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News: KONY 2012
Member Since: 11/6/2010
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This monster. 
I'll admit that i didn't want to watch it at first because i thought it was too long but i'm glad i did. I hope they find him soon.
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Originally posted by Яeo.
Just stop. Capturing him will give hope for people that capturing other warlords is possible. Stop bitching about everything and be happy the world is standing up for a good cause!
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This. 
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I agree that Kony is a bad guy, but I do not support Invisible Children.
Glad people want to help though.
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Member Since: 11/17/2010
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Originally posted by satellites™
It always has amazed me how easily fooled people are based on a video. Any fool who thinks kony is the first or only bad man to step foot on an African country clearly knows nothing about those countries, they are no different from American "bad men" who do their dirt secretly. This kit is made to snatch your money, end of discussion really.
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Wow the point of this campaign totally flew over your head.
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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make Kony known, he needed to be stopped
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Member Since: 8/20/2011
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I'm so glad that Rihanna has jumped on board with this. You go girl.
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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Originally posted by satellites™
It always has amazed me how easily fooled people are based on a video. Any fool who thinks kony is the first or only bad man to step foot on an African country clearly knows nothing about those countries, they are no different from American "bad men" who do their dirt secretly. This kit is made to snatch your money, end of discussion really.
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I'm not 100% behind Invisible Children and I agree that they're a sketchy organization, but to imply that this video is not moving or to claim that all they want is your money is a bit silly. Their plans for April 20 and overall their plans for 2012 have been 10 years in the making and I do believe that their heart is in the right place. It's not like they're the only organization to take people's money for their own "selfish purposes", anyway. The whole point of this is to prove that you don't need the government's support to make something happen. The US government didn't back them until recently, and they're basically embarking on this campaign to capture Kony with the help of the public and the media alone, since all the US government has done is employ a small number of soldiers to Uganda.
In short, you're correct: there are bad people all over the world, and Kony is just one among many. But capturing one is not a bad thing, and even if Kony is never captured, this whole campaign has already revolutionized our planet by sending the message that you literally can do ANYTHING no matter WHO you are.
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He is a evil man but this documentary isn't the best imo. They didn't give any historical explanation of why Uganda is the way it is, the historical relationship between US imperialism and European colonialism and Uganda let alone the whole of Africa, neither the history of LRA, where it came from, who funded it, where they get their weapons from, let alone the role of the neo-colonial warlord in the totality of capitalism in the area. The Ugandan army is just as bad and corrupt. He has a child army, you can't send in troops when he's being protected by children with guns, children would obviously be killed.
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Watch the Interview with Invisible Children’s CEO
they talk about some of people's issues with Invisible Children
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending...RLENoFUB84#_=_
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"Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @Knowlesitall.
Make Joseph Kony famous. That is the goal of a 30-minute video produced by the nonprofit organization Invisible Children. The video, released just two weeks ago, has already received more than 38 million views and counting between Vimeo and YouTube, and has drawn lots of attention - both good and bad - to its cause. Trending Now spoke with CEO Ben Keesey in an exclusive interview where he gave us an inside look at how the video became so viral so fast, and responded to criticism over the organization's finances and its solutions to the conflict in Uganda.
The documentary follows filmmaker Jason Russell in his pursuit to end the conflict in Uganda by capturing Joseph Kony, the leader of the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, his personal army of kidnapped children.
Invisible Children says that Kony has gone unnoticed for his crimes against humanity because the American government does not see him as a direct threat to American foreign policy or interests. Invisible Children feels the injustice against the children has gone on for far too long, and the group wants to put a stop to it.
The organization decided to raise Kony's international profile so American politicians would take notice. The goal is to make Joseph Kony famous through making the documentary and having everyone possible, primarily college students, share the story of the tragedies. Using social media, word of mouth, posters and awareness rallies, Invisible Children has aimed to have Kony captured by the end of 2012 and to restore peace and prosperity to communities in Central Africa.
While awareness and support of the Invisible Children's movement has increased by the millions, it has been met with some controversy, including accusations that the organization is providing an idealistic and overly simplistic solution to an incredibly complex problem. Some have also pointed out that there are other people committing crimes against humanity and also other countries, like Sudan and Somalia, that are in need of support and funding just as much as Uganda.
In addition, public financial records indicate that only 32 percent of the money raised last year went to direct services to help the children affected by the LRA. The other 68 percent went to things like staff salaries, film production, and travel costs. Plus, even though Invisible Children is advocating for a peaceful resolution in bringing Kony to justice, it is not opposed to direct military intervention.
On Facebook, Invisible Children has more than 2 million likes, and on Twitter more than 320,000 [Y1] followers, including celebrities and other influential people. So by the looks of it, the organization is well on its way to making Joseph Kony a household name.
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Member Since: 11/6/2010
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Ive read up on Invisible Children - not the most reliable of charities. Shall not be donating since they dont use all the money for the purpose, in fact not even 50%. The awareness of what African counties are going through is fantastic though and thats why Im still supporting Kony 2012 and getting behind the capture of this man.
Last.fm peeps, carry on joining - http://www.last.fm/group/Lets+Make+K...ous+on+Last.fm
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Member Since: 11/9/2011
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Another ****** thing just exposed today. Are people gonna stand against it like how they 'did' for the super-late-movement for Kony?
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Iraq Militia Stone Youths To Death For "emo" Style
By Ahmed Rasheed and Mohammed Ameer
BAGHDAD | Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:11pm EST
(Reuters) - At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shi'ite militants against youths wearing Western-style "emo" clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources say.
Militants in Shi'ite neighborhoods where the stonings have taken place circulated lists on Saturday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress.
The killings have taken place since Iraq's interior ministry drew attention to the "emo" subculture last month, labeling it "Satanism" and ordering a community police force to stamp it out.
"Emo" is a form of punk music developed in the United States. Fans are known for their distinctive dress, often including tight jeans, T-shirts with logos and distinctive long or spiky haircuts.
At least 14 bodies of youths have been brought to three hospitals in eastern Baghdad bearing signs of having been beaten to death with rocks or bricks, security and hospital sources told Reuters under condition they not be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Nine bodies were brought to hospitals in Sadr City, a vast, poor Shi'ite neighborhood, three were brought to East Baghdad's main al-Kindi hospital and two were brought to the central morgue, medical sources said.
Six other young people, including two girls, were wounded in beatings intended as warnings, the security sources said.
"Last week I signed the death certificates of three of those young people, and the reason for death I wrote in my own hand was severe skull fractures," a doctor at al-Kindi hospital told Reuters. "A very powerful blow to the head caused these fractures which totally smashed the skull of the victim."
A leaflet distributed in the Shi'ite Bayaa district of east Baghdad seen by Reuters on Saturday had 24 names of youths targeted for killing.
"We strongly warn you, to all the obscene males and females, if you will not leave this filthy work within four days the punishment of God will descend upon you at the hand of the Mujahideen," the leaflet said.
Another leaflet in Sadr City bore 20 names. "We are the Brigades of Anger. We warn you, if you do not get back to sanity and the right path, you will be killed," it said.
In a statement last month the interior ministry said it was monitoring "the 'emo' phenomenon, or Satanism" which it said was spreading through schools, particularly among teenage girls.
"They wear tight clothes that bear paintings of skulls, they use school implements with skulls and wear rings in their noses and tongues as well as other weird appearances," it said.
After reports of the stonings circulated on Iraqi media, the interior ministry said this week that no murders on its files could be blamed on the reaction to "emo".
"Many media have reported fabricated news reports about the so-called 'emo' phenomenon - stories about tens of young people killed in various ways, including stoning," the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"No murder case has been recorded with the interior ministry on so-called 'emo' grounds. All cases of murder recorded were for revenge, social and common criminal reasons."
CLERICS DENOUNCE KILLINGS
Iraq's leading Shi'ite clerics have condemned the stonings.
Abdul-Raheem al-Rikabi, Baghdad representative for Iraq's most influential Shi'ite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, called the killings "terrorist attacks".
"Such a phenonomenon which has spread among young people should be tackled through dialogue and peaceful means and not through physical liquidation," Rikabi told Reuters.
In a response to questions on his website on Saturday, Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shi'ite cleric whose followers dominate Sadr City, described "emo" youths as "crazy and fools", but said they should be dealt with only through the law.
"They are a plague on Muslim society, and those responsible should eliminate them through legal means," he said.
Abu Ali al-Rubaie, a leading Sadr aide in Sadr City, said the cleric's followers had nothing to do with the killings.
"In this issue and in all such problems we always use peaceful and educational methods to correct any wrongdoings. We are not connected in any way to those groups allegedly responsibility for killing those young people."
In the years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, most of Baghdad's neighborhoods were under the firm grip of Sunni and Shi'ite religious militias which enforced strict dress codes.
Today, the militias have largely disappeared, Baghdad is far more peaceful and many youths experiment with Western styles, although much of Iraqi society remains conservative.
On the streets of Baghdad, people said they had heard of the killings through the media. Many expressed disapproval of the "emo" style, but said murder was no way to respond.
"I saw them a couple weeks ago ... a bunch of girls, high-school aged, walking together, dressed in black. They had long black eye makeup and bracelets with skulls and chains on their handbags with skulls," said Abdullah, 31.
"If they are close friends who have something in common, that's all right. If other things we hear about them are true, like sucking each other's blood or worshipping the devil, that is not accepted in our society. But I think this is just a trend to imitate the West."
(Additional reporting by Kareem Raheem and Peter Graff; Writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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Member Since: 10/22/2010
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posted this on FB 
dis bitch Korny bitch needs to die
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Member Since: 11/6/2010
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Wow how did a cause that sounded all for the good turn out to be such a mess in under a month?
Honestly the more I hear the less I support it. Damn!
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Member Since: 11/29/2011
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posted this on FB
dis bitch Korny bitch needs to die |
Korny
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Member Since: 9/4/2011
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I think everyone has forget about this. 
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Member Since: 1/18/2012
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Kony hasn't even been in Uganda for 6 years. No one even knows hes still alive, Jus sayin
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