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Kony 2012 (pg. 7)
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| The Kony Fad is indeed dead. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
The Kony Fad is indeed dead. |
... which is a shame, because it could've been great :( |
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| WittyHandle |
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
The Kony Fad is indeed dead. |
K-Fad isn't didn't die, he's just enjoying some privacy after Britney dumped him. |
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| Zharen |
| LOL, bunch of ******s thinking that sharing one 30 minute video would do anything remotely positive. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
LOL, bunch of ******s thinking that sharing one 30 minute video would do anything remotely positive. |
Actually, it did have a positive impact:- It grabbed the attention of American senators, who have some political power to do something about it;
- It also gave unprecedented support to the ongoing effort to catch Kony, which is definitely a positive change.
So, yeah, it wasn't exactly pointless. Unlike most slacktivism, this one had an organisation trying to orchestrate the efforts, unlike most disorganised "protests" that achieve little because there's no one coordinating anything. |
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| saluyamo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Actually, it did have a positive impact:- It grabbed the attention of American senators, who have some political power to do something about it;
- It also gave unprecedented support to the ongoing effort to catch Kony, which is definitely a positive change.
So, yeah, it wasn't exactly pointless. Unlike most slacktivism, this one had an organisation trying to orchestrate the efforts, unlike most disorganised "protests" that achieve little because there's no one coordinating anything. |
Did any of that really help the Africans that actually have to deal with Kony and other warlords? |
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| Vivid Boy |
| and thirdly it sold 20 million kony kits for 5 bucks each. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by saluyamo
Did any of that really help the Africans that actually have to deal with Kony and other warlords? |
Well, they're looking for him - it's not like Bin Laden was found after just a couple of weeks :p |
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| saluyamo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Well, they're looking for him - it's not like Bin Laden was found after just a couple of weeks :p |
But that's the problem. Sure it allows the media to show 'we got the bad guy'. But there are still lot of other bad guys out there and because they didn't get a youtube video made about them they are still free to do bad things. |
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| Zharen |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Actually, it did have a positive impact:- It grabbed the attention of American senators, who have some political power to do something about it;
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Srsly? You do know that Congress had the worst approval ratings in US history and passed less bills than the do-nothing Congress of the Truman era? Hardly positive.
| quote: | | It also gave unprecedented support to the ongoing effort to catch Kony, which is definitely a positive change.So, yeah, it wasn't exactly pointless. Unlike most slacktivism, this one had an organisation trying to orchestrate the efforts, unlike most disorganised "protests" that achieve little because there's no one coordinating anything. |
That's great except, the ultimate goal of catching Kony and bringing him to justice hasn't been met. In fact I doubt they're anymore closer to finding him than they were before. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
Srsly? You do know that Congress had the worst approval ratings in US history and passed less bills than the do-nothing Congress of the Truman era? Hardly positive. |
I'd have thought that doing something, while being utterly unable to do anything else, was a good thing (even if it would be better if they stopped bickering and worked more... really, can't you guys tell your congress to shape up or ship out?).
| quote: | Originally posted by Zharen
That's great except, the ultimate goal of catching Kony and bringing him to justice hasn't been met. In fact I doubt they're anymore closer to finding him than they were before. |
Only time will tell. The US had a hard time going after Bin Laden, lest we forget, and that took quite a while.
| quote: | Originally posted by saluyamo
But that's the problem. Sure it allows the media to show 'we got the bad guy'. But there are still lot of other bad guys out there and because they didn't get a youtube video made about them they are still free to do bad things. |
I agree with you there. However, it's not like they could go after everyone at once, and not being able to sort everything out shouldn't be a reason for doing nothing at all. Wouldn't you say so?
As for the priorities, personally, I believe we should go after the people involved in the creation of Crocs. That's akin to genocide, methinks! |
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