RE: More Kony Shit
March 26, 2012 at 2:49 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2012 at 3:40 pm by Napoléon.)
(March 26, 2012 at 2:34 pm)Tiberius Wrote: War with Uganda (or any other country) is not mentioned at all in the video, nor is it the point of the video. A war with Iran has been on the cards for years, and I fail to see how a video about Uganda (an African country) is going to make people support a war with Iran (a Middle Eastern country).
Umm, not sure wtf you're going on about with Iran. You went off on a tangent there
I think the aim is quite clear with that video. How else are you going to 'bring Kony to justice' without some kind of military intervention.
Quote: the entire point of the video is to bring one man and his small band of militants to justice at the International Criminal Court (hence why the ICC is featured in the film). It is not about a military invasion of another country; it is about having the military of non-Ugandan countries help the Ugandan army get rid of one of their worst war criminals.
Not doubting it. So why the need for the US government to get involved?Isn't this something that Uganda and its neighbours should work out? What is the social media going to do to persuade the neighbouring countries of Uganda? What is the US government going to do? The only message I seem to get from the Kony video is "something should be done". Well what is this something. How is getting the US government involved going to do anything, UNLESS it's going to send in it's own military. Otherwise I can't see much it can do. Or am I missing something.
Quote:Also, this guy claims to have been on YouTube for 2 years, and yet he doesn't think it's possible for a video like this to get 40 million views in a couple of days? Pull the other one. Social media is extremely powerful; there is a reason why so many companies now hire people just to visit reddit or twitter all day. This kind of stuff travels very quickly on the Internet.
The social media is powerful, but how does liking a video on Youtube save kids lives in Uganda? The video kinda missed that part for me so maybe you can explain that.
Quote:Sorry, but my bullshit alarms went off when he started going on about CIA conspiracies.
I'll admit, I don't agree with everything he said. I also found it comical when he mentioned that. But I do think several of the points he raised were valid. And I do think that the Kony video is pro-war, but maybe that is up to interpretation.
