Kony 2012

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    Exactly. Efforts to stop Kony may not solve all the world's problems but they're better than nothing. Regarding, the "security" of Russell's son, the distance between him and Kony and his forces in Uganda make the idea of him being in danger pretty ... far-out.
     
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    It's not about the distance. Mad people doesn't get born once in history, you know? It is enough there is some crazy person near-by with no much reason to just wanna act pro-Kony thinking also he will get a lot of publicity for killing the child of the "hero". You people confirm to me only you never passed anything in your lives, coincidences happens, random and senseless (not so laughable) crimes too. I was persecuted by nazis without being in Germany just because of my nationality, and the pro-nazis were not german either. You're naive and even the most solid point I exposed was given contra because you're all thinking this video is the new miracle of the XXI century and nothing in it is wrong. You're all so brainwashed is incredible...
     
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    Most people don't live their lives in fear of highly improbable events. I have a feeling that if the filmmaker had a single thought in his mind that putting his son in this film would jeopardize his safety, he wouldn't have done it. The footage of his son was shot in America, where you're highly unlikely to find ANY Kony sympathizers. There's no footage of the exterior of his home, so nobody has any idea where he lives. It was just shot in a non-descript room.

    You're grasping at straws all over the place. You started off by making ignorant statements about the film and campaign without having watched the full video, which you got called on and thoroughly shot down. Then you displayed complete ignorance for what child soldiers go through and spoke about how you would have gone John Maclean on your captors' asses, which illustrates how deep into Fantasy Land your thoughts can go. Having had explained to you that what you said is not realistic, you started to go after the director for endangering his son by showing his face. Again, no leg to stand on with this argument. You're skipping from issue to issue without providing ANY logical or compelling argument.

    It boggles my mind how you can say these things with such little substantiation and knowledge.
     
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    It was in his garden, too. I see you paid a lot of attention.
    Anyway, I think I said enough bullshit here haha.
     
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    A non-descript garden, then. My point is, nothing that was put in the video would give any sociopath enough information to track down Jason Russell and harm his family. Do you realize how preposterous your suggestion is?

    Do you realize how far off the beaten path this conversation has gone? It's ridiculous how far you've driven it away from the issue at hand. "Just deflect and cover", seems to be your game plan. Or you pick out a sentence from an entire well-written post just to make a snide, childish and poorly thought-out comment.

    The first correct statement you've said in this thread.
     
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    I look at it this way...

    A group of millionaires want you to donate to their cause. 31% of the money goes to the cause. The cause is finding a guy that people believe are dead, or has fled the country. They admit that they have no idea where he is, but want you to keep giving them money until they find the guy that could possibly be dead or not even in the country you are supposedly giving money to. The people in said country are angry at this organization and believe that they are misleading people. Since the majority of people here don't give 2 shits about Africa and can't even point to Uganda on a map, they will believe the video 100% because it is very well executed. People will then give away their U.S. dollars to this repeatedly criticized organization, but will not donate to causes or even do community service to help their fellow citizens in the country they reside in despite the fact that the country is on the verge of collapsing.

    I'm not donating to this shit.

    Think about if the U.S. was a barely known country and some foreign millionaires made a campaign to help gay teens and made this really convincing video that made everyone think that the majority of gay teens in the U.S. are bullied, killed, or suicidal. They receive a shitload of donations because it involves kids' lives. They will keep needing donations until it all stops. They won't address that bullying comes from self-esteem issues or anything or the like, because that not much of a convincing enemy...sorta like how Uganda's problems stem from being a poor/corrupt country with a lack of schools and jobs.
     
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    -Jason Russell plus the garden. You've got the name, what else does a sociopath need to start searching effectively for a person? It must not even be a pro-Kony person. Just someone who needs attention or to vent, as well as those who kills a person for 5 dollars or because someone wanted to caress your dog (all of that happened already). There would be nothing wrong from you in admitting he put in danger his own son to eventually save others.
    -Preposteruous? Yeah I notice you used some out-of-ordinary words, impressive. Well I got to admit I looked up the dictionary a couple of times but not because I am analphabet but because English is my THIRD language, while you might know one only. So you certainly didn't do a nice show with your statement here.
    -I picked just one sentence? Oh sorry, as I said previously, that's what you people were doing all along my posts so I don't feel uncomfortable by doing the same.
    -I am taking so long to accept the idea of the mass? Well, a good opinion needs a strong sustain.
     
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    Hands down one of the best posts I've seen.

    Why not help Uganda's poverty and education, health care, etc. instead of catching ONE guy? Remember when Osama Bin Laden was captured? The taliban and Al Queda still exist!!
     
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    Agreed. I will admit that when I first watched the video, I was moved. I was inspired because it's a very good documentary, and it wanted to show the world the power of the Internet.
    After looking into it and reading critiques, I'm sure Invisible Children means well, but it's not convincing enough to me anymore. I think all the hype and people supporting it from one day to another was mainly because the video gave them one simple task: share this video to help. With a simple click they could feel like they had done something great and could save the children in the LRA.
     
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    Those concerns have already been addressed in other posts and press releases. The InvisibleChildren site itself said that Kony and the LRA have moved to other countries. It's amazing how people seem to keep missing the point.

    To be clear: I'm not advocating people should donate to InvisibleChildren or TRI, but there's a lot of people who are too quick to deflect this as some sort of fraud or scam. This is an awareness campaign, first and foremost. I don't believe the video explicitly says "Donate to Uganda now!". A portion of the money you're donating allows InvisibleChildren to continue spreading awareness, from funding the purchase of materials they put in their awareness kits to the video production costs. The other portion goes to rehabilitation and education projects in Uganda for affected children.

    And yeah, the CEOs take home a healthy 80-90k in salary, but they need to make a living anyways. Jason himself has a family to support, he can't be spending all his time working on this project, travelling all over the world, and getting the word out while his family suffers financially. You would do the same. That is, unless somebody points me to some credible documentation that says the CEOs are millionaires, I will concede that point. But I haven't heard anything about that until now.

    You don't have to donate or even participate in the whole Kony 2012 campaign to admit that the idea itself is well-intentioned.
     
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    [video=youtube;MCQ7VLoY7bQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQ7VLoY7bQ[/video]
     
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    It's about time our generation had its own Pee Wee Herman-ish scandal.
     
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    What I find ridiculous, is that there's a gif that is supposedly him BUTT-NAKED, and Wall Street Journal reported "director detained, hospitalized after “exhibiting bizarre behavior” while dressed only in underwear". Something isn't right.
     
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    I know right? :lol: It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
     
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    In Pee-Wee's defense, he was masturbating in an adult movie theater. He's not the first person and certainly won't be the last person to jack off in a porno theater. It sounds like this guy was choking the chicken while walking around town :lol:
     
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    http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/16/jason-russell-video-naked-meltdown-kony/

    You mean this? :p

    Idk, it's not like you see his face clearly but yeah.

    And oh yeah, Invisible Children, masturbation... ain't that priceless.
     
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  20. Jason Russell wasn't masturbating guys. He was doing some invisible children.

    Seriously though, this man has problems. On Invisible Children's website here is his bio:

    LOL :awesome:
     

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