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damn, was just about to post this

When I saw this starting to pop up on Facebook I was entirely cynical, and thought it was going to be some sort of rubbish.

But this has real merit, and it's an achievable goal.

You can think 'Hey, this isn't the most important thing going on'... but really, it's pretty bloody horrendous, and why can't you pitch in to help with something? All eggs don't have to be in one basket.

So while you think there's something more important that affects you and demands your and your government's time, this is something that demands an incredibly TINY amount of time/money compared to other things and yet will have a pretty huge and positive outcome.

For a little perspective on this commendable action : http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

A piece i just read on Kony 2012 and Invisible Children

End of the day, whether you agree or not with the orginisation the fact still remains that the most wanted man on the planet is known by almost nobody. I am always cynical of these facebook protests, its too easy to join the support for a cause and put up your feet without really accomplishing anything, but yesterday I didnt know who Kony was or what he had done...and now I do. I can at least thank them for that. - The rest...meh. Never been a fan of charity organisations. I won't be buying their merch, or doing anything connected to this grp. I'm just gonna tell ppl this man exists.

>> ^eric3579:

A piece i just read on Kony 2012 and Invisible Children


This too. But, I'm with Jinx on this one. I'm not going to buy their tote bag, but I will tell people about this.

CAN'T WAIT FOR THE US TO GET ENOUGH PUBLIC SUPPORT TO START A PROXY WAR WITH CHINA.

My friend who grew up in Nigeria just posted this in the comments when I posted this to facebook:

"I posted it last night also. Then it had just about 10k views. Now, it has 11M !! Wow the power of social media. Which brings me to a sobering thought. Whether we like it or not this video is a propaganda tool. Before yesterday, I knew very little about Kony. Today, I find myself hating him. I don't even know enough to hold an objective position. And I'm sure I'm not alone on this. Of course kidnapping and slaughtering children is awful!!! But having lived the first half of my life in Nigeria, a political environment closer to Uganda's than the US', I know the evil is often committed by both rebel guerillas and government troops. But, it's usually the govts that have the luxury of relationship with the west to encourage development of videos like this. So I'm not saying Kony is a saint. I hope he gets caught and prosecuted. I'm just catching myself from the gullibility of falling for a propaganda video. However well intentioned. Hopefully others will do the same."

And here's my response:

"I couldn't agree with you more. Well said and, even more importantly, we considered. Gives you a sense of the power of the medium -- especially when it's combined with social networking! I couldn't get through my first attempt to sit through this, but got to the point that he introduces Kony to his son. There is definitely some extreme bias here (isn't that the case with all documentaries, if not all cinema or media for that matter?) Your point is a good one and it just further underscores my deep belief that there needs to be some form of widespread campaign to teach people how to "read" and "interpret media -- that is, see it and read between the lines (as you have). Otherwise, we (audiences) are mere chattel to the modern day propagandists armed with nothing than a handi-cam and a youtube account."

I rarely downvote anything. I downvoted this.

Donating money to a group advocating direct military intervention in a place already ravaged by war? Is that a good idea? Anyone who donates to this cause is likely to end up with blood on their hands.

Give your money to some charity that builds things instead. The dailywhat article linked by @eric3579 lists some candidates.