Joseph Kony......One Of The Bad Guys (Kony 2012)

[woodyear99]

Hey Folks,


Just wanted to share this video that has gone viral on facebook.



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.

Noticed that there is a local Kony 2012 Trinidad group on Facebook...
http://www.facebook.com/Kony2012TrinidadTobago

Below is the film that started it all....

[VirtueTT]

http://9gag.com/gag/3213438

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/422987_387127004648449_110233695671116_1372425_199359477_n.jpg

Just to provoke some thought. =)

[woodyear99]

What do you think of this?

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/post/18890947431/we-got-trouble

We got trouble.

Please note that posting date has been edited to keep this at the top of the page. Post written March 7, 2012. Updates follow below, more reading here.

I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor do I doubt for a second that Joseph Kony is a very evil man. But despite this, I’m strongly opposed to the KONY 2012 campaign.

KONY 2012 is the product of a group called Invisible Children, a controversial activist group and not-for-profit. They’ve released 11 films, most with an accompanying bracelet colour (KONY 2012 is fittingly red), all of which focus on Joseph Kony. When we buy merch from them, when we link to their video, when we put up posters linking to their website, we support the organization. I don’t think that’s a good thing, and I’m  not  alone.

Invisible Children has been condemned time and time again. As a registered not-for-profit, its finances are public . Last year, the organization spent $8,676,614. Only 32% went to direct services (page 6), with much of the rest going to staff salaries, travel and transport, and film production. This is far from ideal for an issue which arguably needs action and aid, not awareness, and Charity Navigator  rates their accountability 2/4 stars because they lack an external audit committee.

But it goes way deeper than that.

[VirtueTT]

You see that 9gag link i have there. As well as the one below, they have truth behind them. I have not even watched the video, and once i was told the US government wanted to get involved, i immediately grew suspicious.

But alas, the world we live is, is quite skewed.

[shivanandrs]

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[VirtueTT]

http://rt.com/news/uganda-response-kony-2012-825/

the Ugandan government has launched an online response to the Kony 2012 viral video, seeking to correct “false impressions” created by the film.

Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi released a nine-minute video addressing those who had watched Kony 2012 video and back the subsequent campaign.

He said the fact that Jozeph Kony is a criminal is undeniable – but the film misses a key point.

“The Kony 2012 campaign fails to make one point clear: Joseph Kony is not in Uganda,” Mbabazi stated.

The minister said Kony has not been in the country since 2006, when the national troops forced the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) out of Uganda. He added that the LRA now consists of just a couple hundred fighters, who are based in Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and the Republic of South Sudan.

"Uganda is not in conflict. Uganda is a modern, developing country which enjoys peace, stability and security," Mbabazi assured viewers, inviting anyone who doubts it to come and see for themselves.

He also said that he had sent a personal invitation via Twitter to twenty international celebrities who back the Kony 2012 campaign.

Kony 2012 was created by Invisible Children, an organization aiming to raise awareness about the activities of the LRA in Uganda and to seek the arrest of Kony.

The video has gone viral, getting over 80 million views on YouTube with millions of people reposting it on Facebook and Twitter.

While awareness was definitely raised, the question now is: what was the actual motive behind the video reporting six-year-old events?

Some say simple greed, as skyrocketing YouTube figures resulted in skyrocketing donation figures. Others think big politics and recently-discovered Ugandan oil reserves might be involved.

Last October, the US deployed troops to Uganda to provide military assistance in capturing Kony.

Coincidentally, the mission came after Uganda had announced discovering some 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil.

The troops are still in the region and have no intention of leaving, the US State Department says.

Uh huh...

[Arcmanov]

Interesting that you should post that.

I read this article on Al Jazeera last weekend, and it raises some serious points that have been glossed over by all the hype.

Me?  I adore objectivity, and this writer delivers it in spades.