Apparently the advocacy advertising agency Invisible Children has used Facebook to go viral with a video about Joseph Kony of the Lords Resistance Army, the same week as yours truly watched the really bad TV show about “how to tell if people are lying”that  had as central story a beautiful model “exposed” as spokesperson for an anti-Kony campaign.  The practical ethics issues are wonderful for debate.  Most academics (including Blattman) have a serious distaste for agitprop, especially of the very distant Mrs. Jellyby kind.

So the panic attack was by two students at Santa Clara University, who had invited Invisible Children to come to campus and present the video, and this week as it went viral, they started reading all the nuance, and more and more decided they didn’t want to host the Invisible Children group… so they rushed in for advice… can you guess what I said?  Lots of sympathy, and “teachable moment/debate is good” stuff.  So I am looking forward in April to see what happens.  And of course to seeing Kony handed over to ICC.