Kony 2012

[LemonJam]

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About KONY 2012

Who is Joseph Kony?

Joseph Kony is the world’s worst war criminal. In 1987 he took over leadership of an existing rebel group and renamed it the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

The LRA has earned a reputation for its cruel and brutal tactics. When Joseph Kony found himself running out of fighters, he started abducting children to be soldiers in his army or “wives” for his officers. The LRA is encouraged to rape, mutilate, and kill civilians–often with blunt weapons.

The LRA is no longer active in northern Uganda (where it originated) but it continues its campaign of violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. In its 26-year history, the LRA has abducted more than 30,000 children and displaced at least 2.1 million people.

What is the goal of KONY 2012?

Invisible Children has been working for 9 years to end Africa’s longest-running armed conflict. U.S. military advisers are currently deployed in Central Africa on a “time-limited” mission to stop Kony and disarm the LRA. If Kony isn’t captured this year, the window will be gone.

We are taking action to ensure these two things:

1) That Joseph Kony is known as the World’s Worst War Criminal.

2) That the U.S. military advisers support the Ugandan Army until Kony has been captured and the LRA has been completely disarmed. They need to follow through all the way and finish what they have started.

Why are we making Joseph Kony “famous”?

Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 campaign aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. In this case, notoriety translates to public support. If people know about the crimes that Kony has been committing for 26 years, they will unite to stop him.

Secondly, we want Kony to be famous so that when he is stopped, he will be a visible, concrete example of international justice. Then other war criminals will know that their mass atrocities will not go unnoticed or unpunished.



http://www.kony2012.com/


I'm not really good at telling people what to do... but please watch the video. It's 30 minutes of your time and... it'll be worth it.

If someone could sticky this etc that'd be awesome. :)

[Samuel.]

Bumping this. Needs to be watched.

[Z]

Watching now James :)

[Jesus.]

Really inspiring. Sincere thanks for posting LJ. I will definitely be contributing financially and getting involved on April 20th.

[Niall]

A girl in my form went and spoke to use all about it today. Its an awesome idea. And the things this man has done are just beyond inhuman. I was so disgusted when I found out what he did.

[Z]

I am so glad I watched this, thank you for sharing James!

[Lee.]

I'm in. What an inspirational and humbling film..

[Ninastar]

I feel like this is a cult after reading your responses

-watches-

[King Gizzard]

Stickied it..I'll have a watch later

[LemonJam]

A girl in my form went and spoke to use all about it today. Its an awesome idea. And the things this man has done are just beyond inhuman. I was so disgusted when I found out what he did.

I'm shocked that 99% of the world don't even know who the man is! Had I not watched the video quite frankly I'd be completely oblivious about the whole thing.

I think the message is spreading really quick though because whenever I go on the site now the server fails so I've had a bit of trouble on it, definitely gonna buy the kit and donate when possible though!

[LemonJam]

Thank you so much Nate :bigsmile:

[King Gizzard]

Yeah.. these sort of African atrocities are pretty much unknown to us because there's no oil involved at all, it's sad

[Niall]

I just watched the video in full and I really do think I'm gonna buy that action kit.

[Lee.]

I've tried to get back on the site to share on FB etc, but it says its temporarily unavailable...

[LemonJam]

yeah I've had problems with it as well Lee :\ I'm just hoping the reason is that it's getting so much attention!

[Niall]

I'm shocked that 99% of the world don't even know who the man is! Had I not watched the video quite frankly I'd be completely oblivious about the whole thing.

I think the message is spreading really quick though because whenever I go on the site now the server fails so I've had a bit of trouble on it, definitely gonna buy the kit and donate when possible though!

Me too! You'd think that he'd be spoken about in schools or something? It shocks me how something so abhorrent has gone on relatively unchecked. :bored:

I'm gonna copy you and put that banner in my sig LJ. Its a great idea. :D

[Lee.]

Me too Niall... 'cept I don't know how to. James could you pm me what to put as my sig please? Or could a mod maybe just do it for me? :)

[King Gizzard]

I'll do it one sec

[Niall]

Me too Niall... 'cept I don't know how to. James could you pm me what to put as my sig please? Or could a mod maybe just do it for me? :)

Just paste this into your sig, I resized it so I could have it along with my Mockingjay Pin and I embedded the link to website within it:

[*URL="http://www.kony2012.com/"][*IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2pqas.png[/IMG][/URL]

Just get rid of *'s in there and it'll be good to go. :D

[Jords]

Getting right behind this. A really important campaign in my eyes. I have shared on Facebook and Twitter.

[King Gizzard]

Top trend on twitter now

[LemonJam]

Great news. :amazed:

[Brother Leon]

Yeah, knew about him already. I don't usually agree with who the western world labels as Villains etc, and usually feel they should mind their own business. However this guy is different.

He has an army of people who see him an a hero though and would pretty much die for him if need be.

[King Gizzard]

Loads of celebs/musicians on it now. Would not be surprised if it's on TV today

[Jords]

Rihanna just tweeted it :worship:

[Shaun]

I've been trying to access the website to buy the pack for a while now and it's just down all the time... only a good thing I guess

[Jords]

Same Shaun!

[Ninastar]

how much is the pack?

[Ninastar]

the site is down for me too

:sad:

[Shaun]

oh... the pack is $30... and then shipping :sad: I can't afford this :( they had posters too for $5 but the shipping was $20 :/

[King Gizzard]

Cyber-sharing is still better I think, and it will be everywhere faster then the founders could ever imagine

[Ninastar]

oh... the pack is $30... and then shipping :sad: I can't afford this :( they had posters too for $5 but the shipping was $20 :/

i can't afford that either D:

[Jords]

I really want a wristband thoughhhhh

[Brother Leon]

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~trowb20a/classweb/image/konyandwives.jpg

I know I shouldn't, but the photo made me chuckle. It reminds me of so many Ghetto photos where the leader poses near his crew, only Kony is proud of damn children.

[Ninastar]

what can we join on facebook?

[LemonJam]

what can we join on facebook?

http://www.facebook.com/invisiblechildren :bigsmile:

[Ramsay]

kony has such a punchable face

[Ninastar]

the pledge is here

http://www.causes.com/causes/227-invisible-children

[Ramsay]

signed that pledge thing and made kony my cover photo

[Glenn.]

Just watched the video. Such a good cause and so much determination.

[MTVN]

That was quite eye opening, I had never heard of him tbh, sadly I think things like child sodiers are a lot more prevalent in Africa, in countries like Sudan, Somalia etc., than people often realise

Nice to see Tim Tebow involved as one of the cultural figures

[Shaun]

it's a good cure for depression, really. You can't watch that video and not feel at least a little bit happier about humanity.

[Brother Leon]

That was quite eye opening, I had never heard of him tbh, sadly I think things like child sodiers are a lot more prevalent in Africa, in countries like Sudan, Somalia etc., than people often realise

Nice to see Tim Tebow involved as one of the cultural figures

Sierra Leone is the only country kids are taught about and even then it's a side topic to the blood diamonds.

[Jords]

Joined and pledged.

Last.fmers I made a group if you wanna join -----> http://www.last.fm/group/Lets+Make+Kony+Famous+on+Last.fm

[Glenn.]

It will be interesting to see if they succeed on April 20th

[CharlieO]

I cant view the video :sad:

[Novo]

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~trowb20a/classweb/image/konyandwives.jpg

I know I shouldn't, but the photo made me chuckle. It reminds me of so many Ghetto photos where the leader poses near his crew, only Kony is proud of damn children.

I thought the same thing.. The Outlawz back in town

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-behESBjtAyA/TqkMZOaIJYI/AAAAAAAAAIk/KF3HhU2HfzY/s1600/11010_The+Outlawz+-+Tupac+Back+%2528G-Mix%2529+Lyrics.jpg

[Novo]

He reportedly made annual trips to the Ato Hills in Uganda. He would allegedly ascend to the highest of the hills and lie down in the hot sun for days. He would be covered by a blanket of red termites that slashed deeply into his skin. Oil from the Yao plant was spread over his body. Then he would enter a cave and stay in seclusion for weeks

:crazy:

[Novo]

http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/kony+2012_1b04c3_3422881.jpg

This is Ninastar

[Jesus.]

oh... the pack is $30... and then shipping :sad: I can't afford this :( they had posters too for $5 but the shipping was $20 :/

It said in the video that the pack is free if you can make a commitment of a few dollars each month. I'll be sorting out a standing order later for it, so I'll let you know.

[Callum]

Wow, very powerful video. Everyone should watch this and not be put off by the length of the video. I'm going to sign the pledge and buy the action kit. This horrible man needs to be caught.

[Marc]

This cause/movement is incredible felt myself tearing up whilst watching

[LemonJam]

A really informative "anti-Kony2012" post on tumblr here that kind of puts things in a different light:

http://racismschool.tumblr.com/post/18894949162/we-got-trouble

At this point I'm still supporting the campaign, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some doubts.

[Shaun]

There seem to be quite a few hesitant to support the campaign, or who're satirising how widespread it's become. It seems to have been painted in a very simplistic "good vs. evil" light which I suppose is just too blase for some of the more self-righteous.

[King Gizzard]

when I first saw it I must admit I didn't like how it was called Kony 2012, alot of people who've asked me about it immediately thought it/he was good because he was in the title

[Brother Leon]

I feel the guy needs to be punished, death even, but I was never going to buy the things being offered and set it as display pictures etc.


There are so many other suitable causes aswell. The world can be a pretty ****ed place.

[Novo]

Imagine if his name was Edward or George this whole campaign wouldn't exist.. people just love the name " Kony "

[Ammi]

My internet's running too slow to run it, after being reconnected, ...I'll try again tomorrow

Is there another link..I could try that?

...found it..I'll try that

[Kazanne]

Just watched it,those poor kids,I will definately be doing what i can to help.

[Ammi]

I was privileged enough to have met orphans who have escaped similar lives and are 'healing' through music and dance, unfortunately their parents and siblings were not so lucky. I can say, hand on heart, that those young people, as young as 10 years old are the most inspirational people I have ever met.....with everything they have suffered and endured...every one of them had complete faith, trust and love for everyone they met...the only thing on their faces was a huge smile....and they would hug...everyone.
..they are the lucky ones..I will pledge...but my only worry is that there are many 'Kony's and it will still go on

[MTVN]

I'm a bit sceptical of entrusting and supporting the Ugandan military with this if I'm honest, they're no stranger to carrying out atrocities themselves :/

http://www.afrol.com/articles/11238
http://ugandansabroad.org/2010/10/02/u-n-goes-public-on-updf-atrocities-with-damning-report/

[Jords]

They are making it a very 'positive' operation I believe. Make Kony famous, call it Kony 2012, use celebs to spread the word. It has a gloom and doom core but they want people to get excited by the campaign and support it rather than feeling depressed and meh.

If he is captured its has a greater sense of victory for everybody. A different approach from the normal negative vibe attached - a very clever tactic and I think its great.

Lets catch Kony.

[Lee.]

The "cup's half empty" brigade will always look deeper into this kind of thing than is necessary and try to find sinister or evil motives for the good work done by them.

[Harry!]

I will join the campaign and on the 20th April I will put posters round my city. Even if you do not buy the posters from the shop you can still print them off from home and distribute them that way. You are still supporting the cause and that is the most important thing. He needs to be caught and brought to justice.

[CharlieO]

Just managed to view the video. Very inspirational but can't ignore the bias within it. There will be other factors in the matter not known by us or even him.

Though I still believe in the cause and like the whole coming together as a community with it. I wish I was in a city to do the night thing.

[Samuel.]

Quite a few people talking about it at college. Amazing how fast stuff like this spreads. The internet >

[Niall]

Hopefully I can get the action kit. I really want one of those bracelets and some posters to put up around the school and stuff.

[Roy Mars III]

A very good and powerful video. The only real problem is that the Ugandan army itself is known for looting, killing, and raping innocent people as well.

[Roy Mars III]

sadly, most have not, even though it's been going on for twenty years.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Will definitely do my best to promote awareness. Gonna put posters up everywhere but one thing and I'm serious, will I get fined by the council?

[Jords]

Join Last.fmers http://www.last.fm/group/Lets+Make+Kony+Famous+on+Last.fm

:worship:

[Patrick]

He's ******ing raping my news feed and everyone needs to calm down and stop acting like they've been apart of this 'movement' for years when half of them are just on a bandwagon trying to keep up with the latest thing to complain about.

But this made me laugh;

http://510921.likedopt.info/

[Niamh.]

He's ******ing raping my news feed and everyone needs to calm down and stop acting like they've been apart of this 'movement' for years when half of them are just on a bandwagon trying to keep up with the latest thing to complain about.

But this made me laugh;

http://510921.likedopt.info/

I was just reading those, the Kony ur some bollox one made me laugh

[Shaun]

yeah raping newsfeeds is so much more annoying than raping children

[Brother Leon]

The memes I have been shown



I'm going hell :(:joker:

[Patrick]

'Kony's sound wen u get to know him (http://510650.likedopt.info/?ref=main) LOL.

[rk3388]

invisible children is misleading
Raise awareness for the cause, not for the organization.
It would be smart not to donate through them.
last year they only actually used 30% of their profit for the cause, and a lot of it was just for campaigns to support the military..

[Patrick]

So, Peter Pan can gather a child army and that's fine. But when a black man does it....

[Roy Mars III]

invisible children is misleading
Raise awareness for the cause, not for the organization.
It would be smart not to donate through them.
last year they only actually used 30% of their profit for the cause, and a lot of it was just for campaigns to support the military..

yea, agreed.

[Kizzy]

Why did fonejacker just pop into my head...if you want to raise awareness make a poster, dont buy one.

[Brother Leon]

*Fights urge*

Can...no...longer....hold....back



http://i.qkme.me/36hhc4.jpg
:(

[InOne]

The memes I have been shown



I'm going hell :(:joker:

There is already a number of jokes on sickipedia lol

[MTVN]

Yeah, while it has at least increased awareness I wouldn't support Invisible Children and the way they're going about "Kony 2012", if you take a look at these two links

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/
http://jezebel.com/5891269/think-twice-before-donating-to-kony-2012-the-meme-du-jour

What is interesting to see though is how many people have rallied behind this, people who normally couldn't care less about anything political or about problems in Africa are suddenly posting statuses about it, sharing the video, saying they'll attend and so on, shows the power of Facebook I guess

[Brother Leon]

Hopefully these people rallying do the same for all the Child Soldiers in Africa.

[CharlieO]

That whole truth about invisible children thing is very eye opening. I don't support invisible children at all. All for peace and that but not when the private benefit of the whole organisation outweighs the social benefit.

[LemonJam]

awkward moment when you realise you're on the fence about the campaign and you're the thread creator.

[Samuel.]

Well, the raising awareness part is good regardless if the donation side of things is a bit questionable.

[Jords]

Woah just read that about Invisible Children. 30%? Thats damn right rude and taking advantage of our money.

Not going to donate now. I want a wristband though to help spread the word, might buy 1 off Amazon if any go on.

[Ninastar]

Well, the raising awareness part is good regardless if the donation side of things is a bit questionable.

this

raising awareness is free, but paying that amount (which is quite a lot) when only so little goes to the cause is pointless imo

[Ramsay]

are they really allowed do that?

[King Gizzard]

That picture of them holding weapons like hard nuts pissed me off. I'm glad i've gotten to know about Kony, and the government might do something regardless now, but IC themselves...

[ILoveTRW]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/424844_316654368388957_234897473231314_791717_6093 28334_n.jpg

[Me. I Am Salman]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/424844_316654368388957_234897473231314_791717_6093 28334_n.jpg

KMT .. :bored:

[Ramsay]

some of the kony jokes are classss:joker:

[Ramsay]

''Kony can Rape me and my kids any day with his fat cock''
haaaa!!

[ILoveTRW]

http://t.qkme.me/36hf93.jpg
http://t.qkme.me/36hj1c.jpg
http://t.qkme.me/36hf0p.jpg

[ILoveTRW]

okay this is the best
http://t.qkme.me/36hkn0.jpg

[Patrick]

It's just annoyed me that people couldn't of got this up in arms about ACTA - considering that affects us alot more than this.

But whatever.

[rk3388]

are they really allowed do that?

unfortunately , yes. :(
It was worse when after the haiti earthquake, some organizations were only giving as little as 12% directly to haiti.
And the funds going directly to the haiti government got even more cut because the government only used a small portion of that to help all of their people :(

[rk3388]

But GOOD ON THEM for the awareness, and hopefully we'll stop kony.

[ILoveTRW]

http://i.imgur.com/IuUFp.jpg

[Kizzy]

How strange, from incensed to just another laff in a couple of hours.

[Roy Mars III]

welcome to the internet

[InOne]

I wonder what Kony's cut in all these donations will be

[Ramsay]

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/428262_183938018384809_165948343517110_269883_1888 154841_n.jpg

[Shaun]

I don't think there's anything wrong with Kony jokes... if anything they add to how well-known and widespread he's becoming

[Jords]

You have to point laughter in the darkest of areas else life would be too depressing.

[Jords]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/424844_316654368388957_234897473231314_791717_6093 28334_n.jpg


http://t.qkme.me/36hj1c.jpg


:joker::joker:

[Ammi]

You have to point laughter in the darkest of areas else life would be too depressing.

..yes..there would be mass suicides if we thought too deeply all the time...balance

[Novo]

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/431766_333866003317849_100000833572158_795339_2042 423404_n.jpg

[Shaun]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html

Thank you for reading this and doing further research about Invisible Children and Kony 2012. In response to this explosion of interest about the Kony 2012 film, there have been hundreds of thousands of comments in support of the arrest of Joseph Kony and the work of Invisible Children. However, there have also been a few pieces written that are putting out false or mis-leading information about these efforts. This statement is our official response to some of these articles and is a source for accurate information about Invisible Children’s mission, financials and approach to stopping LRA violence.

Invisible Children’s mission is to stop LRA violence and support the war affected communities in Central Africa. These are the three ways we achieve that mission. Each is essential: 1) Document and make the world aware of the LRA. This includes making documentary films and touring these films around the world so that they are seen for free by millions of people. 2) Channeling the energy and awareness from informed viewers of IC films into large scale advocacy campaigns that have mobilized the international community to stop the LRA and protect civilians. 3) Operate programs on the ground in the LRA-affected areas to provide protection, rehabilitation and development assistance.

As you will see, we spend roughly one third of our money on each of these three goals. This three-prong approach is what makes invisible children unique. Some organizations focus exclusively on documenting human rights abuses, some focus exclusively on international advocacy or awareness, and some focus exclusively on, on-the-ground development. We do all three. At the same time. This comprehensive model is intentional and has shown to be very effective.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/images/breakdownofexpenses.jpg

Invisible Children’s financial statements are online for everyone to see. Financial statements from the last 5 years, including our 990, are available at www.invisiblechildren.com/financials. The organization spent 80.46% on our programs that further our three fold mission, 16.24% on administration and management costs and 3.22% on direct fundraising in FY2011. Invisible Children is independently audited every year and in full compliance with our 501 c 3 status.

Below is a screen-shot from pages 35 and 36 of the 2011 Invisible Children annual report that detail our total expenses for Fiscal Year 2011. An expense statement by class is the way nonprofits present their expenses to the public because it’s the clearest way to show the purpose of different organizational expenses vs. a line item expense statement such as the one on Page 6 of our Audited Financial Report.

Re: Charity Navigator Rating

Charity Navigator gives our Programs its highest rating of 4 stars. Our Accountability and Transparency score is currently at 2 stars due primarily to the single fact that Invisible Children does not have 5 independent voting members on our board of directors--we currently have 4. We are in the process of interviewing potential board members, and we will add an additional independent member this year in order to regain our 4-star rating by 2013. We have been independently audited by Considine and Considine, since the fiscal year end of June 30, 2006 and all of our audits have resulted in unqualified opinions on the audit reports.

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Re: Ugandan government human rights record

We do not defend any of the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Ugandan government or the Ugandan army (UPDF). None of the money donated through Invisible Children ever goes to the government of Uganda. Yet the only feasible and proper way to stop Kony and protect the civilians he targets is to coordinate efforts with regional governments.

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Re: Why work with the UPDF if the LRA is no longer in northern Uganda

The LRA left northern Uganda in 2006. The LRA is currently active in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. Invisible Children’s mission is to stop Joseph Kony and the LRA wherever they are and help rehabilitate LRA-affected communities. The Ugandan government’s army, the UPDF, is more organized and better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries (DRC, South Sudan, CAR) to track down Joseph Kony. Part of the US strategy to stop Kony is to encourage cooperation between the governments and armies of the 4 LRA-affected countries. The LRA was active in Uganda for nearly 20 years, displacing 1.7 million people and abducting at least 30,000 children. The people and government of Uganda have a vested interested in seeing him stopped.

There's more in the link about their action plans.

[Shaun]

And a take on their defence from a neutral source :tongue:

A new campaign spreading across the Internet says it has one goal in mind: Make Joseph Kony, the Ugandan leader of the violent Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) “famous” so he can be brought to justice.

The viral film was created by Invisible Children, a charity that seeks to end the conflict in Uganda and raises awareness about the use of child soldiers and other human rights abuses by Kony and the LRA.

But some activists have voiced concerns about the methods used by Invisible Children to raise awareness.

Jedediah Jenkins, director of idea development for Invisible Children, called the criticism “myopic” and said the film represented a “tipping point” in that it got young people to care about an issue on the other side of the planet that doesn’t affect them.

#StopKony has been trending worldwide on Twitter since Tuesday, and, as of this writing, the video “Kony2012” has a combined 15 million views on YouTube and Vimeo.

Kony is undeniably brutal, and the World Bank estimates that under his leadership the LRA has abducted and forced around 66,000 children to fight with them during the past two decades. In October, President Obama committed 100 U.S. troops to help the Ugandan army remove Kony.

But in November, a Foreign Affairs article pointedly challenged the tactics used by Invisible Children and other nonprofits working in the region to raise awareness. “Such organizations have manipulated 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,” the magazine wrote.

One of Invisible Children’s partner organizations, Resolve, responded to the accusation at the time in a blog post, calling it a “serious charge ... published with no accompanying substantiation.”

Jenkins maintained Wednesday that the numbers the charity uses are not exaggerated, as they are the same numbers used by Human Rights Watch and the U.N.

Charity Navigator, a U.S.-based charity evaluator, gives Invisible Children three out of four stars overall, four stars financially, and two stars for accountability and transparency.

Invisible Children has two stars, Jenkins said, because the charity has only four independent board members instead of five. He said it is currently interviewing for a fifth position.

A bill Invisible Children helped pass into law in 2009 has also been criticized. The bill is designed to support stabilization and peace in Uganda and areas affected by the LRA. Critics say it has strengthened the hand of the Ugandan president, whose security forces have a human rights abuse record of their own. The Enough Project, an NGO that fights genocide and human rights abuses, has said the bill’s bipartisan support showed people “come together for peace.”

“There is a huge problem with political corruption in Africa,” said Jenkins. “If we had the purity to say we will not partner with anyone corrupt, we couldn’t partner with anyone.”

Human rights activists agree, however, that the abuses of the LRA are far worse than those of Uganda’s security forces. Over the past two decades, the LRA made it common practice to enter towns and kill the adults, take the male children as soldiers, and sexually abuse the female children.

Lt. Col. Mamadou Gaye, a military spokesman for a United Nations stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said recently that the LRA “has been weakened” by military efforts. The group is believed to now have only about 250 armed members. Gen. Carter Ham, the head of U.S. Africa Command, said recently that Kony was no longer in Uganda.

On April 20, Invisible Children is calling on its supporters to stop Kony and the LRA’s campaign once and for all — by using the social media and viral tactics that have made “Kony2012” so widespread.

“This is the day when we will meet at sundown and blanket every street in every city until the sun comes up,” Jason Russell, who directed the film for Invisible Children, says in the video. “The rest of the world will go to bed Friday night and wake up to hundreds of thousands of posters demanding justice.”

But “Visible Children,” a Tumblr blog that has received much attention for questioning the efforts of Invisible Children, wrote Wednesday that those social media tactics aren’t helping. “These problems are highly complex, not one-dimensional and, frankly, aren’t of the nature that can be solved by postering, film-making and changing your Facebook profile picture, as hard as that is to swallow,” the blog wrote.

Jenkins doesn’t agree. “There is only so much policymakers and foundations can do,” he said. He thinks that if a high schooler and a adult were asked today who Joseph Kony is, only the high schooler would know the answer, as a result of Invisible Children’s film.

“The film has reached a place in the global consciousness where people know who Kony is, they know his crimes,” Jenkins said. “Kids know and they respond. And then they won’t allow it to happen anymore.”

From the Washington Post.

[Scarlett.]

So yeah, these are the guys who are behind "Invisible Children"

http://www.scarlettlion.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GlennaGordon_InvisibleChildrenA.jpg

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.

There's much more to this than meets the eye


Donating money or drawing attention to 'Invisble Children' means you are funding a charity who funds the Sudan People's Liberation Army, who themselves rape and pillage villages. I think this thread should be unstickied for these reasons

[Brother Leon]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/420982_3165215900650_1572974836_32590038_150916920 7_n.jpg

[Samuel.]

Kony 2012 =/= Invisible Children

I don't get the impression many are donating anyway. Raising awareness of who Joseph Kony is and getting the US government to care seem to be the main focus of the campaign.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Dont trust this anymore.

[Z]

http://i.imgur.com/FPEBn.jpg

[Samuel.]

Best Kony joke yet
PlV6G6Bt89s

[Benjamin]

This is one mass brainwash. I'm actually surprised how easily so many got sucked into this.

[Iceman]

This is one mass brainwash. I'm actually surprised how easily so many got sucked into this.

Yup and I was without Internet for 2 days logged on and hadnt a breeze who or what people were talking about.

[lostalex]

I don't know that "making Kony Famous" will actually get him dead. It took 10 years to make Osama dead, and he was one of the most famous people in the world that entire time. So i don't get this whole "make him famous" thing.

[Roy Mars III]

I don't know that "making Kony Famous" will actually get him dead. It took 10 years to make Osama dead, and he was one of the most famous people in the world that entire time. So i don't get this whole "make him famous" thing.

especially since Kony has been doing this for 20 years, and seriously on the run for 10. it's good to bring up the issues in africa though because they are overlooked a lot

[Vicky.]

http://vigilantcitizen.com/vigilantreport/kony-2012-state-propaganda-for-a-new-generation/

Interesting (very long) article about this kony video.

I dont know what to think tbh :/

[Vladimir]

K7UrWyjDqFE


This **** is getting funnier and funnier. :joker: These ******* aren't even capable of stealing money without streaking naked in public or recording drunken videos. :bored:

[Kizzy]

Im glad this has popped up again, my lad told me yesterday they watched a vid about this AT SCHOOL in a lesson called 'student development'......

[GypsyGoth]

K7UrWyjDqFE


This **** is getting funnier and funnier. :joker: These ******* aren't even capable of stealing money without streaking naked in public or recording drunken videos. :bored:

:shocked: :laugh2:

It's really strange. Are they just unstable guys who can't handle the money they're making from this?

[Harry!]

Cover The Night event is tomorrow, I hope to join in if I can.

[Harry!]

I have stuck a few posters round my local area and I plan to stick one more downtown tomorrow. I hope you can join in too!

[MTVN]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/529087_439023582780295_100000179718802_1845169_187 5191627_n.jpg

[Ramsay]

:joker::joker:

[Jamie.]

I saw 'Kony 2012' spray painted onto the wall outside the bank in town, and it makes it look scruffy and disappointing. But still this whole Kony situation is irritating as people make such a huge deal out of it. Sorry if this offends anyone, but I dont like having writing sprawled across the Town Center that I walk through every day.

[Scarlett.]

Coming this year

http://i.imgur.com/JfATz.jpg

Kony 2013 bitches

[Me. I Am Salman]

I just died reading through this thread.

[Doogle]

It's so scary how easily we can all be fooled until we get the full story. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

[Shaun]

ikr for all i know beyonce is actually a child rapist ;____;

[Doogle]

Don't even joke about that I would have to kill myself if it was true :sad:

[Samuel.]

#Kony2013

[Apple202]

Did people actually believe this?

[Apple202]

This is one mass brainwash. I'm actually surprised how easily so many got sucked into this.

My thoughts at the time ^^

[Kizzy]

There's a moral here somewhere....
No humour, just a moral.

[armand.kay]

Coming this year

http://i.imgur.com/JfATz.jpg

Kony 2013 bitches

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

[armand.kay]

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~trowb20a/classweb/image/konyandwives.jpg

I know I shouldn't, but the photo made me chuckle. It reminds me of so many Ghetto photos where the leader poses near his crew, only Kony is proud of damn children.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

[armand.kay]

yeah raping newsfeeds is so much more annoying than raping children
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

[armand.kay]

So, Peter Pan can gather a child army and that's fine. But when a black man does it....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

[armand.kay]

*Fights urge*

Can...no...longer....hold....back



http://i.qkme.me/36hhc4.jpg
:(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

[Brother Leon]

My posts in this thread :joker:

Just remembered.

[Harry!]

US offers up to $5m for leads on Uganda warlord Kony

The US has offered a reward of up to $5m (£3.3m) for information leading to the arrest or capture of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

The announcement came as the Ugandan army suspended a search for Kony in the Central African Republic (CAR), blaming "hostility" from its new government.

Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes.

He and his fighters are thought to be in the CAR or neighbouring countries.

US authorities say the reward is also being offered for information on two other top LRA leaders, Okot Odhiambo, and Dominic Ongwen.

The LRA has "tormented and terrorized children" in Uganda and across the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry wrote in the Huffington Post on Wednesday.

Mr Kerry said Kony and other LRA leaders "will not be easy to find", adding: "The LRA is broken down into small bands of rebels, scattered throughout dense jungle, hidden by dense canopy, controlling territory through tactics of fear and intimidation."

Decades of war

Earlier, Ugandan troops in the CAR suspended their hunt for Kony and returned to their bases in the country.

Rebel forces took power 10 days ago in the CAR and ousted President Francois Bozize, whose government was a supporter of the mission to find Kony.

The Ugandan forces are in the CAR under an African Union mandate, assisted by soldiers from other African nations, as well as US special forces.

The African Union suspended the CAR's membership after the Seleka rebel group seized power and overran the capital, Bangui.

"We have reorganised our forces, collected them in defence, as we await the decision that will follow consultations going on between the African Union and participating countries," Ugandan army spokesman Col Felix Kulaijye told the BBC.

Joseph Kony and the estimated 200-500 fighters of his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have waged war in Uganda and the region for more than two decades.

He claims the LRA is fighting to install a government in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments.

But his rebels now terrorise large swathes of the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and the CAR and he is wanted by the International Criminal Court for rape, mutilation and murder of civilians, as well as forcibly recruiting children to serve as soldiers and sex slaves.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22017853

[Niamh.]

Imagine if his name was Edward or George this whole campaign wouldn't exist.. people just love the name " Kony "

:laugh2: that made me actually lol

[Novo]

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~trowb20a/classweb/image/konyandwives.jpg

" Fall back "

[Me. I Am Salman]

#Kony2014

[arista]

#Kony2014


He Got away
with Mega Gold and Cash

[user104658]

He Got away
with Mega Gold and Cash

What's Mega Gold? I want Mega Gold!!

[Me. I Am Salman]

Will definitely do my best to promote awareness. Gonna put posters up everywhere but one thing and I'm serious, will I get fined by the council?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b2aec1c00b785349591df6e53bc1121/tumblr_muaioqI9V81r539hzo1_500.jpg

[arista]

What's Mega Gold? I want Mega Gold!!



Trucks full of it

[arista]

Yes Salman but Africa is not under USA or UK control.


They do Big Deals with China who have built brand new roads to their mines.

That evil criminal kony
got away as he was rich.

[Shaun]

arista what would you do if you met Mr. Kony

[arista]

arista what would you do if you met Mr. Kony


I would Kill him
and prove he was Dead

[Shaun]

:flutter: my hero

[Niamh.]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZV7SgLcAk6g_VUEVggEsAC8eGrst4B TgcUqfiZ1FMhIglqmvn

[Saph]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b2aec1c00b785349591df6e53bc1121/tumblr_muaioqI9V81r539hzo1_500.jpg

nadia wearing every copy of 'a little bit of action'?