KONY 2012
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- i_monk0
I'd rather donate a dollar to the nuking of the Pentagon.
- Ramanisky20
- zzzzzzzzzzz...prophetone
- do they have the permission to use the sound track by trent?pango
- non0
- cannonball19780
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.co…
"Is awareness good? Yes. But these problems are highly complex, not one-dimensional and, frankly, aren’t of the nature that can be solved by postering, film-making and changing your Facebook profile picture, as hard as that is to swallow."
"...If you want to post about Joseph Kony’s crimes on Facebook, go ahead. But let’s keep it about Joseph Kony, not KONY 2012."
- maikel0
As much as I would like to, I don't believe a shit of all that vid, and I saw less than half of it. So fucking manufactured. I think the only bit missing to make it truly epic is to put some inserts in slow motion...
Oh, and there aren't enough american flags. Can we have some more please?
Don't get me wrong; Africa need tons of help... but it is hard to look at this without wondering what is the real interest of the people behind that video.
- iheartfun0
In response to that article, (In my opinion of course) There whole video wasn't begging you to give them money though. It was more about spreading the word and making it known. As for over exaggerating about Kony, hell if the guy did this just to a handful of kids he should still be put to justice.
- I do agree about doing research before handing over money though.iheartfun
- dyspl0
I though that video was well executed. As you mention the Nike ad feeling, I guess that was the purpose, since the whole idea is to "market" Joseph kony as a product, like any other celebrity to raise the interest of the public, and so make an appealing video was a part of that idea.
Reading the tumblr link, I think the writer kind of miss the fact that the message is certainly simplified to the max to retain public attention through 30min. The video is here to raise awarness and public interest, not detailing a very complex situation that would end up people to stop the movie and check any other youtube virals coming that day.
Personnaly my interest vanish in less than a minute for sites, videos etc I see on the internet, and I watched the whole 30min movie, twice as I showed to my wife later the same day.
- Ramanisky20
very moving
- ernexbcn0
I totally support the cause but disagree with the notion of the world police and the US having to solve everybody's problems sending troops or "advisors" as they call them here.
- cannonball19780
The issue is that Invisible Children seeks to make Joseph Kony famous only because he was made famous to them.
Removing him from the equation does not root out the actual problem, which means this is just foisting an awareness campaign based on bad strategy.
- GeorgesII0
- Commandos for peaceThePublics
- Love bullets for invisible childrenGeorgesII
- mg330
So, I thought about this even more after my comment above last night and felt I wanted to put something on Facebook - that's the place I've seen so much instant interest by people that i know didn't think much of it even 24 hours later. I got some really good responses to this:
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I wonder if anyone who fleetingly watched the Kony video (I didn't, actually, but get the gist of it) and was inspired for half a day had the same take-away as I did: What do we do in our own community? Who do we help? Who do we care about that's suffering? What do we do about it? What proof can we see of our efforts if we do?My answer, admittedly, is that I don't do anything. And I probably sho...uld. Id like to. If a video about one of numerous atrocities across the world is enough to move me to do something supportive, I feel that I owe it to myself and my community to look first at what I can do here to make a difference, however small it may be. There is suffering, murder, etc in all corners of the world; Kony is not unique or any more worthy of focus than anyone else. He's just the one that a group chose to focus on (and I think donating to them is pointless and wont likely help their goal much at all).
Brilliant social media effort for sure, but all I walk away from it with is the feeling that beside being totally unsure of what my donation might do, it's worth my time to look at what I can support close to home. Unless the Kony group can 1,000% guarantee what the donations do, and show proof of the outcome, it doesn't seem logical to support it financially. And, not to offend anyone in any way, but the Kony group clearly benefited from that marvelous Internet/social media phenomenon: of-the-moment bandwagon hopping. I didn't jump on. Sorry world.
- ernexbcn0
@cannonball1978 they want to make him famous to keep the congress big fishes from pulling back the troops that are "advising" in there trying to hunt the motherfucker, that's the reason of it.
- Good thing they know whats best military-wisecannonball1978
- cannonball19780
Does that solve the problem?
- it's the best chance they seem to have to hunt the fucker.ernexbcn
- monolith0
Response from Invisible Children..and it's funny how these mudslinging responses come from some personal blogs and those who always have a problem with any cause because they are bitter at the world and think everyone is trying to screw you.
- Uglyfreak0
It's a fraud.