KONY 2012 - Stop at nothing!

[gatch]

My niece recently brought this to my attention. Being the well informed young social activist she is. Bless her. That I should tell everyone I know about this man, so that the whole world knows. And that if we draw enough attention to him, together we can stop him.

So who is Joseph Kony ? In short, he is the headman of the Lords Resistance Army, founded in Uganda. He has committed terrible atrocities against the people (mainly children) going back 20 some years.

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

Interesting I thought, this is a bad motherfucker.

So I spent about an hour looking at other youtube videos. After only 2 or 3 days of this video being public, there is all kinds of talk of misuse of the publics moneys by the charity "Invisible children". That most of the Ugandan footage used in the video is misleading as it was filmed years ago. And that Kony isn't even in Uganda anymore, that he is holed up in a jungle somewhere. America only wants involvement in the situation now because Congo has publicly announced they have oil and other mineral deposits in the Trillions of dollars value and this is their foot in the door..

The bit that topped all this off was when I saw this..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17409934

My immediate concern is about his thoughts of the children at the time of his arrest..

[Madness]

You should take a look at this; http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...highlight=kony

Then take a look at this; http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/america...after-incident

[Berries]

And this one - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8436710/Kony-filmmaker-held

[gatch]

I had no idea about the other thread. That shit is gold.

Ones of those links provided has video footage of a naked man (supposedly Russell) on his knees at an intersection, slapping the ground repeatedly, then leaning back to show the world his tackle and proclaim his dominion over the intersection.

So I made that last bit up.. But that's about how seriously this thing should be taken now.

The real shit now is China vs US, with Africa as the battleground.

[iYRe]

we tried to get them on the radio last week.. they refused. They're bogus.

[The Singing Chef]

Thank God, I thought that this was another thread on how we can all stop Kony and that we need to take 30 mins out of our day to watch this. Whole thing is ridiculous.

[nzspokes]

Thank God, I thought that this was another thread on how we can all stop Kony and that we need to take 30 mins out of our day to watch this. Whole thing is ridiculous.

People at work were going on about Kony last week, thought they wanted new shocks.

[DrunkenMistake]

Thank God, I thought that this was another thread on how we can all stop Kony and that we need to take 30 mins out of our day to watch this. Whole thing is ridiculous.

You think hes bad,
You should see who they have exposed since!

[steve_t]

Masty 2012

[nzspokes]

You think hes bad,
You should see who they have exposed since!

Thats Epic

[Brett]

I think that the video is worth a watch, from a social media stand point. Think Kony 2012 is a bit of a joke though.

[mashman]

I think that the video is worth a watch, from a social media stand point. Think Kony 2012 is a bit of a joke though.

Yup, child slavery has me rolling in the aisles every time.

[quallman1234]

I had a feeling this was a fabrication when i first saw it.

Interesting...

[jonbuoy]

My niece recently brought this to my attention. Being the well informed young social activist she is. Bless her. That I should tell everyone I know about this man, so that the whole world knows. And that if we draw enough attention to him, together we can stop him.

So who is Joseph Kony ? In short, he is the headman of the Lords Resistance Army, founded in Uganda. He has committed terrible atrocities against the people (mainly children) going back 20 some years.

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

Interesting I thought, this is a bad motherfucker.

So I spent about an hour looking at other youtube videos. After only 2 or 3 days of this video being public, there is all kinds of talk of misuse of the publics moneys by the charity "Invisible children". That most of the Ugandan footage used in the video is misleading as it was filmed years ago. And that Kony isn't even in Uganda anymore, that he is holed up in a jungle somewhere. America only wants involvement in the situation now because Congo has publicly announced they have oil and other mineral deposits in the Trillions of dollars value and this is their foot in the door..

The bit that topped all this off was when I saw this..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17409934

My immediate concern is about his thoughts of the children at the time of his arrest..

Eh? Well known fact for a long time that those areas and a lot of Africa is hugely rich in natural resources its no surprise to anyone. Conflict and tragedy is brought so much closer to home when you can sit in Starbucks looking trendy and politically aware posting HQ videos of it on facebook and streaming it onto your iPad/iPhone to show the world how much you care.

[gunnyrob]

Well looky here!!!!