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JJJ-thebanisher

Kony

12 years ago

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Acev127

Kony

12 years ago
Let's make sure our involvement sticks to just advisors
JJJ-thebanisher

Kony

12 years ago
Why?
October

Kony

12 years ago

I'm going on April 20th. I'm broke at the moment but as soon as I start work next week I'm getting that action kit.

October

Kony

12 years ago

Okay, I've done a little research. I definitely agree with capturing this guy, but I'm not sure if Invisible Children is the right way to go about it.

October

Kony

12 years ago

Or rather - it'll get results but I'm not sure if IC have the right intentions.

JJJ-thebanisher

Kony

12 years ago
Well, assuming that wiki is correct and they profit by $262,000, I'm not sure if that's a problem.

It says that the three film-makers made a combined pay of $262,000, which amounts to almost 90,000 each. It also says that that money accounts for a combined 2.93% percent of their total profits.

If I buy the 30$ action kit, I'd be giving them about 88 cents. I'm assuming the rest goes to the charity / operating costs. I think $90,000 is a bit excessive, but considering that they don't parade as a not-for-profit organization and they are doing a great thing, I'm not sure if they're all that bad.

After all, why shouldn't they profit? If everyone profited from doing good things, I think the world would be a better place.
Legion

Kony

12 years ago
I'm not against the producers making money, they have to do it somehow. However if the world worked like that then it would be the new expectation to be rewarded for doing a good thing, thus the selfless good deed forever dies.
JJJ-thebanisher

Kony

12 years ago
Really? Because I think that expectation already exists for the most part and yet people still commit selfless acts.
ThisisBo

Kony

12 years ago
I don't think it's so much making people expect rewards as these guys who spend most of their time in Africa getting a little compensation. I really don't think its a big deal considering how long they've been doing this.
cool74

Kony

12 years ago
Even good and generous people need to eat take care of themselves and feed ther families.
October

Kony

12 years ago

Cool, a person can easily feed and take care of their family for less than $90,000 a year.

But as for the other comments, $90,000 seems like a fair enough wage considering the work that they do, it was just a little surprising considering what line of work they were in.

October

Kony

12 years ago

Anyone who is interested, JJJ sent me this link which shows Invisible Children's response to their criticisms. I read it and I do believe that Invisible Children have the right intentions with what they're doing. While I still don't think it's responsible to simplify the issue so much, considering what society's like now this is a lot better than there being no awareness at all (which would have likely happened without the video).

playa988

Kony

12 years ago

Peter Pan ran a militia of small children, but as soon as a black man does it....