benny Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Hey Friends, Come across this today please watch, share and act. IF THE WORLD KNOWS WHO JOSEPH KONY IS, IT WILL UNITE TO STOP HIM. IT STARTS HERE. KONY 2012 IS A FILM AND CAMPAIGN BY INVISIBLE CHILDREN THAT AIMS TO MAKE JOSEPH KONY FAMOUS, NOT TO CELEBRATE HIM, BUT TO RAISE SUPPORT FOR HIS ARREST AND SET A PRECEDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE. WATCH IT HERE- http://vimeo.com/37119711 Ben
perrin_07 Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 its long but its informative, alot of likes already!!!!! http://s3.amazonaws.com/kony2012/kony.html
RB30X Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 I watched this tonight cause someone else mentioned it at work. The hits have gone through the roof in the last 12hrs. Looks like its working.
nizm0zed Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 http://www.flesheatingzipper.com/off-grid/2012/03/kony-2012-is-a-bunch-of-sensationalist-garbage/ But Where Is All That Money Going? While Invisible Children has provided financial statements over the past few years (although criticized by entities such as, oh, the BBB, for lack of transparency and external auditing), they have yet to provide a road map for what the funds received for their KONY 2012 campaign will actually be used for, with only a single, un-linked paragraph on their About Us page describing their spending and their blog’s wording similarly vague. Based on their 2011 financial report, their spending record doesn’t look great, though. Of $8.89 million spent in their most recent fiscal term, only $2.8 million (that’s less than a third) went to actually aid the people they so passionately advocate. Despite a list of charitable programs they support, including a high-frequency radio network, the bulk of their dollars went to produce their merchandise (partially through partnerships with PacSun, Billabong, and Levi’s) and fund their ‘awareness’ programs, including nearly $300,000 for their web and design work.
Administrators gav240z Posted March 8, 2012 Administrators Posted March 8, 2012 http://www.flesheatingzipper.com/off-grid/2012/03/kony-2012-is-a-bunch-of-sensationalist-garbage/ When I watched this the other day I was very skeptical, like your image says one does not start a revolution or make a difference simply by liking a status on FB. Ughhh I'm sick of this propaganda that says social networking is what's causing global revolutions. Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google+. People have started revolutions before social networking existed. And sitting on your arse behind a computer is not the way to start a revolution anyway... I would like to quote this comment I read not that long ago and resounded well with me... http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/99/cleaning-toxic-areas-our-mental-environment.html#comment-40714 "Facebook and Twitter’s free advertising ride on French television is over. Broadcast regulators have issued a stern warning that name-dropping the two social media giants and encouraging viewers to “check us out on ––– and –––” is to stop unless the companies pay for the promotion." How is it that France has figured this out, but the old-guard broadcast industry in the US hasn't figured out the manner in which they are being manipulated by these nascent Internet companies? It's disconcerting, really. You can't turn on any channel at any time without being told to "check us out on" whatever. Yet, these media companies are getting nothing in return, save some perceived value-add to their brand identity? When will they figure out they've been duped? I don't have a Facebook or a Twitter account. Somehow, I survive without them. And, seeing as I have desire to ever have an account with either, I really wish all the pointless promotion would just go away. Was the Arab Spring driven by Facebook? Was the failed revolution in Iran really the product of people "tweeting" each other? I don't think so. Facebook and Twitter might be tools, but any revolution that relies on Internet banalities - that the government can shut down whenever it wants - is doomed to failure. The future is bright, so long as our batteries don't die. Revolutions don't depend on multinational corporations providing communication across a virtual reality. They depend on people being willing to take risks and fail in the name of what they believe is right. There's a lesson here. "Occupiers" pretending to be homeless, while searching for a strong Wi-Fi signal for their MacBook Air do nothing to move their movement forward. They only make it a laughingstock among those who believe that the future might actually be worth fighting for. So, put down your computers, log out of Facebook, go outside, take a look around, and see if there's anything that needs changing -- Not things that you've been *told* need to change; things that you actually believe could be better. Then, do something about it. My two cents for the evening. Have a nice New Year! Although the comment was not in relation to Kony, I think it's highly relevant here.
benny Posted March 8, 2012 Author Posted March 8, 2012 You guys should be ashamed posting that smack on here!! Especially you Lurch!! I love having a laugh, but at the expense of small children being murdered and raped?? Your acting like a fool!! Whether or nor not people agree with the "campaign" at least someone is doing something Proactive and it is working more people are aware of this specific issue then ever before. Dont bother deleting/censoring this post either!!
luvemfast Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I think that it's a bit naive to think that clicking a like or share button can change the world. But, it does help create awareness. As I'd never heard of Kony before. The idea is to put pressure on the politicians to do something about it. And I'm sure if there was oil or some other global commodity, he'd be caught already.
BobsYourUncle Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I think that it's a bit naive to think that clicking a like or share button can change the world. But, it does help create awareness. As I'd never heard of Kony before. The idea is to put pressure on the politicians to do something about it. And I'm sure if there was oil or some other global commodity, he'd be caught already. I really don't think it will do anything. We (the "western" world) just don't care about Africa. This Kony is just one man, what he's doing is happening all over central Africa, and it's not like it's a secret. Lurch's 2nd last picture (26 years too late) is very apt. If you want to help Africa, don't "like" some company's advertising video. Find an organisation that's actually doing something to help. Find someone doing research into nodding disease (how many people have even heard of that?), and give them some money. Or someone trying to provide safe sex education and AIDS information (or AIDS research). Stop buying diamonds. Actually do something! I saw a post on facebook that had a map of Africa, and asked you to click on Uganda. Could you do it? In the end, if this video does raise awareness of the huge problems faced in Africa, I guess it's doing some good. But please don't "like" the video, and think you've saved the world. Sorry for the rant, but this gets to me. The rest of the world's general ambivalence towards these issues is an absolute travesty.
benny Posted March 9, 2012 Author Posted March 9, 2012 Social Media like it or not has revolutionised the way we connect and share information. KONY 2012 is about making him"Famous" which is happening right now. There are many problems in Africa the LRA and KONY are just one of them, we can only hope that this campaign has a flow-on effect with issues around the world. 31% of InvisbleChildren's funds hits the ground in central Africa, a huge amount considering there main purpose is Advocacy. Everyone use your own judgement as to where you want to inject funds to help the country. SImon is right... the government have no reason to be there unless its in OUR interest.
nizm0zed Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Last year the organization raised $8,676,614 and only 32% of these funds went to direct services. It appears that a large majority of their funding went to pay staff salaries, transportation expenses and film production. Charity Navigator rates their accountability and transparency 2 out of 4 stars. This is due to the fact that the organization has not undergone an external audit of their funds. Invisible Children supports direct military intervention, and their funding is said to support the Ugandan government and other military forces. The Ugandan army has been accused of rape and looting, but they are still defended by Invisible Children. As a great example to the current Uganda governement policy, they were happy and willing to shelter Gaddafi if he left libya. Sounds to me like the same corruption and filth, just in a different uniform. Idi Amin was pretty damn bad, there is no denying that, worse than Kony. What did the world do? nothing, turned a blind eye. How about Gadaffi? he had a good run? Hussein? same deal, Mugabe? there's another one. Laurent Gbagbo? The names go on. History shows a consistent pattern in the African region of corruption, evil, poverty, genocide that spans hundreds of years. Its allways the same general story "I am against this evil dictator, i will urge the people to uprise and overthrow then lead you all to freedom" Of course the only way to overthrow is to kill everyone, and to lead to freedom requires placing themselves in a position of ultimate power while suppressing any other 'compeditors' Moneky see, monkey do, its what they learn, its what they do, its what they teach their children. As harsh as it is, the most effective and quick way to fix it is to eliminate most of them and start again. otherwise, it'll take another 200 years before they start learning how to play nice. Till then the world will continue to turn thier backs and ignore them, while people donate through charities trying to help, who are eventually funneled into more corrumption and bloodshed. nobody ever said humans were a benevolent species or that the world was a nice place.
Administrators gav240z Posted March 9, 2012 Administrators Posted March 9, 2012 Hey Benny, It's not that I don't think it's a worthy cause, it's just that I'm not convinced this video, the organisation or the method of fundraising is 100% legit. If you really care about something like this I think you need to do as much research into this stuff as possible and not just throw money to an organisation with a clever video and a social networking plan. I think this is part of a bigger social media experiment to be honest with you and someone is making money out of this at the same time. It wouldn't be the first time the web has been used to fool people into believing something is real when it's not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonelygirl15 I'm not saying it isn't genuine, I'm just saying it's worth doing more research. As for Lurch's images I don't agree with all of them, a couple are funny like the first and last 2, but the others are making fun of something horrible.
Administrators gav240z Posted March 9, 2012 Administrators Posted March 9, 2012 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120308161016AANrRq7
perrin_07 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 i thought some of the pics were pretty funny. i mean, im sure everyone has laughed at some tragic event....its just what humans do. It doesnt mean we dont care, its just an instinct to make a bad event a little more bearable.
peter mc Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 man the African problem is a big one ,,,, the kids that have been abused ,, how do we help them after the things they have done and seen ,,, back 10years ago i spent some time there, and two kids had been arested both 9years old they had killed a pregnant woman ,they had made a bet to see what sex the unborn baby was so they just walked up to the lady and cut her open and pulled the baby out on the street , both boys were kony trained, and killing was just normal both had eaten people and had know idea what they had done was wrong ,, so we get rid of kony ,,, so how do you help the kids
benny Posted March 10, 2012 Author Posted March 10, 2012 Perrin.. Your an Idiot!! Good points pete... it will be a big thing to help these kids to get back to some kind of life i have no idea how it can or will happen but can only hope that it does. It is sickening to think what these poor little children have been taught to do and how as you said it is just "normal" for them.
benny Posted March 11, 2012 Author Posted March 11, 2012 Showing your true colours hey mate!! Grow up and stop being such a Jerk!!
Administrators gav240z Posted March 11, 2012 Administrators Posted March 11, 2012 I'm gonna lock this thread think its run its course now and probably not much good is going to come from it if I leave it open.
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