Who is KONY?

Last night, as always, I couldn't fall asleep to save my life. So I was doing what I always do after hours of laying in bed without falling asleep. I was creeping on Facebook. I noticed a friend of mine had posted a link to a video on youtube and natually I don't watch them but then I saw other people posting the same link. I was curious. What is this Kony thing? Probably some stupid song or dance going viral on the interwebs.So I clicked on it. The first thing I thought was, 'THIRTY MINUTES?!' ok. This HAS to be good. So I started to watch the story of Jacob and many other children in Africa abducted by this sick, sick man. For over twenty years this man has been abducting children from their homes in Uganda. He kills their families, forces them to kill their own parents, and the girls are turned into sex slaves.
To watch the video click HERE

I had no idea. Really, how could somebody be doing this ANYWHERE without the whole world knowing about it? Now that I do know about it, I've read blogs and articles about this guy and I've learned that he's not the only one doing this! There are people doing this all over the world! How can people let this happen?! It truly makes me sick. Why would anybody do this? How can they get away with it? Why can't they find this guy? Why don't the people in the villages carry guns or knives at least? Where is the POLICE or armed forces when his rebels raid villages?

This monster's name is Joseph Kony. He is the leader of the L.R.A. (Lord's Resistance Army) Kony has been getting away with this for over 20 YEARS! I couldn't believe this. The video itself was inspiring. It tells a story of a man and how he wants his son to understand that Kony is a very bad man and he needs to be stopped. He wants his son to grow up and live in a world of peace. Just like everyone else. This little boy obviously doesn't understand because he is only 5 years old. His father, the narrator in the video, said he didn't want to tell him exactly what he does to the children because it would be too much for little Gavin to understand. The video concludes with the narrator telling us we can make a change on April 20, 2012. The Invisible Children organization is going "Cover the City" with as many posters as possible. Not to celebrate Kony but to make him known to the world so in turn more people join in the fight for justice and peace.

We need to open our eyes and see that this is happening in other countries also. We take things for granted, we're selfish, we're all in our own little worlds where it's only us and everything is fine and dandy because we have the luxury of security and while not everyone is rich, most of us have enough money to live a comfortable lifestyle. This has to come to an end.

I think it's time that everyone stop being selfish and come together for a cause such as this. This is what brings people together and this is how we can gain control of our lives once again! The government is so messed up. They control EVERYTHING you can see, say or do. YES there are far more things wrong in our country but right NOW, this is something we can take control of and something WE CAN DO! If we can come together for this cause right now, we will be stronger and closer together as a community, as a state, and as a country! If we can do everything we can and support this organization to keep OUR government aware of Kony and others alike, we can overcome this! If we can help bring Kony to justice in AFRICA, we can do so much more after coming together HERE in OUR country, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! 

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