Today, I am going to write a post that most likely will contain no quotes, but a video full of them. Normally I don't get caught up in internet stuff, like Rebecca Black (Still haven't seen that video), that annoying kid on YouTube that just mouths the words to songs, or even the dreaded Jenna Marbles. However, something compelled me today to watch a video entitled 'Kony 2012'. Now I know what you're thinking, either you don't care to see it, you've already seen it and you still don't care, or you've seen it and you're like "Oh yeah, that video is awesome, I'm totally supporting that cause!" Whatever your stance I still urge you to continue reading this post of mine. Before getting much further I'm going to embed the video here for you to watch it. It's roughly 30 minutes long, and when I watched it that time went by pretty quickly. If you think watching a 30 minute YouTube video is a big waste of time, I would most often agree with you. Some clever ideas would be to maybe do a little workout while watching it, make some food and eat dinner, perhaps you could knit or do some other hobby while watching it. Here we go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc&feature=g-all&context=G245c2c2FAAAAAAAABAA
(After a bit of research I found a very interesting article about this foundation. Please read this story)
http://lifehacker.com/5891726/how-to-determine-if-a-charity-like-kony-2012-is-worth-your-money
Okay okay I admit defeat. I don't know how to embed a video on this blog. But just copy and paste that link into your most favoritest (of course that was done on purpose!) web browser and watch if you'd like.
A few points I'd like to mention about what I got when I watched the video. I do find Kony's acts very disturbing and yes he should be stopped. I don't mind that U.S. troops are getting deployed to help make this happen. I find it very interesting that when you take this situation into account and maybe mix in the whole SOPA and PIPA fiasco's you can notice a few things. First of all you can notice that because of the internet and newer forms of communication. The world, and individually the people of the world. Are able to communicate and gather into masses far quicker and easier than ever before. So watching this video and knowing what happened to SOPA and PIPA the people stood up to their government and they won. But why not do this more, perhaps on more pressing issues? Like our national debt, the fact that we don't get to choose who to vote into office but are handed who the government wants in, or many other things. I don't aim to rant here, this is mostly informational.
The video mentions that on 4/20/12 the followers of this cause will stay up all night plastering billboards, stickers, and so on all over the world. I have a few things to say about this. As with SOPA and PIPA all that was really required of people was to sit at their computers or on their phones and contact their congressman and state representative. So will this actually happen? I hope so, it's time for people to stand up and actually 'do more'. Not just in these regards, but in life in general. At work, with your family, for your friends, and for yourself. Lastly, who is going to clean all this stuff up when it's time for it to come down? I'm not trying to joke about it, but that is a lot of litter and trash once this movement is done. Perhaps more media outlets like newspapers, TV, and the internet would be the best to plaster with stuff. The newspapers would be printed anyway, and there is nothing to throw away when it's just visually on TV and the internet.
All views and opinions expressed here are that of my own. I'm standing to my point that I think this is a good cause and that it should get supported. But as a citizen of this world, you must think to yourself "What else should I be doing? What else should I be fighting for?" And that's all I wanted to instill with this post. That we can do more, and we can change our government and our lives as well as the lives of others. Now more than ever, and easier than ever to boot.
Currently listening to: "I'm with you" by Avril Lavigne
-J
No comments:
Post a Comment