Joseph Kony. Does it ring a bell? Two years ago On March 5 of 2012 a video was posted on YouTube changing the social networking atmosphere in a way we have never seen before. Once it was posted it gained instant popularity around the world through Facebook, Twitter, Tumble, and more. This video would soon be known as the phenomenon Kony 2012. It's now reaching the mile marker of 100,000,000 views. One of those views includes me. " A former Catholic altar boy from northern Uganda, Joseph Kony has waged war in central Africa for more than two decades.
He claims that his Lord's Resistance Army movement has been fighting to install a government in Uganda based on the Biblical 10 Commandments."(BBC news, Joseph Kony: Profile of the LRA Leader) This man wants to install a theocracy. You may understand why a person would want to but the tactics he uses to install this theocracy, is wrong and brutal. What would push a man to commit the terrible acts? That's the essential question. What are these terrible acts? Continue on to learn more.
He claims that his Lord's Resistance Army movement has been fighting to install a government in Uganda based on the Biblical 10 Commandments."(BBC news, Joseph Kony: Profile of the LRA Leader) This man wants to install a theocracy. You may understand why a person would want to but the tactics he uses to install this theocracy, is wrong and brutal. What would push a man to commit the terrible acts? That's the essential question. What are these terrible acts? Continue on to learn more.
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