RE: More Kony Shit
March 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2012 at 4:13 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
(March 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Read my post with a bit more attention, I don't care if you don't support the campaign, its up to you, and no need to feel bad for not adhering to it. Other than that I fail to see the reason why you bring religion into this, so where are you getting at?
If there is valid points to be made, then why shouldn't you raise them?
Healthy scepticism isn't a bad thing, but I do agree that some people spend all their time just on shooting things down, which isn't constructive.
I brought up religion because of the founders comments in the past, that the way to get people involved in the church is not to say "I'm gonna baptise you" but instead ask them "Who are you? Will you be my friend?"
That makes me distrustful of his true agenda, whether true or not. I suspect religion conversion of young people is at the heart of this campaign. The videos on their "fourth estate" program are just plain cult-like creepy.
Quote:perhaps you could show us what are those ways so we can help if we can. Unless you have evidence that the campaign is indeed a scam, don't bother to rehiterate your apologetics. Your opinion on how this problem should be adressed has no value without data to support it, unless your saying nothing should be done, in that case I vehemently disagree.
Donate to Save the Children, War Child, while Invisible Children were riding around in jeeps not doing much and pissing off the aid workers who actually do shit instead of talking about it.
There are organisations that arrange micro-loans which while high risk of not being repaid, may help entrepreneurs to set up business in the third world for a very small amount. Economic stability is a core factor in promoting a countries growth. Catching Kony does Fuck. All. While I'm all for prosecuting the guy.. it has zero effect on the actual situation. Catching Kony doesn't stop the rebel fighters.. and hang on... why were they rebelling in the first place? Oh yeah, Ugandan government.. bunch of fucknuts human rights abusers themselves... who is calling for the dissolution and punishment of the Ugandan government to account for their massive abuses in the country? Fucking Noone. Instead a small time crook who used to be a big fish is the problem. No. Just no. Right idea, wrong message.
The best thing the Kony 2012 video has done, is create awareness so that people can put money where it counts.
Its a slick campaign because its all rhetoric and big budget videos, they don't actually offer any solutions themselves but than to "create awareness". They've done that.. now what? Whats their plan beyond stirring words. Oh yeah, give the government with one of the worst track records in human rights MORE WEAPONS.
Sure some people get instant popularity from criticising the Kony 2012, and they aren't really much better, getting their minutes of fame.
The point is, the message of Kony 2012, is good, their solution is BAD... not just a "whats your alternative" bad.. but supporting another regimes reign of terror in response? Retarded.
What Ugandan Government Did in 2011:http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/wor...012-uganda
What Kony Did in 2011: ... not a lot actually. Some people thought he might be dead already.
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
