"KONY 2012"

ITT: Flonne argues about morals.

Seriously though, I shared the video because I thought it was interesting and at the very least informative. I can't say I have an opinion either which way of whether this is the right or wrong thing to do, but I also believe doing nothing solves nothing. At least this has a chance to make change, regardless of whether people agree that it's even worth it.

That's the whole point. In this particular case, the view "doing something is better than nothing" is being debated. What will doing something do? Kony isn't really a threat to anyone right now, nor will he be in any foreseeable future. The video's problem is that it's not informative at all; it's spreading misinformation. The issues it portrays are old news.

Change is needed. That's a given. But the change that this campaign is going to bring about is not the change that is needed. Uganda doesn't need a stronger military, and Invisible Children doesn't need to be a bigger non-profit. What is needed is for Uganda to have a system in place to root out corruption in it's government and military. A organization who's campaign is to raise funds for that military is counter intuitive to that goal.

EDIT:

Sorta surprised no one actually brought up this:

http://www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html

That one telegraph article claiming a different situation in Uganda is an interesting take indeed though.

Ok, some of that stuff I can agree with. But the fact remains that they decided to focus on the more militaristic approach rather than emphasize the work they do for local communities and education. They also focused on Uganda for god knows what reason, all the while, Uganda still doesn't have a present problem with the LRA.

Still stinks of fish to me. Just slightly more accountable fish.