Sunday 25 March 2012
I just made it say the end of my creative story...
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Kony-
Joseph Kony is the head of a Ugandan guerrilla group called the LRA or Lords Resistance Army. He says he is the spokesperson for god. Initially, he had public support, the LRA turned on its own supporters, aiming to 'purify' the Acholi people and turn Uganda into a theocracy. Kony claims to be a spokesperson of god and a medium of the Holy Spirit, which the group beliefs comes in many forms. They are aiming to achieve a state based on the Ten Commandments and local Acholi customs. He ordered the abduction of children and made them into child soldier and child sex-slaves, feeding them propaganda and making them kill their own parents. An estimated 66, 000 children have been turned into child soldiers and 2 million people have been 'displaced' since 1986. In 2005, Kony was arrested for war crimes, but has evaded capture.
The Ugandan military has attempted to kill Kony, but he is in hiding. In the latest attempt to track him down, former LRA members have been unlisted to search remote areas in the places he has been last seen. The USA army has been helping with the manhunt. their goal to help regional forces to remove Kony and senior LRA leaders. A group called Invisible Children inc have brought on a surge of awareness throughout the world when they released a video called Kony 2012 on the Internet. The film by Jason Russel is intended to bring attention to the manhunt for Kony in an effort to increase the involvement of the US. The video has been viewed over 80 million views as of March 17.
My opinion is that what Kony has been doing definitely has to be stopped, if it's all true, of course. I mean, its easy to put together a video that portrays one thing, but really is only a series of lies or propaganda. I think you should base your opinion on personal beliefs and how much trust you are willing to put into a video that is on the Internet and made by strangers. I think the video seems sincere and I don't think anyone could lie about something so serious.
The Ugandan military has attempted to kill Kony, but he is in hiding. In the latest attempt to track him down, former LRA members have been unlisted to search remote areas in the places he has been last seen. The USA army has been helping with the manhunt. their goal to help regional forces to remove Kony and senior LRA leaders. A group called Invisible Children inc have brought on a surge of awareness throughout the world when they released a video called Kony 2012 on the Internet. The film by Jason Russel is intended to bring attention to the manhunt for Kony in an effort to increase the involvement of the US. The video has been viewed over 80 million views as of March 17.
My opinion is that what Kony has been doing definitely has to be stopped, if it's all true, of course. I mean, its easy to put together a video that portrays one thing, but really is only a series of lies or propaganda. I think you should base your opinion on personal beliefs and how much trust you are willing to put into a video that is on the Internet and made by strangers. I think the video seems sincere and I don't think anyone could lie about something so serious.
Tuesday 13 March 2012
book reveiw-
I read The Hunger Games, the first book in a trilogy of teen novels by Suzanne Collins .Its set in a county called Panem, which is in North America. Every year the council forces its citizens to take part in the hunger games: a gruesome fight, where two 'tributes' (a girl and a boy) from each district in Panem are forced to fight to the death. The carnage is broad casted on national TV, with the families of the tributes forced to watch. Its entertainment for some, but for the districts who have to give up two of their children, its a reminder of the power of the council, and to never try to rebel ever again.
The book is about Katniss Everdeen, from district 12, a poor coal mining district in Panem. She bravely volunteers to take part in the hunger games, instead of her 12-year-old sister Prim. She and her co-tribute, Peeta, become unwilling Friends, when they know that in the end one of them is going to have kill the other. There is much confusion in the arena.
They start to play out an on-screen romance, in order to win over the audience and get sponsors. Playing to be star-crossed lovers turns out to be an effective strategy, but what happens when the cameras stop rolling? When the gamekeepers announce that two people from the same district can survive, she hurries to Peter's side to nurse him back to health.
I would rate this book 10/10 because it was very original and it kept me up all night, because of all the suspense.
The book is about Katniss Everdeen, from district 12, a poor coal mining district in Panem. She bravely volunteers to take part in the hunger games, instead of her 12-year-old sister Prim. She and her co-tribute, Peeta, become unwilling Friends, when they know that in the end one of them is going to have kill the other. There is much confusion in the arena.
They start to play out an on-screen romance, in order to win over the audience and get sponsors. Playing to be star-crossed lovers turns out to be an effective strategy, but what happens when the cameras stop rolling? When the gamekeepers announce that two people from the same district can survive, she hurries to Peter's side to nurse him back to health.
I would rate this book 10/10 because it was very original and it kept me up all night, because of all the suspense.
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