Kony 2012

I don't profess to know a great deal about what's going on in Uganda, or, depending on who you're listening to, what's not going on in Uganda. So I'll give actually talking about Kony a fairly wide berth. 

What I would like to remark upon, purely as an observation, is how astounding this whole thing is. This 30-minute video has people deeply divided, with some jumping straight in and castigating Kony like he's personally wronged them and their entire family and ancestors, and some taking a wholier-than-thou 'educate yourself before you jump to conclusions' stance.

As I say, I don't know a great deal about this - in fact, I know next to nothing about most things in Africa - but I do find it annoying how some people actually think they can save the world from evil by sharing a video. I get that some people actually care, and there's nothing wrong with this video making you caring. I mean, we all have to learn about things from somewhere. But seriously, copying + pasting a letter and sending it to your local MP, sharing a video, or sharing a link, won't do very much if that's all you're going to do. 

It's especially annoying when the same people who think that Africa is a country are the people that start harping on about Kony and Uganda and whatnot. I don't know why, something about that just rankles with me. I guess it's that if you care about something, then care about it. Don't go running impromptu lectures about something that you've only just learned about through a YouTube video. 

I'm not really the saviour of the world either. I give to a few select charities a few times a year, because I believe in the work that they do, but I'm not really the volunteering type. So you could just dismiss all this as hypocritical old me ranting at people that actually care and stuff. 

Also equally annoying are the people that are all like 'fact, fact, fact', contradicting the Kony people. They, too, most likely just learned that Uganda is part of the African continent, and not another planet, and yet, they're teaching people all about the history of the Ugandan conflict. 

It's all just rather annoying. I wish they'd hurry up and sort Kony out. Because he is probably a morally bankrupt person, and also because many people have probably suffered at his hands, but also because then this whole thing will end sooner.

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