Archive Make Joseph Kony Famous to Raise Support

Scarlet_Buckeye

Posts: 5,264

Mar 7, 2012 9:28am

This is a really well done documentary type video. Very powerful. It’s 29 mins long so only watch when you have the time<o

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The KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

krambman

Posts: 3,606

Mar 7, 2012 9:55am

If you haven't seen the original Invisible Children film, you need to see it to see the full story of what is happening in Uganda. If I can find it somewhere online today, I'll post it.

said_aouita

Posts: 8,532

Mar 7, 2012 10:46am

1st to not give a shit.

OSH

Posts: 4,145

Mar 7, 2012 2:32pm

I've seen this float around. I finally watched it.

Pick6

Posts: 14,946

Mar 7, 2012 2:35pm

Just finished watching it myself. The story has been blowing up my twitter and facebook today.

Hb31187

Posts: 8,534

Mar 7, 2012 2:51pm

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

The cause is great, the organization....not so much however

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Mar 7, 2012 2:55pm

Fuck Invisible Children

Had to watch that shit in High School..you know it's bad when your teacher says you get to watch a video in class and you hate it.

Pick6

Posts: 14,946

Mar 7, 2012 2:59pm

I find it odd that the night where everybody is supposed to cover the streets in Kony also happens to be 4/20..

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Mar 7, 2012 3:08pm

Joseph Kony sucks. The Ugandan government sucks too.

dwccrew

Posts: 7,817

Mar 7, 2012 5:07pm

Pretty amazing that the video was posted Monday and has already surpassed 7 million views.

derek bomar

Posts: 3,722

Mar 7, 2012 9:53pm

stop Kony. Eat Coney's.

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Gblock

Mar 8, 2012 8:26am

I cant post it from work but has everyone seen the

Ball So Hard MuthaTruckers Wanna Find Me.....MEME w/ KONY?...that is hilarious

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WebFire

Posts: 14,779

Mar 8, 2012 8:30am

dwccrew;1108382 wrote:Pretty amazing that the video was posted Monday and has already surpassed 7 million views.

It's almost to 27 million now. Crazy.

mcburg93

Posts: 3,167

Mar 8, 2012 9:06am

This stuff has been going on for years over there. Its ridiculous something hasnt been done about it by now. Must not be much oil over there cause seems not to many governments are worried about it.

bases_loaded

Posts: 6,912

Mar 8, 2012 9:20am

Jim Norton was Twitter gold last night with Kony puns

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WebFire

Posts: 14,779

Mar 8, 2012 9:47am

mcburg93;1108801 wrote:This stuff has been going on for years over there. Its ridiculous something hasnt been done about it by now. Must not be much oil over there cause seems not to many governments are worried about it.

The question is, if you use government resources to get Kony, then what? Do you continue going afters? Because it won't stop there. Hell, even the Ugandan army is accused of doing this. Just like everything else...is it our government's responsibility to take care of this? Or is it a people thing?

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vball10set

Posts: 24,795

Mar 8, 2012 9:54am

And people though this shit would end with Idi Amin's death...smh

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Gblock

Mar 8, 2012 9:54am

WebFire;1108812 wrote:The question is, if you use government resources to get Kony, then what? Do you continue going afters? Because it won't stop there. Hell, even the Ugandan army is accused of doing this. Just like everything else...is it our government's responsibility to take care of this? Or is it a people thing?

no they dont have any oil or resources we need...when they do we will step in

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WebFire

Posts: 14,779

Mar 8, 2012 10:02am

Gblock;1108816 wrote:no they dont have any oil or resources we need...when they do we will step in

Point is, even if we do step in, how far do we go? Getting rid of 1 guy isn't going to fix the problem.

2quik4u

Posts: 4,388

Mar 8, 2012 10:09am

This is a money grab by a shady non-profit which gives only 31% of its proceeds to the actual cause

don't be fooled by these hipsters

2quik4u

Posts: 4,388

Mar 8, 2012 10:11am

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Mar 8, 2012 10:24am

2quik4u;1108823 wrote:This is a money grab by a shady non-profit which gives only 31% of its proceeds to the actual cause

don't be fooled by these hipsters

To be fair, their mission is more "awareness" than "action" as I understand it. They spend a crap ton of money traveling around the country and playing the film places. The % of their money that goes to their programs is inline with most NPOs, it's just that their programs aren't focused on providing direct aid.

That said, it's treating a symptom (albeit a bad one) by feeding another (the Ugandan government).

And finally...

2quik4u

Posts: 4,388

Mar 8, 2012 10:30am

bases_loaded

Posts: 6,912

Mar 8, 2012 10:32am

2quik4u;1108823 wrote:This is a money grab by a shady non-profit which gives only 31% of its proceeds to the actual cause

don't be fooled by these hipsters

Link? So I can rain on these facebookers parade

2quik4u

Posts: 4,388

Mar 8, 2012 10:33am

scary how gullible people are by a 30 min youtube video

http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/