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Title: KONY 2012 Post by: Vik on March 07, 2012, 01:05:17 PM So, I just watched this rapidly spreading documentary on Joseph Kony. The description:
"Joseph Kony and his killers have abducted more than 30,000 children from their families, forcing young boys to murder their parents and become child soldiers and the girls to work as sex slaves. Make KONY Famous is aiming to raise global awareness of Kony - to make him famous - “not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice”. As the filmmaker Jason Russell explains, less than one per cent of the world knows who Kony is, however, if people knew what he had done, they would demand action. Watch the video … spread the word" VIMEO: http://vimeo.com/37119711 HOW TO HELP: Join TRI or Donate to Invisible Children: http://bit.ly/yp5Ffv Purchase KONY 2012 products: http://invisiblechildrenstore.myshopify.com/ Sign the Pledge: http://www.causes.com/causes/227-invisible-children (http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0in9wLmM01r20912o1_500.jpg) Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: Rev. Powell on March 07, 2012, 05:15:15 PM Interesting. I hadn't heard of him. I Googled Joseph Kony and he sounds like one bad dude. He's a Ugandan rebel and a fanatic who uses children as his footsoldiers to do his dirty work. He's been indicted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Court and declared a terrorist by the US. He's been driven into hiding like Osama Bin Laden; hopefully, his fate will eventually be the same.
Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: Flick James on March 07, 2012, 05:24:53 PM Yep, looks like Rev and I are both part of that 99%. I hadn't heard of him either.
Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: InformationGeek on March 09, 2012, 03:21:26 PM http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/09/world/africa/uganda-kony-profile/index.html?npt=NP1 (http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/09/world/africa/uganda-kony-profile/index.html?npt=NP1)
Man, this is really catching. Let's hope we can find this guy. Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: Cthulhu on March 09, 2012, 03:44:40 PM He hasn't been active in Uganda for about 6 years.
The LRA's number barely reaches 300. Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: Vik on March 10, 2012, 06:12:45 AM Turns out Invisible Children is actually a quite questionable organisation in terms of how they spend their money. However, I don't think raising awareness on Kony's atrocities and encouraging social justice is a bad thing on itself.
He hasn't been active in Uganda for about 6 years. Huh?The LRA's number barely reaches 300. Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: Cthulhu on March 10, 2012, 09:02:59 AM Turns out Invisible Children is actually a quite questionable organisation in terms of how they spend their money. However, I don't think raising awareness on Kony's atrocities and encouraging social justice is a bad thing on itself. He hasn't been active in Uganda for about 6 years. The LRA's number barely reaches 300. Huh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJbsiYyU0v4 Title: Re: KONY 2012 Post by: Frank81 on March 12, 2012, 11:56:26 AM Yeah, he's bad, but, there are far worse characters, like those loons in Iran who may get nukes.
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