Kony 2012. Spread the word!

[RICHARD]

I don't social anything, So I came across this story peripherally and have not seen the video.

I did read some press about it and saw the guys that made the film.

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The first thing that I noticed was one of the film makers with a t-shirt on that said "Kony 2012" and thought to myself that this is nothing but a moneymaking op for these dudes.

As the week went on?

I saw some kind of bracelet/tag on a string that was shown with the K/2012 shirt, so, I did a google for the stuff on line and saw that this is big business for the people 'sponsoring' this info/news.

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Children being used as pawns for warlords in Africa is nothing new.

This has been going on for years and to think that these guys are bringing it to the masses makes me laugh, not in the haha funny way, but in the cynical, you have to be friggin kidding me way.

I saw a documentary and some other stories years ago about the very same situations on the African continent.

Some of the "child armies" are a sad product of the economics and way-of-life in the areas where the WLs operate.

The WLs can put together these armies because the children they 'recruit' are so poor that the promise of food and clothing makes it one, if not, the only opportunity to get a meal into their stomachs.

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Here's another little factoid about why these 'armies' are so successful.

The Kalishnikov styled assault rifles they carry.

If I remember correctly, the AK-47 rifles have only 3-4 moving parts and can be taken apart and cleaned in a matter of minutes-perfect for a child or teen to understand.

The AK is also on of the most copied firearm on the planet, so copied and simple that you can take parts from firearms maufactured in different countries and put them together to make a useful rifle.

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This Kony moron isn't the first and won't be the only idiot to take advantage of small children - He's more known because of some opportunists who are using the internet to make money on a sad story that has been going on for years.....

[dab_20]

Just curious, I know 4/20/12 was supposed to be the day everyone put posters up around the city. Did anyone see anything in their city the next morning? I sure didn't.

I think this whole campaign was a huge buzz for a week and then quickly died out. A horrible, horrible thing it's true. But it sickens me all the money these people are making out of it when it should go to the children of these tragedies.

[Miss Z]

Just curious, I know 4/20/12 was supposed to be the day everyone put posters up around the city. Did anyone see anything in their city the next morning? I sure didn't.

I was at home on the 20th, and I saw one rather lonely poster on a railing. Now that I'm back in London, I haven't seen ANY at all, and there was supposed to be a large event happening here last time I heard, although it has been my examinations week and I haven't really been paying much attention.

[phesina]

The big thing I heard about happening on April 20 was, people all over the country (the whole world?) taking stands (in various ways) for the legalization of marijuana!

[cassiesmom]

Just curious, I know 4/20/12 was supposed to be the day everyone put posters up around the city. Did anyone see anything in their city the next morning? I sure didn't.

I think this whole campaign was a huge buzz for a week and then quickly died out. A horrible, horrible thing it's true. But it sickens me all the money these people are making out of it when it should go to the children of these tragedies.

I saw one sign (spray painted on a boarded-up building) on my way to work. There are "Kony 2012" stickers on most of the traffic light and street light poles on the streets around my building, but with the NATO summit coming in a few weeks I'm sure the city will have crews out to remove those pretty quickly.

[Alysser]

I swore I read somewhere long before this "KONY" movement that Kony was killed three years ago. I can't remember the source or if someone told me.

[Lady's Human]

He wasn't killed, he was driven out of Uganda about 3 years ago.