Life Kony 2012 - Page 3

In58men · 07:57 AM

WTF is this guy all about.

A week later, on October 13, ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo released details on Kony's indictment. There are 33 charges, 12 counts are crimes against humanity, which include murder, enslavement, sexual enslavement and rape. There are another 21 counts of war crimes which include murder, cruel treatment of civilians, intentionally directing an attack against a civilian population, pillaging, inducing rape, and forced enlisting of children into the rebel ranks. Ocampo said that "Kony was abducting girls to offer them as rewards to his commanders."

In March 2012, U.S.-based campaign group and not-for-profit Invisible Children Inc released a short film promoting awareness of Kony and his actions and encouraging supporters to donate to their cause.[19] Intended to go viral on social networks, particularly Facebook, within 48 hours news media had described it as having succeeded in that aim;[19] on Facebook, it has received over 3 million shares, exceeding Invisible Children's target of 500,000.[20] The film, Kony 2012, currently has over 5.1 million views on Vimeo,[21] and 400 thousand views on social media site YouTube,[22] with other viewing emanating from a central "Kony2012" website operated by Invisible Children.

**loochy** · 03-07-2012, 08:46 AM

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What? A Third World country has a militaristic leader who is committing atrocities on his people, and no one in Europe or America is noticing? I'm shocked!! Why don't they make a commercial and air it during "American Idol"?!? How are we supposed to know about it, fer crissake!! Doesn't anyone over there Twitter?!?!!!?!

Hey man, if they don't control oil (or some other resources) then we don't care!

tooge · 03-07-2012, 09:13 AM

thanks for the video. long, and disturbing, but worth the watch. I always wonder why a small task force can't simply be sent in to whack a guy like this? Covert.

headsnap · 03-07-2012, 09:14 AM

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Sounds like a talented individual.

Kony?

**loochy** · 03-07-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tooge

thanks for the video. long, and disturbing, but worth the watch. I always wonder why a small task force can't simply be sent in to whack a guy like this? Covert.

See my previous post.

Maybe we can start some kind of global fund to pitch in and hire an assassin?

suzzer99 · 03-07-2012, 09:29 AM

We already are (from wiki):

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In May 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act,[16] legislation aimed at stopping Kony and the LRA. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate on March 11, 2010 with 65 senators as cosponsors, then passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on May 13, 2010 with 202 representatives as cosponsors.

In November 2010, Obama delivered a strategy document to Congress, asking for more money to disarm Kony and the LRA.[17]

In October 2011, Obama authorized the deployment of approximately 100 combat-equipped U.S. troops to central Africa.[18] They will help regional forces “remove from the battlefield” Joseph Kony and senior LRA leaders. "Although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense," Obama said in a letter to Congress.

**Lzen** · 03-07-2012, 09:45 AM

Interesting. If you have ever seen movies such as Blood Diamond or Attack On Darfur and have been outraged, disgusted, and saddened by the atrocities depicted but felt there is nothing you can do, this may finally be something each of us can do.

In58men · 03-07-2012, 09:50 AM

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**RockChalk** · 03-07-2012, 11:11 AM

Thanks for the video. I saw this on twitter and dismissed it at first. Very well done.

Question is...how many people signed up and are donating? I, for one, did. And while the "purpose" is to remove someone awful from a position of power, my purpose for donating is to see if a social media movement like this can truly have generate change in foreign policy and politics in general.

Thig Lyfe · 03-07-2012, 01:40 PM

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I'm in. They need to get this mother****er.

Peyton Manning

NJChiefsFan · 03-07-2012, 02:13 PM

80,000 views last night, 9 million now.

**RockChalk** · 03-07-2012, 02:19 PM

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80,000 views last night, 9 million now.

I'd be interested to know how many of those 9 million have donated in some way. This will be a fascinating study in whether people can really bring upon change or not.

NJChiefsFan · 03-07-2012, 02:21 PM

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I'd be interested to know how many of those 9 million have donated in some way. This will be a fascinating study in whether people can really bring upon change or not.

That is what makes this interesting. Not saying it will have an epic change, but it will show if social media can be used to change things and give people without a voice a power.

I don't see how this gets stopped at this point. Using the power Justin Bieber did to help the world, not a bad idea.

**loochy** · 03-07-2012, 02:23 PM

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ToxSocks · 03-16-2012, 02:46 PM

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