All that war, disease and starvation? That's nature way of telling Africa that there are too god damn many of them. Killing Kony solves nothing- because there's nothing we can solve. Africa will continue to be a shit hole until they hit some critical mass and true hell on Earth breaks out. And stringing them along with "humanitarian" aid just exacerbates the situation. 

You DO realize that Africa has the most natural resources out of any continent, right?

I'm aware, but they don't know how to use them

Hence the focus on helping build structures and education, within the activist groups plan and priorities. You gotta start somewhere, so why just say it's all hopeless when there actually is room for improvement, what's the motivation to do that?

I was talkign about the Lucy Lawless incident. Come back to me when you do go out and raise awarness in a significant amount of people. Remember the problems in darfur and how much awarness it had (it was a bunch) and jsut how long and how much effort was put into that? I do love idealistic activists though. Their passion is certainly entertianing.

A better question to all the people who bitched and whined and complained, and linked quotes which they don't quite comprehend, is why they suddenly NOW started to care? He is in hiding. Resources have been put into finding him. Where was all this... passion, back when child abductions were far far more common? Hence, a bunch of ignorant people who all of the sudden, in the best case, try to make up for their ignorance far too little far too late.

We've tried that before. Things were good- then we left/got booted. Now its China's turn, and they are colonizing Africa with great vigor. 

In other words, should we just continue to do nothing and count on our government?

Or, should we do like the video said, stand up and voice for effective change?

America and Europe have done nation building all over the world. It never works, ever. The only two successes have been Japan and Germany, which were already advanced cultures. So unless you want to perpetually be Africa's caretaker  I suggest you stop worrying about the starving children and start worrying about the guy who just got stabbed a block away in your city. Positive change has to come from within Africa. Just like it has to come from within Haiti, and within Easter Europe, and within the Middle East. 

It can come from within with the help of without.

The other thing is, it's about a movement of change, from within the global community.

About people getting stabbed across the street, we don't have those here very often. However, if I were to go to the states to help, all you arguments would be applicable to me in that western ambition too. It begs the question: Are those simply excuses for not lending a hand?

I believe so.