[ropinirole]

A grassroots effort across social media platforms to return justice to a country terrorized by a war criminal is taking off like wildfire.

KONY 2012, is a new documentary and a social media campaign from the group Invisible Children, an organization hoping to end Joseph Kony's reign of terror and abduction of children for his army in Uganda. They are seeking to restore peace and prosperity to the affected communities in Central Africa.

On their website, Invisible Children explains they want to inspire young people to help end the longest-running conflict in Africa

Kony is a Ugandan guerrilla group leader and the head of the Lord's Resistance Army, which has terrorized parts of Africa for decades. It has recently launched new attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo this year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

Invisible Children's latest film exposing Kony and the LRA's alleged abuses has gone viral since its posting on YouTube just this week, attracting about 8 million views since March 5.

The film tells the story of a former child soldier called Jacob and how the filmmaker was inspired to get involved to lead a movement for change.

The video has gathered a lot of attention online through it's Facebook and Twitter campaigns at the hastags #stopkony and #kony2012.

It gained even more attention from Twitter followers after being tweeted by celebrities including Juliette Lewis and Zooey Deschanel.

Invisible Children wants to make Kony even more famous in the U.S. by having young people plaster their neighborhoods with posters featuring Kony's picture.

At sundown on Friday, April 20, the organization is urging young people to gather together and work all night putting up posters. They have printed hundreds of thousands of posters in preparation for the event.

The organization believes once people find out more about what Kony has done, then justice will prevail.

California musician Chris Cron, 29, of the band Melee said he believes this could be the event that marks his generation.

"I've thought of my generation, including myself, as a pretty self-centered generation. This film helped to rekindle the fire I thought had gone out. People DO care and there IS a way we can fight injustice in the world. These are exciting times," he told CBN News.

"I hope that this particular campaign will be a tipping point with my generation. I pray that this is only the beginning, and that after Joseph Kony is arrested, we turn our attention on the next guy and do the same to him," Cron added.

This is not the organization's first attempt to stop the violence in Africa. Their first film released in 2003 titled "Invisible Children: Rough Cut," exposed the tragic realities of northern Uganda's night commuters and child soldiers to millions of people around the world.

CBN News has reported in-depth on the Lord's Resistance Army and Joseph Kony's activities for years. For more information, check out the related CBN News stories below. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/201...t-Goes-Viral-/

Motives :

Joseph Kony considers himself quite a good Christian, and he wants Uganda to be a Christian nation. So in 1987 he formed a resistance group called the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), and the LRA has been at civil war against the Ugandan government ever since. If the LRA wins, Kony has promised that Uganda will become a theocracy, with laws based on the Biblical Ten Commandments. http://www.nndb.com/people/398/000022332/

Kony movement just like taiping Rebel in China led by Hong Xiuquan which killed mostly 20 million people

taiping motives :

The rebels attempted social reforms believing in shared "property in common"[1] and the replacement of Confucianism, Buddhism and Chinese folk religion with a form of Christianity Public didnt know Kony

You see, if the public, and mainly the US government was more aware of the crimes committed by Kony, he would have been tried by now. But, Kony remains unknown, and even with the US government sending 100 troops to Uganda to help with the capture of Kony in October, the awareness remains very low, with only about less than 1% of the general public aware of who Kony is. it seems if kony was muslim, 99% of the general public will be aware of who kony is.... mmmm just my wild negative assumption

[elalmhicabalp]

ASWW
....it seems if kony was muslim, 99%.... you what!?!

Also repeat thread!!

[ropinirole]

^^
if he is a muslim then mainstream media will have his story on the editor table every weeks....but they cover this guy from public...so only 1% know who he is

[PIORARMADDERI]

ASA,

The 'western media' always stresses a lot on the fact that Idi Amin (deceased dictator also from Uganda) who committed many similar atrocities was a muslim...the usual hipocracy prevails.

[Edwardthe_third]

It's nice to see non-Muslims helping others out of the goodness of their hearts. Imagine the good they'd do if they entered Islam! May Allah SWT guide them. Amin ya Rabb

[Rx-Ultram]

Asalamualikum , please visit this website as it gives light to the kony 2012. movement. In short, recently billions of barrels of oil reserves were found in uganda which is much more than Saudi Arabia. Coincidentally, after the 'Kony movement' US thereafter sent a hundred 'advisors' over there to resolve the issue. Whats interesting to note is is that Joseph Kony has not been in Uganda for about 6 years and having only minor problems in neiboring countries. This is how the Vietnam and Iraq war started and now the Kony Movement is pushing for US military intervention in uganda. For oil of course



http://www.33rdsquare.com/2012/03/oi...on-behind.html
Jazkallah

[adarmaSen]

A Ugandan-American's response to the Kony 2012 campaign. (Please be aware, she says one word near the beginning that is not exactly appropriate).

She basically sums up: Kony is not a problem in Uganda anymore. It is being blown out of proportion, and the people who are up in arms over Kony should shift focus to Syria.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DO73...e_gdata_player