tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post113663082288377214..comments2016-08-22T12:00:03.978+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1137615996025606342006-01-18T21:26:00.000+01:002006-01-18T21:26:00.000+01:00Simply put I think the confusion lies with self expression and definition of words. Abuse is a bad reflection of self control, ofcourse individuals have freedom of expression.<BR/><BR/>Criticism is not the same thing as profanity. Criticizing can be good and can contribute to change. <BR/><BR/>See thats exactly the mentality. The 'shrugging' and making excuses that profanity publicly used about Nigeria is ok. How different is this from someone who who puts the profanity into action by stealing money or jumping queues?<BR/><BR/>I don't think this is a case of how the outside world perceives Nigeria at all, I rather see it as how outsiders see Nigerians take their own country. <BR/><BR/>Kind of like when the Bellview plane crashed a American blogger wrote - hey who cares a plane full of 419ers anyway.<BR/><BR/>How sad.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1137505643523797272006-01-17T14:47:00.000+01:002006-01-17T14:47:00.000+01:00In fairness to the first poster, I feel that the profanity reflects his frustration at the current state of the country. People who genuinely care about Nigeria may not always express themselves in clear terms of "patriotic" optimism. <BR/><BR/>You may think that criticizing our country shames her but in my opinion, Nigeria has long been shamed by people who would steal her money, starve her people and then have the gall to talk about how they are fighting corruption. She is shamed by us, who see all these things and shrug and say "naija" as if corruption and non performance are wielded to our DNA. <BR/><BR/>It's amazing how we Africans are so bothered about how we are perceived by the outside world but don't really care about how we look at ouselves.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1137273768816566232006-01-14T22:22:00.000+01:002006-01-14T22:22:00.000+01:00Its not about honesty - yes we need honesty - plenty of it, to move away from mediocrity as you say...<BR/><BR/>Its the insulting and name calling that is unpatriotic.<BR/><BR/>If your brother, sister, mother, father, wife, husband was fat, skinny, unserious, noisy, dirty, timid, rude... How would you tell him/her in order to correct them or help them grow or develop in to better a person?<BR/><BR/>By shouting out loud to the world: 'hey you are @#$%g fat'?Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1136860257474110972006-01-10T03:30:00.000+01:002006-01-10T03:30:00.000+01:00On the other hand, if we don't cultivate habits of truth-telling, we'll be remain stuck in mediocrity.<BR/><BR/>There's much that's good about Nigeria. One of those things, increasingly, is Nigerians who are willing to tell the truth about their country, themselves, and the world.<BR/><BR/>The age of ostriches is past.Teju Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775553841439495820[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1136745671440572052006-01-08T19:41:00.000+01:002006-01-08T19:41:00.000+01:00Points to ponder: the reason Nigeria is in such an apparent state of illness of some sort is with attitudes of calling one's home land names. <BR/><BR/>If we pass on attitudes like this to our children, who will have respect for our Nation?? who will have the desire to change her, groom her, feed her, grow her?<BR/><BR/>With name calling attitudes, nothing will change, we just insult the blood that run though our veins, disrespect our motherland, humiliate her infront of the world. Shame her, abuse her, and humiliate her.<BR/><BR/>Nigeria is not in the best shape and it is indeed sad - the disasters, the disarray, the carelessness and attitude of some Nigerians to work, the lack of dedication of some Nigerians to progress and growth.... and so much more, but its not enough to warrant such name - calling.<BR/><BR/>It will take alot to change the way things are... and bad seeds only end up bearing bad fruit... so what will good seeds produce?<BR/><BR/>I dont see good seeds coming from us if all we think about Nigeria are ill-spoken adjectives.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-1136637593858026402006-01-07T13:39:00.000+01:002006-01-07T13:39:00.000+01:00Ack! What a horror story.<BR/><BR/>Poor lady.<BR/><BR/>This is the catalogue of disappointments ordinary people have to put up with in that f*cking country...Teju Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16775553841439495820[email protected]