Sunday, March 11, 2012

March 11, 2012 (Joseph Kony-Slacktivist/Slacktivism)

During MUN class, we learned about Joseph Kony and his bad deeds, and that we must capture him and put an end to his actions. However, he is constantly commiting crimes and running away. The teacher also told us about slacktivism and slactivist. Slackvists, by his deifinition, is after knowing about an event, basically comment on it and thinking about what to have for dinner. This is an antonym for activism/ activists. He also joked that if we are able to capture Joseph Kony and bring him back, we will get an A for the class. We all know that it is difficult (nothing is impossible). However, I learned that we dont have to be slacktivists, we can all be activists by advocating justice with all the people around the world and raise awareness. Here, I will try to.

 Joseph Kony is probably in Sudan right now. (As I remember from our teacher) He has abducted, kidnapped, rapped children and women. He made the children child soldiers, gave them guns and forced them to shoot their parents. We have to stop him. We have to show him that we, the people of the world, are united, and that there is nothing to stop us from achieving something, when we've got the whole world backing us up. Joseph Kony, the people of the world is coming to get you. Watch out.

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