tarkus
03.08.12 | putting the infant back in infantry |
ThroneOfAgony
03.08.12 | is that the story about that African dude killing children? |
gabethepiratesquid
03.08.12 | It's good that the area is getting attention and it gets me miffed when people are all like, "BLAHBLAH THEY DIDN'T CARE BEFORE IT'S ONLY A TREND BLAHBLAH", so? Are you looking for anything you can possibly do to feel superior about?
anyway, that aside, the attention should be drawn to helping the Ugandan people out in general and changing their seat of power and military, not Kony. He's already been defeated and run out of the country and he's more likely to be starving in a jungle somewhere than sitting on a throne made of children's skulls, plus Invisible Children is a scam that uses its money to send rich white kids to Africa and give money to the Ugandan military and helps cause the deaths of thousands.
But like I said, the big silver lining here is the fact that this is getting attention and the more this happens, the more likely it is that effort will be put forth to do something helpful to those poor people. |
tarkus
03.08.12 | sorry hep i just had to incite some cheerful music related discussion |
Nikkolae
03.08.12 | i was hoping i wouldn't have to deal with it on THIS website too. thanks for this faggot [2] |
Manic_
03.08.12 | We sent troops to find him when Bush was president but pulled out. Obama signed a statute years ago saying he needs to be captured or killed and he sent troops over there last year, that are still there. Is there really anything more we can do? |
PuddlesPuddles
03.08.12 | Assassinate the prick and deal with the consequences. Facebook likes won't do it |
Tyrannic
03.08.12 | i think the criticism of the movement is more interesting. like, this visiblechildren tumblr guy. he said,
""Do I have a better answer? No, I don't, but that doesn't mean that you should support KONY 2012 just because it's
something. Something isn't always better than nothing. Sometimes it's worse."
wtf does this even mean |
klap
03.08.12 | http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/36ho3s/ |
PuddlesPuddles
03.08.12 | I don't see how voting Kony President for 2012 will solve this |
Cells
03.08.12 | i was hoping i wouldn't have to deal with it on THIS website too. thanks for this faggot [3]
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TheSpirit
03.08.12 | i was hoping i wouldn't have to deal with it on THIS website too. thanks for this faggot [4] |
VicariousIntent
03.08.12 | gabethepiratesquid pretty much said everything that needed to be said. |
Nikkolae
03.08.12 | lolololololololol puddles |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | lol spirit you've posted like 3 statuses about this on FB. Don't act all high and mighty here |
Ire
03.08.12 | lol |
ShadowRemains
03.08.12 | ratted out oh shit whatchya gonna do man |
Ovrot
03.08.12 | he's doing god's work |
tarkus
03.08.12 | ovrot m/ |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | "ON FB"
note how that is not sputnik |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | also stop facebook stalking me you fucking creepr |
Ire
03.08.12 | yea guys spert says SPUTNIK IS SACRED |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | bow to the god of emptiness |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | "note how that is not sputnik "
You make em deal with it on one site, they make you deal with it on another mang
DEAL WITH IT
"also stop facebook stalking me you fucking creepr"
nevr |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | never stop |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | eh so that's 5 each...I can deal with that |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | anyone who trolls sputnik is automatic 100/10 |
Ire
03.08.12 | i dont think u guys kno math gud |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | bettr thnn yer spellin bub |
eternium
03.08.12 | People actually caring about something that matters for once.
Other people get pissed because people are actually caring about something that matters. |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | I agree with eternium here. Of course they aren't looking into it nearly as much as they should but it's still a step in the right direction as opposed to the jersey shore updates and other celeb b.s that people usually talk about |
eternium
03.08.12 | Exactly. They're mad because people aren't talking about their new shoes or girlfriend or shit taking? Goddamn. |
Trebor.
03.08.12 | I heard about this shit in 07
We already got troops and shit over there so what more could sharing some shit on facebook do? |
Vesper
03.08.12 | I can get into a bunch of reasons why it's misguided, not necessarily a bad thing, but I already did on Spirit's FB (hey, what a party!), so I can't be fucked to do it again. :P |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | haha you guys were really going at it. i need to read all those comments still |
RobertFripp
03.08.12 | Kony is really a sick brute. He must be stopped ASAP. |
eternium
03.08.12 | The point is to make him well known and that is happening. |
Vesper
03.08.12 | eternium, I would think you, of all Sputnikers, would be more attuned to how the entire campaign smacks of colonialism and Western messiah complex, especially the way it's presented in the video that people are spamming everywhere. |
Trebor.
03.08.12 | Africa just has the worst luck |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | hahahah |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | We weren't really "going at it" haha
I do generally agree that the people are misguided however I still think that it's a positive change from the norm and that getting his name out there (which is what people are mostly trying to do) could lead to changes for the better. |
Trebor.
03.08.12 | Most politicians don't even know how to use the internet, how are they going to see that you liked a status? |
eternium
03.08.12 | I'm not into America going around and fucking with other countries like we did Iraq and like some are wanting to do to Iran. This, however, is completely different because there is actually a righteous cause involved. How is it colonialism to want this bastard put in his place? |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | @Trebor17: a bunch of cities have events like these scheduled for april 20th http://www.facebook.com/events/337510472965774/
Now whether the movement can actually maintain steam until then is a whole other question |
Trebor.
03.08.12 | Send those Osama navy seals on his ass |
coneren
03.08.12 | stop trebor |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | stop cony |
coneren
03.08.12 | fuck! |
BallsToTheWall
03.08.12 | African kids get to play real life Call Of Duty on their Kony Playstation. |
GregLake
03.08.12 | Lol balls |
someguest
03.08.12 | joe kony, this movement's a phony
look at eternium, he loves it; it must be bologna |
Trebor.
03.08.12 | Yeah I got an army of kids
What Uganda do about it? |
BallsToTheWall
03.08.12 | there are gonna be some great kony memes |
AngelofDeath
03.08.12 | What's that you say? There's a corrupt, militant leader in an African country? No fucking way! Stop the presses! |
Vesper
03.08.12 | @eternium - The only difference between the US extending its military into Iraq/potentially Iran and Uganda is your definition of 'righteous'. I'm sure people felt exactly the same about Saddam Hussein.
It still has the core idea that these are helpless people to be saved from their hapless culture and civilized as per American ideals.
Nowhere in IC's campaign do they ever acknowledge the agency of the Ugandans or give anyone other than Jacob a platform to speak. Instead, it seeks out Westerners to do all the work and be the faces of the campaign.
Maybe it doesn't matter so much to a lot of people the method of approach (it does to me), but IC's current approach is far from nuanced and is relying on emotional exploitation, which really cheapens the entire thing. Now that they've got all this momentum, maybe they can turn it to something more thoughtful, but the idea that this is all because of The Bad Guy and not considering systemic problems that prevent his capture is grossly simplified for the sake of a flashy campaign. |
someguest
03.08.12 | You can kill children before birth, but don't even think about it after. |
JohnWetton
03.08.12 | I was thinking, how about we get a concert and fund raise for his capture/murder? We could get some classic bands, it would be a great time. |
AngelofDeath
03.08.12 | Lol. The pot's been stirred enough already. |
someguest
03.08.12 | Yeah, call something a woman's right and it completely justifies it. |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/263/931/afa.jpg |
wabbit
03.08.12 | KONY ISLAND...they called it the playground of the world. |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | Their approach was far from perfect but their main goal was to attract people's attention to the problem and it worked. The population's interest is a ridiculously fickle thing and this is exactly the type of campaign they needed to have to get it (as you can see by how this cause got so huge as opposed to other "better" causes that will never get anywhere near this type of coverage). It's all about marketing and reaching your target audience which they succeeded in doing. And although the general public is still pretty ill-informed, hopefully they can bring it to light to enough people that have more power in this situation will get better informed and we can see some positive change. |
AngelofDeath
03.08.12 | The whole thing reeks of indie douchiness and self-righteous bullshit. |
SCREAM!
03.08.12 | Meh...still a step up from "itz jersday bitchzz" |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | jerzday is tomorrow DUH |
wabbit
03.08.12 | something like 32% of there funding goes to the cause while 97% of UNICEF's goes to there cause...so ya (and I don't even like the UN).
but it's still cool that the stupid 17 year old girls on facebook are talking about something that was relevant 6 years ago. |
AngelofDeath
03.08.12 | "Meh...still a step up from 'itz jersday bitchzz'"
In a lot of ways it's worse, because it causes a bunch of young, impressionable people that can't think for themselves to play pawns for a shady "charity" organization to implement a movement that the majority of the masses have next to no grasp of and have even less of a concept of the political, cultural, social, and economic ramifications behind. |
someguest
03.08.12 | nothing like people with no money forwarding it to more people with no money on the internet |
North0House2
03.08.12 | It just bugs me that all of a sudden there's this huge care about something that's gone on for years and years. What irritates me the most is that all these people will forget about it in a week. Not to mention there are other atrocities in the world. It's almost like people act like he's the new Hitler, or he's the only terrible person in the world. I mean, hey, just as an example, there are concentration camps for families of "the politically disobedient" in North Korea. People never get out, they die miserable deaths. Does anyone care about that? Nope, not until some internet fad sweeps across facebook and Youtube. That's what irritates me. I think the Kony dude needs to die a long, cold, death; don't get me wrong. |
Trebor.
03.08.12 | I would vote for Kony over Santorum |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | Why do people assume that nobody cares about these other situations? Just because one is getting more attention than the other at the moment doesn't mean that people aren't out there every day trying to do something about it. Have you looked into any organizations that want to help North Korea? I may not agree with all that the Invisible Children are doing but when it comes to gettting the message out there they did a fucking great job. It's not fair to ostracize them for that. |
someguest
03.08.12 | praise their marketing expertise |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | they sold their product didn't they? if kony was a plush doll we'd be seeing him everywhere by now |
Aphrodisiac
03.08.12 | Most people that support it don't realize what's going on in Syria or in Somalia with the al-Shabab. It's a good time to take a step back and admire how ignorant humanity really is. |
Douglas
03.08.12 | DOUG 2012. Make doug famous. |
gabethepiratesquid
03.08.12 | Man I'm so much superior to everyone on Facebook why don't they care about what I care about. |
ashcrash9
03.08.12 | hide yo kids, hide yo-
wait, I already took em' lol. |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | ashcrash9 = joseph kony????????????????
stay tuned |
Ovrot
03.08.12 | He's doing god's work |
Aphrodisiac
03.08.12 | first world/white saviors
pathetic bullshit |
Relinquished
03.08.12 | "ol spirit you've posted like 3 statuses about this on FB. Don't act all high and mighty here"
lol oh spirit ur kvlt points are dropping |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | i stopped trying to be kvlt in like 2010 |
Relinquished
03.08.12 | yeah and i stopped working out
but who's lying here |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | let me feel your biceps so i can give you a more accurate answer |
BallsToTheWall
03.08.12 | if a kid came after me with a gun,knife,bomb i'd put him down no questions asked. |
Relinquished
03.08.12 | http://fitnessmember.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/14.jpg here brandon don't be afraid to touch it |
BallsToTheWall
03.08.12 | That can't be you....it can't be...where's the beard and tattoos and unruly brutish I was envisioning? |
Relinquished
03.08.12 | not me, you think i'd have small biceps like that? |
BallsToTheWall
03.08.12 | I wasn't expecting you to look that modelly and photogenic. |
TheSpirit
03.08.12 | the fuck |
MO
03.08.12 | i just dont see wolfe as someone who would take HD photos of himself flexing with a gay smile |
Relinquished
03.08.12 | exactly. i only nice photos of me are with my wife and sister
i have a wolf mask from a real fucking wolf still bloodsoaked cuz it wont come off. i don't take nice photos. |
fraderic
03.08.12 | he knows it |
Recspecs
03.08.12 | Delete this list. Don't give this Kony bullshit any more attention. |
731
03.08.12 | "i'm not into America going around and fucking with other countries like we did Iraq and like some are wanting to do to Iran. This, however, is completely different because there is actually a righteous cause involved."
Yeah Dude this is the Military-hipster-industrial complex, Completely Different!!!! |
parksungjoon
02.20.21 | https://www.sputnikmusic.com/images/members/509124.jpg |
Colton
02.20.21 | 2012 ass list |