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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #120 on: March 17, 2012, 04:25:30 pm »
You know you're charity is fucked when the people you're trying to help tell you to get out of thier country.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #121 on: March 17, 2012, 04:39:33 pm »
Quote from: Megaman on March 17, 2012, 04:25:30 pm
You know you're charity is fucked when the people you're trying to help tell you to get out of thier country.

Unless your a celebrity which in this case, your invited to see "The pearl of Africa"
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #122 on: March 17, 2012, 05:18:38 pm »
Oh no... that video... they can turn people into terrorism hipsters with their laser beams!
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #123 on: March 17, 2012, 05:22:52 pm »
Quote from: Flying Dice on March 17, 2012, 05:18:38 pm
Oh no... that video... they can turn people into terrorism hipsters with their laser beams!
Only three at a time, though. I think it means they practice some sort of ironic devil-worshipping numerology.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #124 on: March 17, 2012, 05:24:41 pm »
Quote from: fqllve on March 17, 2012, 05:22:52 pm
Quote from: Flying Dice on March 17, 2012, 05:18:38 pm
Oh no... that video... they can turn people into terrorism hipsters with their laser beams!
Only three at a time, though. I think it means they practice some sort of ironic devil-worshipping numerology.
I suppose there are worse things they could shoot at people to turn them into hipsters.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #125 on: March 17, 2012, 06:04:33 pm »
Quote from: G-Flex on March 17, 2012, 12:41:09 am
And here's Invisible Children from 2006.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6QWdVD4zsc&t=1m55s

It took me a while to realize this video wasn't parody.
Posting this link in every Kony thread I can find in the internets.

ALL OF THEM.

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« Reply #126 on: March 17, 2012, 08:05:01 pm »
I feel terrible for that man. I think he cracked because he really was trying to do something good, but received criticism and responded in ENTIRELY the wrong way. I'm sad that the video endorsed the same old White People Have To Fix The World mentality, when Uganda are already taking care of business... but the spirit of the project was still well-meaning, and probably doesn't deserve the backlash it's gotten. They were clear they were raising money to advertise from the start, and never claimed to be donating to Ugandan families affected by the LRA or so on, so people shouldn't be surprised that their funds were spent on their own organization and projects. Also, the video was obviously telling a personal story from many years ago, and clarified that Kony wasn't in Uganda anymore. I don't know how people seem to miss this part.

Anyway, I'm glad they were at least able to raise awareness as they have. If the project wasn't a success in that regard, we wouldn't have this discussion going on right now.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #127 on: March 17, 2012, 08:17:45 pm »
I agree. If Invisible Children hadn't done what they did, we wouldn't be talking about Invisible Children right now.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #128 on: March 17, 2012, 08:39:02 pm »
The project may have had good intentions, but there are far better ways to approach the problem.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #129 on: March 17, 2012, 08:42:01 pm »
Quote from: nenjin on March 17, 2012, 08:17:45 pm
I agree. If Invisible Children hadn't done what they did, we wouldn't be talking about Invisible Children right now.

Quote from: Megaman on March 17, 2012, 08:39:02 pm
The project may have had good intentions, but there are far better ways to approach the problem.

+ "White Man's Burden Facepalm"

Pretty much sums up my view on IC.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #130 on: March 18, 2012, 04:34:04 pm »
http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/18/jason-russell-video-naked-meltdown-kony/#.T2ZT-BHOVk2
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From far away, it was a naked man pounding the sidewalk in public -- now TMZ has obtained up close video of Jason Russell's meltdown ... complete with four-letter words ... and the devil.

In this new video, Russell can be heard ranting to himself, dropping F-bombs, clapping to no one in particular, and shouting about the devil.
Dangly bits blurred out in the video, thankfully.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #131 on: March 18, 2012, 04:35:15 pm »
So the dude had a mental breakdown, not just drunk?
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« Reply #132 on: March 18, 2012, 04:38:21 pm »
Lol he wasn't drunk. He was dehydrated, malnourished, and acting very strange. Meth is the likely candidate.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #133 on: March 18, 2012, 04:41:58 pm »
More like PCP, that is some Grade-A off-the-walls batshit crazy right there.
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Re: Kony 2012
« Reply #134 on: March 18, 2012, 04:43:26 pm »
Ya, either some sort of mind altering drug, which seems unlikely due to statements he wasn't on any from those who knew him along with no confirmation of any in his system (which probably would have been tested for when he was hospitalized).

It would appear

Jason Russell has gone stark raving mad!
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