Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Right. So I just saw this news story started getting proper coverage over the last couple of days. For some reason this has taken 3 weeks to come to light over here, or at least to my attention. I usually have Sky News on in the background so I would have picked it up if it was reported on any earlier, but it hasn't been to my knowledge. Which is s*** in itself. I'm sure a lot of you are aware of what this is about. That 3 weeks ago a terrorist group kidnapped some 275 girls from a school(/s) in Nigeria, and is threatening to sell them on the black market as domestic slaves/sex slaves/brides/labour, etc. They have targeted these young girls because they are a sellable commodity to them, and supposedly as punishment for seeking western education (given the translation of the group's name, apparently). Here's a video of a news report giving the basic information on it. WARNING: This video does contain footage of the apparent leader of the group making his statement, so mods if you feel it's inappropriate for the forum and want to remove it then do what you have to do. I just felt I should post this because this whole thing is f***ing disgusting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlUhNmbo-Kc Now... I know a lot of people are skeptical about Britain/America/et all getting involved on other people's messes and sending aid (especially all the charity money guys like Comic Relief send to these countries that disappears into people's pockets, but that's a different issue) and poking our noses in. However on this occasion I'm more than happy for us to get involved. Hell, Obama and William Hague are making statements about we're offering this that and the other in terms of equipment or intelligence and support. Don't just say we're going to do something guys. Go f***ing do it. Because this is horrific. Anyway hope this bought a few people who haven't heard/heard little about this up to speed. Discuss this/foreign aid/policies on involvement overseas/etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Bringing up issues in the USA, a lot of people want Obama/White House to stop getting in the affairs of other nations. The crisis in Ukraine is one of those things (especially when we have our own national problems to attend to & need money/resources to handle those). Though, they are going to provide aid to the Nigerian government in getting these girls back (most likely troops). Where I live, we're still providing aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan (given a lot of people here have relatives/friends in the Phillipines). Not sure if we're still funding relief efforts for Fukushima; think we are. Back on topic though, This came up on the news around Sunday/yesterday-ish in my area, so haven't heard about this until now. But yeah, it's disgusting what this guy is doing (selling girls for sex). Then again, this isn't the only group doing this kind of stuff; there are others, yes, but we just don't hear of them as much as this guy is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Good god, how did I not hear about this until now? This is horrible. Okay yeah, this knowledge needs to be spread. As for getting involved, well yes, yes get involved. This isn't a "this one country" issue. It's an issue of helping other humans who are going through something terrible. Yeah that might sound naive but I don't care, it's how I think it should be. I personally have no issue with getting involved with other countries problems as long as it's not forced and is thought out. (So we're not stumbling blindly into something.) At this point in time, people everywhere really need to start thinking in a "We're in this together" mind-set and not a "Different country/state/city this is someone else's problem" one. But I could ramble a lot about this, so I'll stop now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇佐見 蓮子@C94 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Not to worry, I've called Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Bringing up issues in the USA, a lot of people want Obama/White House to stop getting in the affairs of other nations. The crisis in Ukraine is one of those things (especially when we have our own national problems to attend to & need money/resources to handle those). Though, they are going to provide aid to the Nigerian government in getting these girls back (most likely troops). Where I live, we're still providing aid to victims of Typhoon Haiyan (given a lot of people here have relatives/friends in the Phillipines). Not sure if we're still funding relief efforts for Fukushima; think we are. Back on topic though, This came up on the news around Sunday/yesterday-ish in my area, so haven't heard about this until now. But yeah, it's disgusting what this guy is doing (selling girls for sex). Then again, this isn't the only group doing this kind of stuff; there are others, yes, but we just don't hear of them as much as this guy is. Ukraine is a good case in point regarding involvement in foreign affairs. Keep seeing William Hague and I think it's Joe Biden both coming out saying 'we're putting sanctions on Russia and Russian officials and if they continue with this illegitimate poll we'll put in more' and I just think well, what sanctions? What are they? Because clearly they don't seem to be much as the Russians don't seem to give a s*** about them. According to reports the support America are offering is mostly intelligence and counter terrorism stuff, like personnel, forensic stuff, etc. Not funding. They don't need funding, and funding won't get to where it needs to go. Natural disaster I think is different, but it is about making sure the aid goes where it's meant to. And yeah you're right it's something that's probably gone on for ages all over with kidnapping here and there, but never heard of anything on this sort of scale. :blink: Good god, how did I not hear about this until now? This is horrible. Okay yeah, this knowledge needs to be spread. As for getting involved, well yes, yes get involved. This isn't a "this one country" issue. It's an issue of helping other humans who are going through something terrible. Yeah that might sound naive but I don't care, it's how I think it should be. I personally have no issue with getting involved with other countries problems as long as it's not forced and is thought out. (So we're not stumbling blindly into something.) At this point in time, people everywhere really need to start thinking in a "We're in this together" mind-set and not a "Different country/state/city this is someone else's problem" one. But I could ramble a lot about this, so I'll stop now. I know. News must have been slow getting out of Nigeria, which how that's gone on is beyond me. This should have been all over the news within days of it happening, especially in order to stand best chance of ever finding them. Not to worry, I've called Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Good idea. I'll go get the A-Team. These kids mothers are suffering, and we know how Mr. T loves those momma's. I'm skeptical about the effect celebrity endorsement has in these things, but wouldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Origins Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Why did I think this was some stupid scam when I saw the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amazing Avian Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Jesus Christ, the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt scandal blew up within hours and this happened almost a month ago and we're barely hearing about it? What in the actual fuck is wrong with this country? Why is it that people care more about the personal lives of actors than a real fucking issue like almost 300 girls being kidnapped? I rarely get mad about things, but seeing something this retarded happen has actually got me absolutely livid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Rai Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Jesus Christ, the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt scandal blew up within hours and this happened almost a month ago and we're barely hearing about it? What in the actual f*** is wrong with this country? Why is it that people care more about the personal lives of actors than a real f***ing issue like almost 300 girls being kidnapped? I rarely get mad about things, but seeing something this retarded happen has actually got me absolutely livid.No reason to blame media outlets like MTV for reporting on celebrity gossip. The world unfortunately cannot totally stop in the face of tragedy. MTV will not stop reporting on celebrity gossip in the same way that you will probably not go out and become an activist right now rather than stay on YCM.We've only had this news for a few weeks, really (but plenty of people did hear about this two weeks ago). The reason why the news on it has been slow is because little has happened, and it's the responsibility of governments, not the media, to deal with it. The recent outburst in news is because decisions have begun to finalise - it takes a while to figure out what to do, I assume (never mind Western media outlets, the Nigerian government hasn't made official statements until this week). And, obviously, because the leader of Boko Haram has spoken out about it a few days ago.Absolutely awful, obviously. Just hope that governments do something. Soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Max Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Why did I think this was some stupid scam when I saw the title You won $100m on the Sweepstake! XD OT: This is Modern Day Slavery. Disgusting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 This happens a lot more than people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyng Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 This happens a lot more than people think.Media Coverage, or rather the absence of it. Damn shame, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ P O L A R I S ~ Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'm sure a lot of you are aware of what this is about. That 3 weeks ago a terrorist group kidnapped some 275 girls from a school(/s) in Nigeria, and is threatening to sell them on the black market as domestic slaves/sex slaves/brides/labour, etc. They have targeted these young girls because they are a sellable commodity to them, and supposedly as punishment for seeking western education (given the translation of the group's name, apparently). Here's a video of a news report giving the basic information on it. WARNING: This video does contain footage of the apparent leader of the group making his statement, so mods if you feel it's inappropriate for the forum and want to remove it then do what you have to do. I just felt I should post this because this whole thing is f***ing disgusting. Typical white guilt. Jesus Christ, the Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt scandal blew up within hours and this happened almost a month ago and we're barely hearing about it? What in the actual f*** is wrong with this country? Why is it that people care more about the personal lives of actors than a real f***ing issue like almost 300 girls being kidnapped? I rarely get mad about things, but seeing something this retarded happen has actually got me absolutely livid. It's natural, it's ordained by the forces that be. Go chase your complacent security. That's all your western ideals are good for, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPTinYugi Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Apparently a group of people are using a twitter hashtag: #bringbackourgirls, in order to raise more awareness for this story but cynicism reaches it's head up on how effective this will be, even comparing it to the Kony campaign. Article here: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/bringbackourgirls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yeah. I work for a chain of schools in Africa that plans on expanding to Nigeria next year. This is exactly the kind of stuff that's thwarting our plans. Scary stuff, particularly when you know that some of your pupils may potentially be among them.And I guessed this would be Boko Haram before playing the video. Figures. Not the first, not the last. Anti-Western education and all. >__> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Why did I think this was some stupid scam when I saw the title honestly i wish that it was a stupid scam, would of been much better than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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