What are the TRUE intentions of Invisible Children?

[Sarah]

Jessica wrote: "Honestly, I believe that Kony needs to be stopped. I'm a strong supporter in the Stop Kony movement. To be completely honest, I don't give a flying fudge what Invisible Children has to do with it. ..."

Where do these Invisible Children come from and who is Kony? Lost describes this author at the moment is this an American thing?

[Adam]

What is this stuff you're talking about, and why is it a debate??

[Sarah]

Adam wrote: "What is this stuff you're talking about, and why is it a debate??"

Thank goodness for that someone else who is lost I thought it was an American thing news of which had passed me by!

[Sarah]

Okay but Kony is numereo uno on the most wanted list, and lets say the power of Facebook suceeds and he is bought to trial and is incarcerated which he more than deserves. BUT what will happen to the thousands of Child soldiers do you seriously think they will drop their arms and run home to their families?

Highly unlikely, what is more likely is that a war will break out amongst the said child soldiers to decide who will take his place and the whole process will start again.

Sad, but that's human nature, survival of the fittest. What is stranger still is their chosen day of action the 20th April is the birthday of one of the Worlds despots - Adolf Hitler 20th April 1889 - I share his birthday - lucky me!

[Irene]

Adam wrote: "What is this stuff you're talking about, and why is it a debate??"

It is stuff that has been going on for a good while that ends up in the news once in a while. Recently someone made a YouTube video about it and since then it has been the new 'thing's (like Hati was or the Earthquake in Japan). I'm not entirely sure why it is in the debate folder but I guess it can be considered one.

[Irene]

Sarah R wrote: "Okay but Kony is numereo uno on the most wanted list, and lets say the power of Facebook suceeds and he is bought to trial and is incarcerated which he more than deserves. BUT what will happen to ..."

Right, the US government has apparently kept an eye on him but can't act without a decent plan.

[Adam]

I did some looking around and it said that Kony was creating child armies in the 1980's. I haven't found any recent mention of him doing it today. Is this even still going on? Why do we care about a child army created in the 80's?

[Irene]

Yes, he had been doing this since the 80's but it hasn't gotten attention. Around a month ago or more there was ONE news episode about it on CNN maybe (or some big news station like that) and this sparked a YouTube video, which for lack of a better phrase, spread like wildfire through the 'now' generation (more of young college students and high school students than anyone else).

[Mansi]

well I thought it was a debate since it was whether you should be donating or not donating. watch this vid for instance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DO73E...

[Adam]

I don't typically believe everything I see on the net, especially from a "special interest group" that wants money. Child armies in Africa aren't all that new though.

[Ingrid, Just another writer.]

I love that people are internationally spreading the awareness of defeating Kony. I mean, its not a racial matter. But truth is, U.S. government and senate and president hardly concern about the safety of our other continents. Their budgets go to help their people. And quite frankly, even though obesity, diseases, and poverty have spread in our own nation, it isn't fair that our developed and techonologically advanced nation isn't helping other developing nations that facing twice the hardships sweat and pain as us. Africa, some parts of Asia, do i need to name others?

Anyways back to Kony. I'll restate what everyone else knows about him-- basically a dictator in a part of Africa that is forcing boys and girls out of their homes and families to be used as child soldiers forcefully. Several have been killed by the thousands. And already several have sought refuge in camps miles from their parents where they may never see them again. Girls have been raped, sexually abused, and worse torn apart from siblings and the closest things they've got. Not only that, but Kony is only staying in power by turning countries AGAINST each other and increasing his army of child soldiers.

What really made me smile was when i was walking home from school today and a lamppost near my neighbor's house while i was walking to my house had a poster stuck to it titled KONY 2012. IT MEANS WE WILL AND SHOULD END KONY IN 2012.

what i think: HECK YEAH! HE SHOULD BE PERSECUTED FOR HIS CRIMES

[Adam]

Ingrid wrote: "I love that people are internationally spreading the awareness of defeating Kony. I mean, its not a racial matter. But truth is, U.S. government and senate and president hardly concern about the safety of our other continents. Their budgets go to help their people. And quite frankly, even though obesity, diseases, and poverty have spread in our own nation, it isn't fair that our developed and techonologically advanced nation isn't helping other developing nations that facing twice the hardships sweat and pain as us. Africa, some parts of Asia, do i need to name others?"

I don't know in what capacity you mean this, but it is very terrible to technologically advance another society very rapidly. They will not take care of the technology and they will be forever dependent on the people who made it. Unless they want to build it themselves, it's not as useful to "help".

[Ingrid, Just another writer.]

i do not mean to increase technology in other developing nations. i stated that the U.S.A is a very developed nation with different aspects of technology whereas other do not, so it makes sense that their economical and political problems should be with help from nations that could give it to them

[Adam]

I disagree, people have to want to do these things themselves. We shouldn't just hand out "free stuff", because then that won't do anything for them. They'll just expect more "free stuff".

I might make some concessions when it comes to disease control though. That kind of stuff should probably be free.

A lot of poor nations are worse off because of absurdly corrupt governments. We should help to fix that problem.

[Ingrid, Just another writer.]

Adam wrote: "I disagree, people have to want to do these things themselves. We shouldn't just hand out "free stuff", because then that won't do anything for them. They'll just expect more "free stuff".

I mig..."

When i mean the U.S and other developed nations with booming businesses take action into letting less developed nations have their own businesses i meant important things. Of course, your argument is slightly different with mine. 'Giving ' isn't really a necessary word i was hoping for. I meant 'trade'. For example, Africa should probably be one of the most richest places in the world but instead half of the continent is filled with low waged Africans who get an average income of what? 40$ per month. While a U.S. man get making up to at least 40,000 dollars a year. Africa's is packed with gold but because of corrupt dictators and weak economies, it has nowhere to put that gold and cash it to except hire miners to profit little of its full earnings. I'm am saying technology is much better for Africa because with it (and i mean construction tools, not all cell phones and tiny gadgets) they could use better equipment to dig this gold out, possibly for cement to pave their cropped lands with roads with better transportation, and bricks for houses. Not that there isn't any already but countries should help neighboring countries instead of watching them slowly decline. The economy is getting worse as is. And it isn't just governments that have corrupted poor nations. They mostly need diverse ways to sell products and diversified jobs.