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Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: Xmo_ on March 07, 2012, 11:03:57 pm

Title: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: Xmo_ on March 07, 2012, 11:03:57 pm

http://vimeo.com/37119711

KONY 2012

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: Xmo_ on March 07, 2012, 11:16:05 pm

WHY NOT SMOKE DOOBIES AND HELP CREATE AWARENESS FOR KONY2012?

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: Osiris on March 07, 2012, 11:19:03 pm

so sick of that crap already.

Both sides use child troops both sides commit acts of terror both sides rape and maim and murder. Killing one man will just raise another in his place.

im lazy so ill just quote and some links :D
http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

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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.

The group is in favour of direct military intervention, and their money supports the Ugandan government’s army and various other military forces. Here’s a photo of the founders of Invisible Children posing with weapons and personnel of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Both the Ugandan army and Sudan People’s Liberation Army are riddled with accusations of rape and looting, but Invisible Children defends them, arguing that the Ugandan army is “better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries”, although Kony is no longer active in Uganda and hasn’t been since 2006 by their own admission. These books each refer to the rape and sexual assault that are perennial issues with the UPDF, the military group Invisible Children is defending.

Still, the bulk of Invisible Children’s spending isn’t on supporting African militias, but on awareness and filmmaking. Which can be great, except that Foreign Affairs has claimed that Invisible Children (among others) “manipulates facts for strategic purposes, exaggerating the scale of LRA abductions and murders and emphasizing the LRA’s use of innocent children as soldiers, and portraying Kony — a brutal man, to be sure — as uniquely awful, a Kurtz-like embodiment of evil.” He’s certainly evil, but exaggeration and manipulation to capture the public eye is unproductive, unprofessional and dishonest.

not that i dont think its a noble idea but it just wont work. not to mention he is hardly unknown to people just the general public


infact he is so unkown that the americans have already tried to kill him a few times

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136673/mareike-schomerus-tim-allen-and-koen-vlassenroot/obama-takes-on-the-lra?page=show

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: Xmo_ on March 07, 2012, 11:23:20 pm

the way i see it, spreading the word definately cant make it worse..

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: SixThumbs on March 07, 2012, 11:26:00 pm

Not only did someone post this a couple hours ago but:

http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/the-visible-problem-with-invisible-children/

Can we also focus on our own "first-world problems" first?

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: djavo on March 08, 2012, 01:21:09 pm

I dont give a damn about Uganda I just want to spend my money on sex toys.

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: Konrax on March 09, 2012, 02:35:52 am

Not that I really believe that cutting the top off an organization such as that will solve any real problems, mocking / dismissing such a significant issue like this is asinine.

There are most slaves today then at any other point in time, and genocide / major atrocities should be challenged / prevented / stopped.

You people are pathetic at best.

Title: Re: CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHOP HEADS THIS 420
Post by: Torost on March 10, 2012, 12:45:31 am

In an african bushwar , an army of childsoldiers is unfortunatly the wisest choice strategywise.
They are easy to "recruit", require little supplies or salaries, have not yet developed a sound moral compass,easily trained and motivated.
And they are agile,fast and move easily where grown men have difficulties.

The idea that people in that region will be deterred from using childsoldier because of facing a trial some time in the future is a bit weak. But might be a start.....