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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#26: Mar 6th 2012 at 10:06:53 PM

I'm deeply bothered that we want to make him "famous" and not "infamous."

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Astrosimi Astronomically Awesome from God's Waiting Room Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: LA Woman, you're my woman
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#27: Mar 6th 2012 at 10:14:41 PM

[up]It's just semantics - a bit of bad wording, yes, but the intent is clear.

Aqueos Nova here from Los Angeles Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Californicating
#28: Mar 6th 2012 at 10:19:16 PM

I actually already knew about this. Still, it's nice to know we're actually taking action.

Africa has major issues.... and I'm happy to see we are tackling one that makes complete sense to tackle for once.

EDIT:And it just popped up on my facebook. Yup, this thing is going viral.

EDIT 2:It popped up on my High School classes facebook page. And everyone is reposting it. This thing is going to get almost memetic at this rate.

edited 6th Mar '12 10:30:53 PM by Aqueos

Bet you didn't see that coming
lolacat Dead? You thought wrong from Vancouver Island Since: Mar, 2011
Dead? You thought wrong
#29: Mar 6th 2012 at 10:30:02 PM

I got a facebook message to join.

I've known about the LRA for a while and I hope Kony gets arrested soon.

edited 6th Mar '12 10:46:56 PM by lolacat

Seeing all these piss ant tropers trying to talk tough makes me laugh. If Matrix were here, he'd laugh too.
TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
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#30: Mar 7th 2012 at 12:32:29 AM

So what's this all about?

Please.
Zersk o-o from Columbia District, BNA Since: May, 2010
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#31: Mar 7th 2012 at 12:37:01 AM

The video is about trying to get Joseph Kony, the leader of the LRA, arrested for his war crimes within 2012. The video explains it.

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ekuseruekuseru 名無しさん from Australia Since: Oct, 2009
名無しさん
#32: Mar 7th 2012 at 12:59:39 AM

I thought he was going for president?

Zersk o-o from Columbia District, BNA Since: May, 2010
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#33: Mar 7th 2012 at 1:02:06 AM

A Ugandan terrorist as president of a country he's probably never been to? :p

edited 7th Mar '12 1:02:16 AM by Zersk

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TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#34: Mar 7th 2012 at 1:04:07 AM

[up] I thought that was Barak Obama? cool

And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
ekuseruekuseru 名無しさん from Australia Since: Oct, 2009
名無しさん
#35: Mar 7th 2012 at 1:20:15 AM

Yeah, but what with those posters, I don't see what else it could be.

edited 7th Mar '12 1:20:25 AM by ekuseruekuseru

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#36: Mar 7th 2012 at 2:07:50 AM

LRA...Lord's Resist-

...ah, that guy. Now I get it.

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betterthanstrawberry Dreaming out loud. from back in the atmosphere. Since: Sep, 2010
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#37: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:33:28 AM

Nice to see the more popular side of the new media catching up for once. How would the actual apprehension be done, though? It's apparently been tried quite a few times, and ended up slaughtering a squad of Guatemalan special ops chaps on one occasion.

Still, lovely to see awareness.

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Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#38: Mar 7th 2012 at 5:49:30 AM

Raising awareness, mainly, about Kony's crimes and trying to get people to talk, write, post, and email about it. Hopefully it'll result in the government taking notice and sending people in to help catch him.
I approve of this, but it can only be a part of the solution.

There are reasons why an abomination such as the LRA arose in central Africa and not in Iceland or in Switzerland. Taking care of the "Kony problem", while a laudable objective, does not address these issues; and while I certainly agree with the idea of trying to get a serious military initiative going in order to take care of that person*

, I think that we should also push for some serious effort in dealing with the underlying causes. Otherwise, we'll just end up with a Kony v2.0, and pretty quickly too.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#39: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:39:51 AM

[up] Absolutely.

But equally, we can only begin rebuilding these places when men like Kony are deep in the ground.

And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
#40: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:41:33 AM

Although, the taking down of Kony might prove to be a stunning message to those who would follow in Kony's footsteps.

Pyroninja42 Forum Villain from the War Room Since: Jan, 2011
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#41: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:50:29 AM

[up][up]"Rebuilding these places"?

Um, does anyone here remember a little country called "Afghanistan"?

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MEPT72 Vote is No from Boston, MA Since: Sep, 2009
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#42: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:53:33 AM

Some info on the group I haven't independently verified or sourced this so as with everything take it with a grain of salt.

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TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#43: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:55:04 AM

[up][up] Your point being..?

We can hardly sit around and say "nah, can't do nothin' because Afghanistan."

edited 7th Mar '12 6:55:14 AM by TheBatPencil

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Pyroninja42 Forum Villain from the War Room Since: Jan, 2011
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#44: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:55:51 AM

Nation building doesn't work. At all. Afghanistan is a perfect example. That place is a goddamn disaster.

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MEPT72 Vote is No from Boston, MA Since: Sep, 2009
Vote is No
#45: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:58:10 AM

It's arguable that there was no Afghan Nation to build on in the academic sense of the word. It's hard ot create a nation ex nihilo from the outside.

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TheBatPencil from Glasgow, Scotland Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#46: Mar 7th 2012 at 6:58:20 AM

And sitting about saying "well we can't do nothing because Afghanistan" acheives even less than nothing.

Furthermore, Uganda and surrounding areas are not Afghanistan. Different situation.

edited 7th Mar '12 6:59:12 AM by TheBatPencil

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Pyroninja42 Forum Villain from the War Room Since: Jan, 2011
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#47: Mar 7th 2012 at 7:00:10 AM

It's a different situation, but the principle is the same. It's an impoverished, fractured third-world nation with a massing guerrilla army. The only nation with the willingness and resources to probably pull it off (The US) is on the verge of total bankruptcy. The best bet would be some kind of NATO or UN Military Coalition, with the US as advisers or something.

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Grimview Catalytic from British Columbia Since: Mar, 2012
Catalytic
#48: Mar 7th 2012 at 7:48:41 AM

Seconding MEPT's link to this.

Kony is undoubtedly a horrible person, who needs to be brought to justice.

Invisible Children are not really the ones to be doing it, though - and I've seen news reports over the past few years, here and there, talking about how questionable the organisation is. So it's not like this guy's post is made up, or something.

Invisible Children are advocating military action against Kony, while supporting the Uganda military (and others) that act like "rape and pillage" is a perfectly valid, legal military tactic. Giving Invisible Children your money and your support is a very, very questionable thing.

Wanting to get Kony taken down is perfectly reasonable, but wanting to support this organisation's campaign... if you inform yourself of the issues and decide it's the best option, go for it. But I have trouble offering my support to any organisation that defends militaries known for the raping of entire villages.

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frog753 Non-Action Guy from CT and/or MA Since: Jul, 2009
#49: Mar 7th 2012 at 8:12:21 AM

And here I was just going to post in this thread "Yeah I watched the video last night, I knew about all this back in high school through a movie called War/Dance, this is all very good, etc."...and inevitably, as I might have supposed, there are always many sides to a story. No organization is perfect, it seems, and nothing should be taken at face value.

Know about Kony, and spread the word, because it's important to know what's going on in the world. But be careful about who you specifically support in all this. We'll see what happens.

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shotstar logical fallacy Since: Dec, 2011
logical fallacy
#50: Mar 7th 2012 at 10:02:17 AM

It's spreading like wildfire. And of course, there are already people complaining about how it detracts from other problems in the world. Which I suppose is fair in a way, but right now, I'm just amazed that it's exploded to this extent. Still, it's depressing to think that this might just be another one of those things that never goes anywhere, or that we might look back on this in a few years and wonder who the hell this Kony guy was.

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