RE: More Kony Shit
March 26, 2012 at 12:04 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2012 at 12:08 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
(March 26, 2012 at 10:48 am)LastPoet Wrote: Don't agree with kony2012 and/or any other campaign? Okay, just go do some LOLcats or somethin, not a problem for me. You have to wonder why these people feel the need to demand where other people put their donation money.
That's not entirely fair, its not wrong to have a healthy amount of skepticism about where your money is going.
I simply do not trust evangelical christians to spend money in a purely secular fashion. Sue me.. they don't have a great track record in not pulling a big con.
Jedidiah Jenkins, Invisible Children’s Director of Ideology Wrote:Thirty-seven percent of our budget goes directly to central African-related programs, about 20 percent goes to salaries and overhead, and the remaining 43 percent goes to our awareness programs. […] But aside from that, the truth about Invisible Children is that we are not an aid organization, and we don’t intend to be. I think people think we’re over there delivering shoes or food. But we are an advocacy and awareness organization.
Great, sounds good.. awareness of what? Uganda? Weird.. they hardly mention Uganda apart from the Kony video.
Weird cult-ish awareness of a "fourth estate" program for children.. okay... well.. fine...
For all the money raised.. they don't actually speak about Uganda a whole lot, the money seems mostly wasted APART from the Kony video. Why shouldn't I be skeptical. People are aware, great, now how are you spending the millions of dollars to make us MORE aware of the issue? Why not start spending some on solving the problem, instead of talking about it.
I refuse to apologise for not getting behind this campaign. There is nothing wrong with the message, and I don't claim it is party to any wrong doing. However, I'm not convinced that appeal to hollywood is the way forward. Firstly.. they are already trying to catch Kony, those trying to catch Kony, are guilty of almost equivalent human rights abuses, and additional US troops in a volatile country might not be the answer here.
Only by maintaining a skeptical eye on slick campaigns like this, can we apply pressure that the funds raised are spent wisely. Blindly giving money because a video had a cute kid calling him a bad man, is not the best use of your time and effort for promoting good in the world.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
