Kony 2012

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:53 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

if it pisses you off, lead by a better example. not tryin to be mean, just sayin.

What have you done to help the poor kids in Africa?

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:21 PM, roasty said:

$8,676,610 can buy a lot of toilets, clean water and sanitation...surely a lack of those has killed more Ugandans lately than this guy

 

So they'll kill Kony, but then what? It's like cutting the head off a hydra..

Jesus fucking wept nobody reads.

Invisible Children's financials are fully available on their website, they've been subjected to external auditing and are working to restore their 4 star rating at Charity Navigator. They spend money on things like that as well as building schools.

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:24 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

the two sides of this argument/support structure both have revealed incredibly disturbing elements within our societies. On one hand, Kony is a brutal dictator, and any action against him in this sense could be considered "good". But like the wigga said earlier, it didn't start with Kony, and it won't end with Kony. But how do we address the root of the problems?

http://www.crisisgro...lling-kony.aspx

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:53 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

if it pisses you off, lead by a better example. not tryin to be mean, just sayin.

Yes, you're right (I was kind of asking for that answer). When I write something as self righteous as I did, I should lead by a better example.

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:08 PM, chenGOD said:

Jesus fucking wept nobody reads.

Invisible Children's financials are fully available on their website, they've been subjected to external auditing and are working to restore their 4 star rating at Charity Navigator. They spend money on things like that as well as building schools.

Was hoping someone would challenge that point cheers for clearing that up for me.

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:56 PM, Kanakori said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:53 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

if it pisses you off, lead by a better example. not tryin to be mean, just sayin.

 

What have you done to help the poor kids in Africa?

i love when I try to encourage activism I'm the bad guy for not engaging in it myself. What have you done? Should we make this a pissing contest?

Just for argument's sake, I'm not actively protesting anything involving Africa except historical revisionism, which I am very vocal about. I am also in a voter watchdog group in my county, which was successful in recalling a council member who had gone against his platform. Im in the very slow process of writing articles for a number of activist organizations/journals.

But I'm not over in Africa physically doing good for people, so on that point, you are absolutely right. Everyone ignore my advice; its wrong.

My brother posted this today: "Charity should be simple. Charity should be honest. Charity should be personal not pompous."

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:32 PM, Kanakori said:

Well, you want to help Africa? Build schools, and make the music industry stop the gangsta rap shit. Thats pretty much it.

Or make money doing gangsta rap shit and donate some it to relief operations in Africa...

I had no idea he was doing any of this stuff until recently. Although he's doing interviews and PR shit, he seems to be fairly low-key about it. I'll just say it, in all sincerity, good for him.

any little bit helps, no?

for just 50cent x 2 a day..

Problem with sub-Saharan Africa is that it's not diverse enough.

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:31 PM, joshuatxuk said:

My brother posted this today: "Charity should be simple. Charity should be honest. Charity should be personal not pompous."

 

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:32 PM, Kanakori said:

Well, you want to help Africa? Build schools, and make the music industry stop the gangsta rap shit. Thats pretty much it.

 

Or make money doing gangsta rap shit and donate some it to relief operations in Africa...

 

 

I had no idea he was doing any of this stuff until recently. Although he's doing interviews and PR shit, he seems to be fairly low-key about it. I'll just say it, in all sincerity, good for him.

 

Dude... c'mon Thats just for public image. He gives them a shelter and money, then what? It will eventually stop, its temporary and they won't evolve. I've been also following him through facebook and he has no Idea about whats he's doing.

Off course its positive, but its not structured so in long term its useless. And I'm pretty sure it isnt 100% honest.

In other words nothing anyone does is good enough.

Honestly, how the fuck would you know one way or the other whether or not he's honest? You sure do talk a lot of shit..

"Im pretty sure" =/= "I'm sure and absolutely correct"

Well it happens that I'm not naive. Usually when I'm cynical about something,I'm right. Sometimes I'm wrong, but in this case if its honest or not, its still a drop in the ocean as he doesnt real know how what he's doing. Giving food isnt productive at all.

Have you never heard of malthus?

Is it because he's from America, Kanakori?

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:50 PM, Kanakori said:

"Im pretty sure" =/= "I'm sure and absolutely correct"

 

Well it happens that I'm not naive. Usually when I'm cynical about something,I'm right. Sometimes I'm wrong, but in this case if its honest or not, its still a drop in the ocean as he doesnt real know how what he's doing. Giving food isnt productive at all.

 

Have you never heard of malthus?

wow.....just......wow.

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:52 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:50 PM, Kanakori said:

"Im pretty sure" =/= "I'm sure and absolutely correct"

 

Well it happens that I'm not naive. Usually when I'm cynical about something,I'm right. Sometimes I'm wrong, but in this case if its honest or not, its still a drop in the ocean as he doesnt real know how what he's doing. Giving food isnt productive at all.

 

Have you never heard of malthus?

 

wow.....just......wow.

What I said is valid unless we're talkin about human life value and human rights. Then it sounds harsh but i'm being objective here.

So some people in America do something positive and everyone on here bitches and moans about it. Is it because we all know deep down that we don't do anything good in the world and it makes us feel better to condemn people who are better than us.

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:55 PM, Kanakori said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:52 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 9:50 PM, Kanakori said:

"Im pretty sure" =/= "I'm sure and absolutely correct"

 

Well it happens that I'm not naive. Usually when I'm cynical about something,I'm right. Sometimes I'm wrong, but in this case if its honest or not, its still a drop in the ocean as he doesnt real know how what he's doing. Giving food isnt productive at all.

 

Have you never heard of malthus?

 

wow.....just......wow.

 

What I said is valid unless we're talkin about human life value and human rights. Then it sounds harsh but i'm being objective here.

you aren't being objective at all. Unless you are a fatalist? In which case, why all the anti-American sentiment, why all the criticism?

This is exactly the detached intellectualism under the pretense of being "objective" that I find so abhorrent.

I'm not being objective? How come? I said that extending their survival wont develop the country, only schooling and industry wiill.

  On 3/8/2012 at 10:06 PM, Kanakori said:

I'm not being objective? How come? I said that extending their survival wont develop the country, only schooling and industry wiill.

That's incredibly circular logic. What is the purpose of schooling and industry if not to extend the potential for survival?

  On 3/8/2012 at 10:07 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 10:06 PM, Kanakori said:

I'm not being objective? How come? I said that extending their survival wont develop the country, only schooling and industry wiill.

 

That's incredibly circular logic. What is the purpose of schooling and industry if not to extend the potential for survival?

Develop the communities as human beings to put them at the same level as the rest of the worlds nations to finally have a fair system.

I'm against imperialism in any form, and imperialism is what has been destroying Africa for the last centuries. Nowdays its the chinese Imperialism, almost any country in Africa has debts with them because the chinese never give up anything for free. This campaign encourages an american invasion at the request of people alll around the world who think they're RIGHT. Until a country's governement expresses its will to be helped by the white house, its a violation of sovereignty. In some cases, a government doesnt express the peoples will, as in a opressive dictatorship, but in uganda the case is very ambiguous and nobody knows if "democracy" will follow its course naturally afterwards without the American (or others) manipulation/ ntervention.

  On 3/8/2012 at 10:12 PM, Kanakori said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 10:07 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 10:06 PM, Kanakori said:

I'm not being objective? How come? I said that extending their survival wont develop the country, only schooling and industry wiill.

 

That's incredibly circular logic. What is the purpose of schooling and industry if not to extend the potential for survival?

 

Develop the communities as human beings to put them at the same level as the rest of the worlds nations to finally have a fair system.

how do you create a healthy labor force when there is no sustainable agricultural system in place? how do you sustain a labor force to create an agricultural system?

The pageviews on my blog have risen by almost 500% since I linked to the Visible Children critique, so thank you, Kony.