACY!

[Fox 6]

The world won't stand for your promotion of violence prof! We are a global community that can change the world!

#stopprofessorS2012

[Bond]

One of my friends currently lives in Uganda, and she wrote this blog post on her thoughts in regard to the video:

http://expattrails.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/gulu-uganda/

[Angrist]

You know whats worse that a lot of people probably dont know about?
Men with AIDS have started raping babies as a cure for the disease. We're talking less than a year old babies, straight out of the womb, and obviously not curing them.
Africa is pretty screwed up and needs to be fixed in general, mainly by removing horrible people like this from existence.Don't forget about the criminals robbing people of their AIDS medicines because you get high if you smoke them.
:-o

[Combine 017]

Don't forget about the criminals robbing people of their AIDS medicines because you get high if you smoke them.
:-o

Really? I gotta try that.

[Neo]

I hope the video expires w/o Kony being caught. That way, the film maker can explain to his son how daddy failed to capture the "bad man."

[KillerGremlin]

Nuke Kony 2012

[Bond]

http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/16/kony-honcho-arrested-for-allegedly-masturbating-in-public/#.T2OrChEgeSo

Awesome.

[Neo]

http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/16/kony-honcho-arrested-for-allegedly-masturbating-in-public/#.T2OrChEgeSo

Awesome.

Just read this and came here to post :) This is just too good to be true. I had to make sure I wasn't reading the onion.


Russell, 33, "was taken into custody after he was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something," NBC's San Diego affiliate reported, citing San Diego Police Department spokeswoman Lt. Andra Brown.

What we have here is dandy of an American who was caught doodling his Yankee.

[Fox 6]

Somewhere Kony is laughing his ass off.

[Vampyr]

That is WTF to the extreme.

Like, WTF.

[Bond]

Even for the internet, this has to be one of the most legitimately bizarre events ever.

[KillerGremlin]

Hahaha.

Activism with yo dick out. That's the kind of forward thinking I can't get behind. Now we get to watch support for Kony go from 100% to 10%, and the media drama of this masturbating moron go from 0% to 150%.

[KillerGremlin]

http://i.imgur.com/hJLEm.jpg

http://i.qkme.me/3ockrw.jpg

http://i.qkme.me/3ockq0.jpg

Gotta love Reddit.

[Neo]

Gold

[Typhoid]

The statement continues, "He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better. The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday."


I don't think I've ever been under so much stress that I thought 'Fuck, I need to fire a load off in public.'


Russell is the father of two, and says he wants to have 9 more kids.



So maybe this was just some type of elaborate mating gesture.

[KillerGremlin]

11 kids is kind of ambitious. Is this guy a Mormon or something?