Thursday, March 22, 2012

Much Ado About Nothing Or Is It

So these past few weeks the world has been going on about this Kony character. Now for those of you who have been living in cave or under a rock and havent heard of him, allow me to introduce him to you. Reader, met Joseph Kony: this man is the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) which eventually somehow became an Ugandan guerrilla army. i guess that is what happens when just like a certain US president you think you are god's spokesperson. He abducts young children only to turn them into sex slaves or child soldiers. 

Great ... now that youve met him i can get back to my point. So its been all over the news how some young dude came up with a short film called "Kony 20102" in an effort to stop this dude. He presented it in the form of a picture perfect campaign. Apparently it worked wonders. My facebook news feed and twitter was over flowing with all sorts of article and video links on this guy and how we must do everything we can to stop him and what not.


Dont get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with educating the world on such insanity but what I dont get is the way Jason Russell went about the campaign. Personally, for me it lost its true essence and value because it came off too hollywoodish to me if that is even a word. It all played out a little too scripted and picture perfect with way too much emphasis on emotions. Actually come to think of it, this whole campaign to "stop kony" may have just done him more good than damage. I think it just pretty much boosted the man's ego. If you think about it, Jason just did a little PR for him. Good or bad PR is still well, PR!!


Now just for a moment lets forget the nitty gritty details of this video and lets look at this whole idea of the campaign holistically. Our buddy Kony here has been around for years now, the guy supposedly 50 years old. So why now? What, his insanity and atrocities werent so bad before?

Lets see what Uganda has going for itself. We all know its rich in natural resources such as copper, gold and some other natural minerals here and there plus some found oil. WAIT A MINUTE DID SOMEONE SAY OIL!!! THATS IT WE FIND A WAY TO GET OUR HANDS ON SOME OF THAT!!!! Ah yes now our brains are working!! Im just saying hidden agendas can be effective for some.

Wow these cold and fever medicines sure have a way of getting me to endlessly type about everything and nothing. I shall stop here for now and let you decide the answer to the question i posed in the title. Any thoughts? I promise not to hate you if you disagree, after all we do live in a world where we can "supposedly" enjoy the freedom of speech and expression :p

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