KONY 2012

[quote=DuffTime]Well that's just an absurd outlook to begin with. If you make a claim or post something like this, you need to be prepared to deal with the rebuttals, no matter how you feel about the topic. When it's a campaign for overthrowing evildoers, you'd think a peaceful demeanor might be beneficial... I would think that anyway :P Also, I posted that because on my news feed I have a FLOOD of people posting in support of this organization, and a FLOOD of people posting against it. Me being the ignorant fat neckbeard who lives in the USA and has never set foot in Africa, I don't know who's in the right and who's in the wrong. Truthfully speaking both parties have made sound arguments as far as I can see. To clarify, everybody agrees that there is a problem that needs fixing, but not everybody agrees that this group is the one that deserves support. That's the only controversial point here.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard][quote=jhoijhoi] [quote=The_Nameless_Bard](from what I've read he certainly should be arrested) [/quote] *long blank stare* [/quote] misread the article...ignore my random comments that may or may not make sense...I know very little about the topic. The argument itself is somewhat stupid, as Duff has already pointed out, none of us are actually involved in the situation....[/quote]

[quote=Bryun][quote=DuffTime] Well that's just an absurd outlook to begin with. If you make a claim or post something like this, you need to be prepared to deal with the rebuttals, no matter how you feel about the topic. When it's a campaign for overthrowing evildoers, you'd think a peaceful demeanor might be beneficial... I would think that anyway :P Also, I posted that because on my news feed I have a FLOOD of people posting in support of this organization, and a FLOOD of people posting against it. Me being the ignorant fat neckbeard who lives in the USA and has never set foot in Africa, I don't know who's in the right and who's in the wrong. Truthfully speaking both parties have made sound arguments as far as I can see. To clarify, everybody agrees that there is a problem that needs fixing, but not everybody agrees that this group is the one that deserves support. That's the only controversial point here. [/quote] If this is towards me, I'm fully capable of dealing with the rebuttals. Who says it's only "ignorant fat neckbeard Americans that has never set foot in Africa"? If you watch the video it clearly shows Ugandans who've actually been in Kony's army who've come over to America to express their personal experiences about it. That's enough proof to me to verify the validity of this cause. Unless there is other substantial proof you have of the other side of the argument as of right now I'm not bought. But yes, of course there will be people who think 'this is not important enough'. You have to start somewhere though.[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]You've misunderstood what I'm saying. I don't think anybody in their right mind thinks this subject is not important enough. There are a lot of people, however, who are stating that they disagree with the methods of this specific organization. Not supporting this specific organization does not imply that one does not wish to fix the same problems, and I personally don't have a firm opinion on this group. I'm simply pointing out, as I have from the beginning, not everyone agrees with this group and some people might argue about it :P[/quote]

[quote=Bryun][quote=DuffTime] You've misunderstood what I'm saying. I don't think anybody in their right mind thinks this subject is not important enough. There are a lot of people, however, who are stating that they disagree with the methods of this specific organization. Not supporting this specific organization does not imply that one does not wish to fix the same problems, and I personally don't have a firm opinion on this group. I'm simply pointing out, as I have from the beginning, not everyone agrees with this group and some people might argue about it :P [/quote] What I meant was that people didn't think it was 'top priority', which actually did happen. Until the government changed their minds later on that it was worth spending time on. Yeah sorry, it wasn't really clear that this was the point you were trying to get across. :P As for the methods I haven't really seen any complaints, besides omg so many facebook posts. Which is a stupid thing to cry over anyways. So I'll just wait until I see something else. ^^[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]People posting things like this. Again, I don't have a firm opinion on the matter and haven't even read the entire thing here, but these are examples of things popping up on my feed on facebook. http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Seems like a solid method to me. Not that I've seen any others, but still.[/quote]

[quote=Bryun][quote=DuffTime] People posting things like this. Again, I don't have a firm opinion on the matter and haven't even read the entire thing here, but these are examples of things popping up on my feed on facebook. http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/ [/quote] Ah, I see. There will always be problems regarding third-world countries involving rape/looting etc. But the capture of Kony would sure decrease the numbers drastically. Along with the financial problems, I don't see a big deal about it because they are doing a really good job publicizing the cause right now. I know you don't have an opinion on it, just want to give input on it. ^^[/quote]

[quote=DuffTime]The counter arguments include statements like, "They support another military group who also rapes and does the same things" and "They spend money on weaponry too" and things like that.[/quote]

[quote=koksei]baaah.. dem childs :( well.. tbh I already start hating on people on fb posting STOP Kony without even knowing what it is -.- that's how it always goes well I watched that whole video and tbh I never heard of Kony before oO[/quote]