tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post1772829666731540150..comments2023-10-28T09:18:36.494-04:00Comments on Method to the Madness: On Debating NigeriaSaratuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15444322081856808447noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-79724050735451628362011-06-06T10:46:23.714-04:002011-06-06T10:46:23.714-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bradly Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254401761479932682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-22156812363347109002011-04-12T17:07:45.303-04:002011-04-12T17:07:45.303-04:00Totally on point.Totally on point.GamineGirliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150513991680490243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-4164043243659616752011-03-31T15:44:05.893-04:002011-03-31T15:44:05.893-04:00You speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing b...You speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I like thisSir Farikuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813260915778420741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-69985193497791246032011-03-31T15:07:24.490-04:002011-03-31T15:07:24.490-04:00Great to see someone else air the same viewpoint o...Great to see someone else air the same viewpoint on these issues. You may want to see my blog post earlier on something similar - http://kunledurojaiye.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/goodluck-by-dbanj/<br />Good thinking!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00323427274258875470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-33291048004847204362011-03-30T20:19:36.955-04:002011-03-30T20:19:36.955-04:00Someone is thinking. Thank goodness.Someone is thinking. Thank goodness.E Aboyejihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09808343394089837347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-36525833715859809772011-03-30T17:53:47.703-04:002011-03-30T17:53:47.703-04:00Wow. My thoughts exactly.
I took a bus recently a...Wow. My thoughts exactly.<br /><br />I took a bus recently and surrounded by market women, secondary school students, a security man, and a mechanic I had a frequently recurring (tormenting?) thought: these are the real Nigerians.<br /><br />I occasionally find time to talk with "them". I am often startled into compassion by their apathy and ignorance. By their numbers "they" have "us" trapped got this nation. Our dream lives are trapped by their nightmare existence, our rising activism by their docile submission to the daily grind and our passionate desire for change by their belief in the futility of standing up for anything. Any initiative that doesn't communicate with, as against talking down-to/over/at "them" is dead on arrival. <br /><br />You put it much much better than I ever did though. So, may I tweet, reblog, facebook-note and link-post this? Never mind, I'll do it anyway... even as I continue my conversations on the street with them.I amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369099083105540955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-1421015338922188602011-03-29T14:02:24.324-04:002011-03-29T14:02:24.324-04:00@ Akin -- Sorry. My bad/misread.
"What I wa...@ Akin -- Sorry. My bad/misread. <br /><br />"What I was saying was people might read this blog and not see the foundational truth which you have clearly highlighted."<br /><br />vs.<br /><br />"<br />One can easily be carried away with the seemingly underlying cynicism and miss out on the foundational truth."<br /><br />Ah... <br /><br />I thought you meant to make a point in opposition of my view and didn't buttress it with anything else. Once again, my bad.Saratuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444322081856808447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-87615895126497044302011-03-29T13:50:23.278-04:002011-03-29T13:50:23.278-04:00Maybe you should stand back and read my comment ag...Maybe you should stand back and read my comment again. What I was saying was people might read this blog and not see the foundational truth which you have clearly highlighted.<br /><br />"The politicians are not looking for the enlightened and sated, they are looking for those than can be persuaded with the least."<br /><br />Then, I tried to buttress your case of politicians not really being interested in the sated youth with the example of the Pakistani governor.<br /><br />I concluded with a direction the sated youth can take to take the initiative away from politicians who exploit the problems you highlighted in your blog.<br /><br />I hoped my comment would help extend the views you published but if I am to run the gauntlet of this, I think I am well advised.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />AkinAkin Akintayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254117443398207562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-69339087822355832712011-03-29T13:13:25.798-04:002011-03-29T13:13:25.798-04:00@ Akin --- I'm not sure what exactly you'r...@ Akin --- I'm not sure what exactly you're addressing. What "foundational truth" am I missing with my "underlying cynicism"? <br /><br />"The politicians are not looking for the enlightened and sated, they are looking for those than can be persuaded with the least."<br /><br />Ummm... that's what I said.<br /><br />"<br />I remember watching an interview of a Pakistani governor who boldly said he does not encourage education because educated people have rights that he does not have the means to satisfy."<br /><br />Nothing I said would contradict what you've written there. Indeed, it supports my opinion that those who need the debate were sorely left out of it.<br /><br />"That said, there was some value to the debates, it is left to the sated youth to strive to become opinion leaders amongst their peers - just being heard and responded to is not enough."<br /><br />Um.... OK. I just don't know who you're talking to here.Saratuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444322081856808447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-60245805944883272332011-03-29T13:08:40.190-04:002011-03-29T13:08:40.190-04:00Hello,
One can easily be carried away with the se...Hello,<br /><br />One can easily be carried away with the seemingly underlying cynicism and miss out on the foundational truth.<br /><br />The politicians are not looking for the enlightened and sated, they are looking for those than can be persuaded with the least.<br /><br />I remember watching an interview of a Pakistani governor who boldly said he does not encourage education because educated people have rights that he does not have the means to satisfy.<br /><br />That said, there was some value to the debates, it is left to the sated youth to strive to become opinion leaders amongst their peers - just being heard and responded to is not enough.<br /><br />However, this is a perspective that needs to be heard loud and clear too.Akin Akintayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254117443398207562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-4119867694910236312011-03-29T12:13:08.562-04:002011-03-29T12:13:08.562-04:00Thanks :-)Thanks :-)Saratuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15444322081856808447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284661635188679438.post-16770215305042614142011-03-29T08:25:28.090-04:002011-03-29T08:25:28.090-04:00This is really brilliant. I can't help but agr...This is really brilliant. I can't help but agree with everything you've written.<br /><br />I've never claimed to be 'proudly Nigerian' because I know just how apathetic I am. Still I've been 'inspired' to do something this election season (though I kicked and had to be convinced to do it ^^).cosmicyorubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913395879445418408noreply@blogger.com