Uploaded by LimamyFilms on Mar 8, 2012
I made this video because i was tired of people supporting something that is a fraud and has two faces. Made by Zyad Limamy
Kony has been around for over 20 years, why take interest now? Some might argue that the fight has been going on for 6 years, according to the Kony video, which still leaves 14 years for somebody to do something.
Others might argue that not enough action has been taken because there wasn't enough awareness. All this has spurred a new internet divide. We have on one side the Invisible Children's Army, on the other the Conspiracy Theorists, Skeptics, and pretty much anyone else who isn't on the ICA's side. What many, from both sides, don't seem to understand is that this is the typical American belief system of dealing with the immoral, the evil, the absurd. This is not a one dimensional issue.
Once again we are being allowed have our emotions played with, manipulated, to act towards something that will not be resolved by just arresting, or killing one man. Uganda, Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zambia, among many are countries that have many underlying problems that contribute to the creation of monsters such as Kony. We need to be colder, more rational, more objective, when it comes to making these sort of decisions, these big decisions that could ultimately back-fire. We should take a hard look at both sides of the stories, and more importantly where those news come from.
Just saw a video where Joseph Kony is denying all of the accusations of child abduction, child mutilation, rape, killing, he is portraying himself as the victim, and what surprised me was seeing people that actually ate that stuff up. Psycopaths (and Kony is most definitely one) are always charming, easy-going, and friendly.
I'm sure that both sides of the divide can agree that the best option would be to catch Kony, AND assist the government of the countries to implement something that does not generate the monsters it does. However, I don't believe that the USA should be involved in that mission. I believe we can give our moral support, but we should probably do less focusing on the problems of other countries and worry more about what is going on in our own front yard.
This reminds me a story my mom always told me when I was a little kid to drive this point across, and I'm sure many of you have heard it in similar ways, it goes like this:
There were two monkeys sitting by the rail road tracks, eating bananas, the first monkey, seeing the train coming and that the other monkey had his tail on the tracks and was about to have it cut off, warned him of the oncoming train. The first monkey was so worried about the second monkey's tail that he forgot his own was on the trail, when the train passed it cut his tail off instead. Moral of the story: don't go worrying about other people's problems when you have your own to deal with. Few will read this far, but to those that do I thank you, and I welcome your opinions and view point as well.
