Kony 2012!

Desert Sleepy wrote:Three minutes in, all I can think is "I don't give a fuck about your son, tell me what this is about already"

EDIT: Eight and a half minutes in, and I still don't know who "Kony" is.

EDIT: Fifteen seconds later and they finally mention him. Jesus. It would have been much more tempting to watch had they just got to the subject early.

EDIT: Much better after the eight minute mark. Starts off entirely too slow for a YouTube video/30 minute "movie".

Dexta117 wrote:

Desert Sleepy wrote:Three minutes in, all I can think is "I don't give a fuck about your son, tell me what this is about already"

EDIT: Eight and a half minutes in, and I still don't know who "Kony" is.

EDIT: Fifteen seconds later and they finally mention him. Jesus. It would have been much more tempting to watch had they just got to the subject early.

EDIT: Much better after the eight minute mark. Starts off entirely too slow for a YouTube video/30 minute "movie".

You are a bad person -.-

Dexta117 wrote:You are a bad person -.-

oO Coggy Oo wrote:Merged your thread with this one, bman.

ApocalypseVVolf. wrote:

Dexta117 wrote:

Desert Sleepy wrote:Three minutes in, all I can think is "I don't give a fuck about your son, tell me what this is about already"

EDIT: Eight and a half minutes in, and I still don't know who "Kony" is.

EDIT: Fifteen seconds later and they finally mention him. Jesus. It would have been much more tempting to watch had they just got to the subject early.

EDIT: Much better after the eight minute mark. Starts off entirely too slow for a YouTube video/30 minute "movie".

You are a bad person -.-

More like a realist.

I'm not that interested in this, what happens overseas happens, and if it creates some aura of "Yeah! Freedom!" then good for you guys, I'll be playing FarCry.

eaustinn36 wrote:How did I know they were going to market something in the end... well, it is for a good cause.


Anyways, watched the whole video, here is my impression:

Started off a little slow, but I believe the beginning was necessary to set up the background for the whole thing. No doubt that Koni needs to be stopped, as his crimes are crude. However, that being said, there will always be injustice in this world.

How many people know about Koni? Few. But, how many people here on UX have heard of Vincent Otti? Well, based on the video, he is #2 on the list. My point is, is that you could take out Koni, but then there will be a new #1, or someone else to take his place. It is injustice, but you can't "eliminate" these kind of people; they will always be there.

Look at Syria right now: 7,500 dead in under a year. This is just one example of more violence in the world. That, and, I highly doubt Koni is the only person doing this (he is just the only one getting attention at the moment), but once he is gone, someone will definitely take his place.

So, what to do.. nothing? Perhaps not; it is a major issue, but at the same time, throwing money at the problem won't bring world peace.

The only thing in the video I disagree on is that if you take out Koni, all is well (that, and at 24:50 the word "propaganda" was mentioned while showing pictures of Mercedes and Audi ). If you take out Koni, all might be well for a brief moment, but someone else will come to power. If we are serious about fixing this, it has to be a full effort; you need to fundamentally change the country (or in this case continent) to have better security and resources to counter it, otherwise it will just slip back to its old state soon enough (once the US leaves). The problem is that we (the US) can definitely not afford to do something like that.

So, in summary, do I support capturing Koni? Yes, but this one action won't change much long term.

Courtyard Droll wrote:Yes guys, remember, every post you make about how much you care and want to help saves one child. Bring this man to justice by demonstrating how caring you are as a person and posting it on your Facebook.

Jakekola wrote:

eaustinn36 wrote:How did I know they were going to market something in the end... well, it is for a good cause.


Anyways, watched the whole video, here is my impression:

Started off a little slow, but I believe the beginning was necessary to set up the background for the whole thing. No doubt that Koni needs to be stopped, as his crimes are crude. However, that being said, there will always be injustice in this world.

How many people know about Koni? Few. But, how many people here on UX have heard of Vincent Otti? Well, based on the video, he is #2 on the list. My point is, is that you could take out Koni, but then there will be a new #1, or someone else to take his place. It is injustice, but you can't "eliminate" these kind of people; they will always be there.

Look at Syria right now: 7,500 dead in under a year. This is just one example of more violence in the world. That, and, I highly doubt Koni is the only person doing this (he is just the only one getting attention at the moment), but once he is gone, someone will definitely take his place.

So, what to do.. nothing? Perhaps not; it is a major issue, but at the same time, throwing money at the problem won't bring world peace.

The only thing in the video I disagree on is that if you take out Koni, all is well (that, and at 24:50 the word "propaganda" was mentioned while showing pictures of Mercedes and Audi ). If you take out Koni, all might be well for a brief moment, but someone else will come to power. If we are serious about fixing this, it has to be a full effort; you need to fundamentally change the country (or in this case continent) to have better security and resources to counter it, otherwise it will just slip back to its old state soon enough (once the US leaves). The problem is that we (the US) can definitely not afford to do something like that.

So, in summary, do I support capturing Koni? Yes, but this one action won't change much long term.

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No matter how many terrorist leaders you eliminate, there will always be someone to take their place.