Kony 2012 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

rkell87 · 03-07-2012

this video has gone viral over night, I watched it at 7 pm yesterday and it had 45,000 views, right now it sits at just under 4.3 million

it is a half hour long so make sure you have some time before you watch.

also lets not turn this political.

Faerluna · 03-07-2012

http://ilto.wordpress.com/2006/11/02...ible-children/

Long piece, but this quote kinda sums it up.

"Invisible Children was founded in 2004, with the film crew filming in Uganda in 2003. Watching Invisible Children is watching old news. Will watching it alert you to what has occurred in Uganda? Yes, but it will not let you know what is happening there today."

rkell87 · 03-07-2012

the guy has called peace before and always comes back, doing the same things and worse, he may be beaten right now but until he is caught he can always come back and start again.

also the website has live alerts to attacks by the LRA so yeah watching the video has footage from '03 but you can see that it is still going on today

gmoney112 · 03-07-2012

Yeah. He's a poopie head.

Cowboys&LakersFan · 03-07-2012

http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/

Hoofbite · 03-07-2012

Anyone know anything about this?

I just started seeing it flooding almost every site I visit now.

From what I can tell so far.

There's a charity called "Invisible Children" who has been accepting donations for a few years in an attempt to hunt down or find some Ugandan dude who basically kidnaps kids, gets them hooked on drugs and then forces them to fight or murder or whatever for him in return for a fix. I guess he's some rebel leader and has over the years taken thousands of kids and forced them into his service.

Any, this 30M documentary-style movie is out and the charity is basically trying to publicize this guy to an extent that he just gets caught. I guess he moves around all the time, I dunno.

But, there's also some people who have figured out that this charity has accepted like 8M in funds last year but like 1/3rd of the money actually made it to Uganda.

Anyone know the real information and not just the rampant social media stuff that is flying around?

Dallas · 03-07-2012

From what I read, the video and possibly the charity is kind of a scam.

Read more here..

http://guyism.com/lifestyle/advice/k...ideo-scam.html

ajk23az · 03-07-2012

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231164

MonsterD · 03-07-2012

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Originally Posted by Hoofbite

Anyone know anything about this?

I just started seeing it flooding almost every site I visit now.

From what I can tell so far.

There's a charity called "Invisible Children" who has been accepting donations for a few years in an attempt to hunt down or find some Ugandan dude who basically kidnaps kids, gets them hooked on drugs and then forces them to fight or murder or whatever for him in return for a fix. I guess he's some rebel leader and has over the years taken thousands of kids and forced them into his service.

Any, this 30M documentary-style movie is out and the charity is basically trying to publicize this guy to an extent that he just gets caught. I guess he moves around all the time, I dunno.

But, there's also some people who have figured out that this charity has accepted like 8M in funds last year but like 1/3rd of the money actually made it to Uganda.

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Here is his response to the criticism

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Director Jason Russell shrugged off questions over Invisible Children's operating model and alleged connections to the Ugandan army during an interview with TODAY's Karl Stefanovic.
A Tumblr blog has pointed out that rather than dedicating their efforts towards on-the-ground charity work in Uganda, Invisible Children spends the bulk of donations on awareness campaigns and operating expenses, mostly in the US.
"That critic is a high school student in Canada," Mr Russell told TODAY."We are very proud of our model and it's a very unique model, because we believe in the power of educating the Western world."
Mr Russell also knocked back accusations that Invisible Children was offering financial support to the Uganda military."We don't like war — we want to end war. I'm a pacifist at heart," he said.

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**Reality** · 03-07-2012

If you go to Youtube and view any popular or featured video, you will see the comments of those videos filled with Kony spam. That is not viral .. it's spam .. plain an simple. Viral videos are shared, not spammed everywhere comments are allowed. This is no more viral than it would be if the URL was printed on a flyer and placed on the windshields of countless cars.

#reality

Hoofbite · 03-07-2012

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Originally Posted by ajk23az

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231164

oops.

CliffnMesquite · 03-07-2012

I perfer Scrooge' idea regarding children better.

rkell87 · 03-07-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reality

If you go to Youtube and view any popular or featured video, you will see the comments of those videos filled with Kony spam. That is not viral .. it's spam .. plain an simple. Viral videos are shared, not spammed everywhere comments are allowed. This is no more viral than it would be if the URL was printed on a flyer and placed on the windshields of countless cars.

#reality

it has been #1 or #2 trend in U.S. on twitter for 36 hours and has 15 million views since last night, if that isn't viral idk what is

**Reality** · 03-08-2012

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Originally Posted by rkell87

it has been #1 or #2 trend in U.S. on twitter for 36 hours and has 15 million views since last night, if that isn't viral idk what is

If someone makes a Kermit the Frog video and then a mass spam campaign is activated where a large group of people go to popular sites that allow comments and spam every place possible, of course it's going to become a hot topic on all social network sites simply because people are that easy to manipulate.

As I said, Viral videos are shared, advertisements are spammed. Spam something enough and people can no longer tell the difference and that's what they count on.

Kony is not a viral video. It's the result of a significant effort to spam the net which you will find in the comments of a lot of popular content sites. Seriously, go to Youtube and read the comments of every popular or featured video and you will see a lot of Kony spam and people angry about the spam.

#reality

TheCowboy · 03-08-2012

This movement is not a scam because they were at my school and brought some kids from the area to talk about what they saw and other things. This movement has been going on for a long time but glad to see that it is getting more attention.