What about KONY?

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  1. aaqucnaona This sentence is a lie Valued Senior Member

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  3. Believe Happy medium Valued Senior Member

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    It's fucked up.
     
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  5. aaqucnaona This sentence is a lie Valued Senior Member

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    What is? Can you pls elaborate?
     
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  7. Believe Happy medium Valued Senior Member

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    Why do I need to elaborate, doesn't the little kid army make the reasoning for my answer obvious?!
     
  8. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    You know it's funny, how many children died in WW2? (not in the death camps, in the cities which were bombed) how many in Vietnam? How many in Afghanistan and Iraq? So how can it be the single worst war crime if kids are the ones fighting. Also what magic age makes this a horrific war crime? My grandfather was 16 when he signed up for WW2, sure he lied but he was a kid, the army didnt do very much to check, ironic concidering that a young sales person in Woolworths who sells smokes or alcohol to someone underage is up for a MASSIVE PERSONAL fine even if they honestly just made a mistake but the army can't do basic background checks with the department of hatches matches and dispatches (birth, deaths and marriages)
     
  9. Believe Happy medium Valued Senior Member

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    Yeah, but your grandpa wasn't kidnapped and forced to fight in WW2 against his will.
     
  10. Shogun Bleed White and Blue! Valued Senior Member

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    Well, I personally like and support the campaign to bring awareness to Kony and the atrocities he committed, and I support bringing him to justice.

    However, I do not support Invisible Children, because I do not agree with the way the donations are spent.

    Also, it would've been nice if the message was spread earlier, but I do applaud the effort, better late then never. I also applaud their use of social media and youtube.

    BTW, the founder of Invisible Children jacked off in public, nothing to do with this or why I don't like Invisible Children but just an interesting fact, and it does impact a lot of people's decision making process when they decided whether or not to support his organization.
     
  11. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    umm what about the conscription in vietnarm?
     
  12. Believe Happy medium Valued Senior Member

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    Not sure were vietnarm is.

    The difference is that this is happening now when we can do something about it and that already happened so we can't.
     
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  13. aaqucnaona This sentence is a lie Valued Senior Member

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    WTF? What are you talking about? Any news or sources?
     
  14. Believe Happy medium Valued Senior Member

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    Do you know what google is? You should try it sometime.
     
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    OK so I watched the videos. I was not impressed, as it seemed to be a Look at Me rather than a documentary. Kony is a bad guy, and needs to be captured. But child armies are nothing new in africa, and will continue with or without Kony. So why the focus on Kony?

    It is likely, when this started it was out of a genuine concern over what this recent grad found on his trip beyond the borders of the good ol' USofA.

    But as the video Good or bad? - points out.. Follow the money.
    http://www.sucre-ethique.org/Uganda-Museveni-s-and-Madhvani.html
     
  18. aaqucnaona This sentence is a lie Valued Senior Member

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  19. Shogun Bleed White and Blue! Valued Senior Member

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    He's one crazy dude
     
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    Their are not enough profane words in every language in history to explain my distaste right now.

    Africa has been in turmoil since guns were introduced to the continent during the slave trade. Child soldiers, dictators, civil war has been going on for a long time. Kony isn't the first and he damn sure won't be that last until people recognize Africa needs help more than anywhere.
     

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