KONY 2012

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  • Lsqueezy
    Lsqueezy Posts: 128
    I'm just going to bump this because I hope that people who haven't seen the video will.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    Very powerful.
  • jillyt85
    jillyt85 Posts: 161 Member
    Somebody posted it on Facebook and I just finished watching. It was very well done and I feel like I need to do something to help. I'm sure not a ton of people will watch since its such a long video though.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    Somebody posted it on Facebook and I just finished watching. It was very well done and I feel like I need to do something to help. I'm sure not a ton of people will watch since its such a long video though.
    Speaks negatively of our attention span, but the video has gone over 7.5M views in just a day and a half. That's not necessarily full-film views of course.
    -wtk
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    Bump, watch the video, add to the cause!
  • JinxRita
    JinxRita Posts: 191 Member
    I'm just going to leave this here. Devil's Advocate and all.

    http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/
  • work4it777
    work4it777 Posts: 35
    Kony needs to be stopped...and those respectively like him!
  • janehen12
    janehen12 Posts: 162 Member
    I wondered how long before MFP got this! Everyone make you own decisions on it, but please read round and don't just take everything at face value!


    Before anyone starts accusing me of being for the crimes hes committed, i'm not, im just saying theres another side, mostly to the charity.
  • Healthy_4_Life2
    Healthy_4_Life2 Posts: 595 Member
    Speechless.....
  • Krys_T
    Krys_T Posts: 1,406 Member
    Very good video! I think the point is really to raise awareness on the situation. This has been going on for years and it needs to stop! What better generation than ours (the do nothing for no one unless it pertains directly to us generation) Now I am not saying that everyone should go and donate money if they feel that it may not be going 100% directly to the capture of Kony. However, I do think we need to wake up and see what is going on in the rest of the world.

    A lot of people have said that the US has discovered that there is oil in that area so essentially it has become such a big movement because America now has more of an "interest" in that region because there is something for us to gain. I feel like this could be true, but at the same time if we can save people's lives also...I don't give a damn what the US can gain from "caring" I just don't want those kids having to go through that plain and simple.


    At the end of the day WE AS A PEOPLE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    I'm just going to leave this here. Devil's Advocate and all.

    http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/

    I do wish this had been more reliable source.
  • IndigenousStardust
    IndigenousStardust Posts: 9 Member
    I'm just going to leave this here. Devil's Advocate and all.

    http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/

    Even if the Invisible Children is a scam, which I doubt, why is it so bad to spread awareness about Kony? It's not like you HAVE to give the charity money. One of their main requests in the video itself was to repost it where you can...which is free...I really don't understand how anyone can possibly think that it's so bad to spread the word and try to help all these children. I think the people that have negative views about the Kony 2012 movement haven't even watched the video lol. Guess there's haters for everything though :/
  • janehen12
    janehen12 Posts: 162 Member
    Just thought I should clarify, what I missed in my last post. I do support raising awareness, have shared the video and will probably do cover the night.
  • IndigenousStardust
    IndigenousStardust Posts: 9 Member
    I'm going to do Cover the Night in my town, I'll probably be the only one because it's such a small place but hey, if I can get just one person interested, that's one more person aware. Plus I can get in some exercise running around town putting up posters lol :P

    myfitnesspal Cover the Night Challenge lol
  • Lsqueezy
    Lsqueezy Posts: 128
    This is a great article on the campaign - http://justiceinconflict.org/2012/03/07/taking-kony-2012-down-a-notch/

    And for the record I do think raising awareness is a great idea.....do I think it will change anything? Sadly no.
  • lightstruck1
    lightstruck1 Posts: 52 Member
    I think Kony 2012 is a tricky situation, and I don't think Invisible Children tells the whole story. I don't 100% agree with their tactics, but all in all I think it is a good cause and I'm willing to donate and see what happens.
  • Chubbyhulagirl
    Chubbyhulagirl Posts: 374 Member
    Covering the Hawaiian night on 4/20/2012!
  • noteve
    noteve Posts: 57
    Cnf79.jpg

    This is all I have to say about that.
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    I haven't had the chance to watch it yet, but wow is it getting a lot of attention, even by celebrities! I used to do some outreach and volunteering for Invisible Children in college, especially for their Displace Me event several years ago, and the cause did not get this much attention back then. Really awesome to see it happening now.
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    I'm just going to leave this here. Devil's Advocate and all.

    http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/

    It's a terrible source. Invisible Children may not be the best organization now, but they brought attention to something that was largely ignored by the world for over 20 years.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/


    I'm going to play devi's advocate too...this is an awesome perspective.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    Cnf79.jpg

    This is all I have to say about that.

    Thank-you...
  • zafferFL
    zafferFL Posts: 402
    typical. LRA founded in the late 80's and suddenly everyone is an activist in 2012. Oil found in LRA controlled territories in 2011, Obama deploys troops to hunt Kony, and now faux-non-profits on the band wagon.

    Everyone is out to make a $.
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/


    I'm going to play devi's advocate too...this is an awesome perspective.

    Hmm. This, I do find interesting.
  • JinxRita
    JinxRita Posts: 191 Member
    I threw up the link I did merely as an alternate perspective, not as a source or as a personal stance. It's a smart idea to use your brains and research something completely before you throw money at someone for a cause. Make sure your money will actually be doing some good, and that it's going towards what it should be. Awareness is great, and while becoming aware, you should look at every possible angle.
  • chicomachete
    chicomachete Posts: 4
    KONY2012 My Thoughts:
    I tend to believe that although the Kony2012 message is a great sentiment; Mankind's inherent need to accumulate (Greed) is more apparent from this organization (Invisible Children) than anything else and most donations will go to someone's pocket rather than the cause.
    As for stopping this Evil Man; if the message works and he is brought to mankind’s skewed sense Justice then great it's one less parasite to deal with and 6,840,507,003 more to go, but as others before me have indicated: – “No matter if you stop this evil man/woman, someone else will take his place as our planet is full of evil men/women and it will never end”.
    We as humankind are the biggest self-mutilating parasite that stands to be the main and perhaps only threat to this planet and to life itself.
    With the abundance of Greed and Religion being the main contributing factors that turn us into parasites and lead us to war and bloodshed, it beckons for me to believe that my chances of having an epic one night stand with Ellen DeGeneres and making her forget about women altogether is a much more plausible scenario than any form of world peace.
    As for those foolish enough to donate I tip my hat to you as you make it easy for the conmen of the world (The pope being the biggest one) to achieve wealth. ! But hey your sentiment is well noted  !
  • sarah_ep
    sarah_ep Posts: 580 Member
    Has this been pasted here yet?

    http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/
  • Mibs131
    Mibs131 Posts: 12 Member
    Been passing this around too. It's a big issue and would love to see this guy taken down.
  • Hungry_Tuna
    Hungry_Tuna Posts: 361 Member
    meh
  • Hernandeak11
    Hernandeak11 Posts: 351 Member
    Has this been pasted here yet?

    http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

    I read this earlier today, the one titled "We've Got Trouble"

    Highly recommend reading

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