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In reply to the discussion: I knew KONY 2012 was too good to be true. [View all]Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)8. They also have not-so-great transparency
Last edited Fri Mar 9, 2012, 04:05 PM - Edit history (1)
and too much of their funds likely go to the charity rather than the cause.
And what good does just getting rid of Kony do? Uganda will return to the utopia it was before he was there? How did our last intervention in Uganda go? Yeah, that's what I thought.
This is not as simple as "get rid of Kony." We need to do serious work to help bring this country out of third world status is we want to make a difference. But that's never going to happen.
Edited: to change "first world status" to "third world status" because I'm stupid and started the wording it in my head one way and typed it another.
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Kids first! I don't care whose name the children are rescued in. I'm glad the International Court of
patrice
Mar 2012
#1
christianity is a fear-based religion, people are correct to be wary of its practitioners nt
msongs
Mar 2012
#4
Great post, very thought-provoking, you should consider posting it as an OP. nt
CJCRANE
Mar 2012
#25
The LRA is not just Joseph Kony. I'd support a strategy similar to what was done with the IRA.
Pacafishmate
Mar 2012
#24