2012-03-09, 02:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 2012-03-09, 02:57 PM by Alex123123.)
Quote:"until the underlying problem -the region's poor governance - is adequately deal with, there will be no sustainable peace."
This.
I would feel less... "irked" about this movement if the end of it was helping in the development of the country (a long term, lasting solution) instead of urging the world to do something/anything in order to I don't know... feel like "something" has been done?
Really, the problem is not doing "something". The problem is doing something and following it through. You kill Kony the bad guy, then what? Leave the surrounding areas in turmoil and crap over/ strain the regions that have undergone some degree of improvement/development over the past years? Then ten years later, cry about the troops that still have not returned home or be forced to face the army that you trained/equipped all those years ago during that period of governance instability?
What's the other simple solution? Pour money... somewhere? Haiti anyone? (Yeah, Haiti still exists. It did not magically vanish after the earthquake).
While making people aware of the problems out there is not wrong, utilizing the misinformed opinion of the people to pressure the government of developed countries into taking some undefined course of action just doesn't sit well with me. And it's stupid.
Plus as other well informed people have already pointed out, there are ways which every person can use in order to support Uganda + other hundreds of similar regions that does not require the presence nor direct action of governments and that can contribute to the long term development/stability of the area. Sure, your 5$ will not instantly rid Africa of madmen, but it might just put a textbook into the hands of someone out there that will hopefully allow him/her to learn stuff and contribute to the development of his/her country.
Anyway. Point is, hundreds of undeveloped regions to this date are still going through similar problems for various reasons. It's impossible to help anyone by oversimplifying things and remaining ignorant of those reasons. No help is better than bad help, or something like that.