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Kony's a faggot
Oh god, i was so glad nobody had posted this, but you just had to do it PJ -__-
Came here to post that^^ Funny how they blocked that link on Facebook. Brainwashing people all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Chow
+1 and was also hoping no one was posting this hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Jay Chow
lol tttQuote:
Originally Posted by Jay Chow
Some are saying its a reason for us to occupy Africa to slow down China's expansion. If anything it has showed a lot of peoples levels of compassion to themselves and also showed how people can make money off of compassion. Who knows what is going on really? Maybe its just a lesson to be learned about the power of facebook
It's crazy how like no one knew anything about this a few days ago and now it's the most important thing in the world. I don't see how it's different or more important than what's going on in Liberia or the Congo or Beirut. Invisible Children is sketchy. They donate less than half of every dollar they receive....Most of it goes towards there salaries and producing more videos.
Yeah I was all on board till this was pointed out to me. The concept is good but the money needs to go 100% to the causeQuote:
Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert
exactly my point in this brother, its nowhere near as bad as shit going on in the Congo or other places in the world, yet people are still getting all high and mighty about the smallest criticism :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert
It could be scam...but what if its not? What if the power of facebook and the Internet took out a bad person in one year. Think of what good be done next. Who's attention we could point the world towards to take them down. But its probablly a scam. Still on the fence.
My stance on the whole deal is simply this... it's children... those are little kids who are being robbed of their basic human rights. Regardless of the legitimacy of the charity foundation or their intentions they've accomplished something that astounds me. They've brought the world together with an idea. If Kony is captured it will give people a sense of empowerment. People will no longer believe that they can't have an impact on the world! That is the part I'm mostly excited about... Of course I will gladly donate money that finances the peoples salary who are trying to stop this... If these people have to go out and get normal jobs then they can't focus on their goal the way they are suppose to... I think it's a good thing. I'm tired of the politics... just do whatever it takes to make it right...
Agreed. Except you'd probably have to kill those kids to capture Kony. They are his personal army and will protect him after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ Sisco
not if you offer them candy over a loudspeaker! haha jk... I understand that is an issue. But, something has to be done. They just need to install a facial recognition program on a robot and set it lose in the jungle hahaha... "Object identified... Joseph Kony... objective... terminate... skadooooosssshhhh".... If only it were that easy :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Max P.
i agree with your point about it being children man, this shit should not be allowed to happen to them so much, its fucked up that it does. but funding the Ugandan army which is known for more atrocities than Kony himself is ridiculous, the whole stance on empowering the military is so stupid as i doubt the Ugandan army has had any problem killing the child soldiers in combat up until now, simply making them stronger will only result in countless more innocents being killed.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ Sisco
According to the article I just posted two posts above, they don't fund any army.
i wish people could spread this message about the DRUG WAR in our own country which afflicts the ENTIRE AMERICAN CONTINENT. With deaths in the thousands EVERY YEAR. But wait, its ok we are curbing American addiction and not only opening the black market to children also but enlarging our prision system to hold 25% of the worlds prisoners, not to mention how everyone in other countries DIE because of our demand for drugs. But wait kony who has an army of only a FEW HUNDRED children is much more important. Better go tweet that on my ipod because I'm a huge cunt.
i know man thats what i've been saying to people, we have thousands dying from obesity, lung cancer, drug abuse and nobody even cares and its happening right now and we know how to fix it, yet still nothing. just pisses me off how people only wanna see this one problem and then pretend everything else is okay :/Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlemange August K.
As a few of you guys know, I run a non-profit too. Mine delivers 100% of our proceeds to charities/programs-But ya gotta remember, we are an anomaly.
Plain and simple- These guys do suck. It really sucks saying that too. I was really optimistic when I saw it. Really wanted to join in, paint the streets and go forward. But 37% is pathetic. Mismanagement is an understatement-
Personally, any 501c3 that does less than 70% is SHADY. Let alone half of that...
Sad day.
Either way though, I hope they take out that sick fuck Kony.
Buy a bracelet and catch a war criminal? How exactly do donations help catch him.
Btw, if u look at their financials they have six million in the bank. Sounds like they dont need more money
I like this, simples!Quote:
Kony's a faggot
I am in the military, I'd kill Kony for free. And I sure as shit wouldn't do it with flyers and bracelets.
Surprisingly...overnight, they had a huge JUMP in their rating on CharityNavigator.org
They went from TOTAL SHIT to a decent organization... wtf... Anyone have any ideas?
My guess is that they were counting things PROPERLY, then they figured out "how" others file their paperwork. Sad, but true.
They always LOOK better than they really are. Still surprising...
I say we open up 10th Planet Uganda teach the kids 10th planet JJ, then when Kony wakes them kids up they can start issueing beat downs of their own.
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/video...16p80re9j8X31h
There's always 3 sides to a story his side our side and the truth....u determined
I have to be honest with you when I first saw the Kony2012 poster I thought the guy was running for President somewhere and just had a really extreme No Child Left Behind Act
Lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Perez
I watched the whole video and it reminded me of the year of my life that I spent as a member of a Socialist organization. Definitely not in a rush to get all culty with more college students, so I will pass on Kony 2012. However, I will be interested to see what happens on April 20th.
My favorite part of that Kony video was of the crying chick who was like I have so many "friends" suffering in Uganda right now and people just need to know and understand what we are doing. Ok first off, this probably a "cause" her college friends talked her into so she didn't feel the guilt of her parents providing a full ride to college for her, and two people just love their activism to feel like they can say look at me world I made a difference, I am a better person than you because I watched the Kony video, bought the KONY lunch box and actually believed they weren't taking money from supposedly educated people. I am in Afghanistan right now. I with a heavy heart know full well I am making no difference, no progress and the people here still hate us and don't want to change. A few flyers and braclets 48,000,000 likes on Facebook isn't going to change the world. Want Kony? Pick a gun and start searching.
Is Invisible Children a perfectly well run charity? Clearly the answer is no.
Does that invalidate the fact that there is an issue here? No.
If nothing else, perhaps the way in which the video went viral helped to raise awareness of the situation, and perhaps help us as Americans to think outside of our comfort zones for a moment.
There's so much help we can offer in so many places and circumstances all over the world (and even in our own country). I hope that the potential shadiness of one organization doesn't sour any of you to the idea of giving (whether you give your money or yourself) and making a difference in the lives of people around you or abroad.
Unfortunately, many people will uncover some of the dirt on this organization and say, "see this is why I don't give to charity," assigning their guilt to all charities (unjustly so). The same thing happens with churches, too. The morons ruin what could otherwise be an amazing thing for the world.
In the end though, all organizations are filled with and run by humans. Humans make mistakes and bad decisions. Lots of them. Don't let these mistakes turn you off from being what you should be.
Giving 100% of the proceeds is impossible! Doing things cost $, positive or negative. That's just the facts. No chairities are perfet. I agree with Brandon^^^.
KONY 2012 He deserves to be punished. Yes, some of the brainwashed children will fight for him but a lot more children will be saved !
Yeah but giving about 37% of the proceeds doesn't make sense. The 4 CEOs of the company have a salary of $80,000+ For people that just want to save the world, they're looking pretty shady in the process. This didn't put me off of helping people but made me really look into an organization firstQuote:
Originally Posted by CaseyD
that's a reasonable response.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brent Smith
+1 I know it's cynical as shit to say things like this, but we really need to ask ourselves why this particular issue is gaining traction. When I see a group of mostly white, mostly college educated people (I am both by the way) having anything to do with Africa, alarm bells start going off in my head. At what point does this become less about saving children and more about assuaging white guilt?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle Spalla
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/201...e-mans-burden/
WITH another 25% to awareness programs. That doesnt count? That's at least 62% of the funds are going back into these kids; which is actually pretty good.
There's a bad guy in Africa? NO FUCKING WAY.