A few days ago, whilst frittering away on facebook, I kept coming across these videos and postings all about "Kony." I remember thinking, "Who the heck is Kony and why are people all up in arms over him?" Curiosity got the better of me and I finally watched the video. Firstly, it was an excellently filmed documentary styled short and secondly, I really liked the message behind it. I know that some people might say, "Why are we worried about the children in Africa when we have children to worry about here?" or "Why is this a big deal? It's not like this guy is poisoning thousands of people or attempting a mass genocide?" But it could be. If Kony had resources like Hitler did, we could have world war three on our hands. Evil is everywhere and in order to stop it, you have to start somewhere and we might as well start with him. I often have thought about the amazing people that we study in our history classes and wonder where the Washington's and Lincoln's of our day are. Who will our children look back to and want to emulate? I think that by standing up for the rights of those who can't just may give our kids that person. Just a thought....
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Save the Children? Well you got me there.
A Rave:
A few days ago, whilst frittering away on facebook, I kept coming across these videos and postings all about "Kony." I remember thinking, "Who the heck is Kony and why are people all up in arms over him?" Curiosity got the better of me and I finally watched the video. Firstly, it was an excellently filmed documentary styled short and secondly, I really liked the message behind it. I know that some people might say, "Why are we worried about the children in Africa when we have children to worry about here?" or "Why is this a big deal? It's not like this guy is poisoning thousands of people or attempting a mass genocide?" But it could be. If Kony had resources like Hitler did, we could have world war three on our hands. Evil is everywhere and in order to stop it, you have to start somewhere and we might as well start with him. I often have thought about the amazing people that we study in our history classes and wonder where the Washington's and Lincoln's of our day are. Who will our children look back to and want to emulate? I think that by standing up for the rights of those who can't just may give our kids that person. Just a thought....
A few days ago, whilst frittering away on facebook, I kept coming across these videos and postings all about "Kony." I remember thinking, "Who the heck is Kony and why are people all up in arms over him?" Curiosity got the better of me and I finally watched the video. Firstly, it was an excellently filmed documentary styled short and secondly, I really liked the message behind it. I know that some people might say, "Why are we worried about the children in Africa when we have children to worry about here?" or "Why is this a big deal? It's not like this guy is poisoning thousands of people or attempting a mass genocide?" But it could be. If Kony had resources like Hitler did, we could have world war three on our hands. Evil is everywhere and in order to stop it, you have to start somewhere and we might as well start with him. I often have thought about the amazing people that we study in our history classes and wonder where the Washington's and Lincoln's of our day are. Who will our children look back to and want to emulate? I think that by standing up for the rights of those who can't just may give our kids that person. Just a thought....
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