ndu_chucks:

Kilode?!, you know better than to post the above igbe. There is nothing civil about hijacking an Airplane with a gun, while endangering the lives of passengers and crew.

There's no way you can fight the establishment through civil disobedience without "commiting a crime" in the eyes of the said establishment. Wether your act of disobedience is violent or non-violent, you will still be commiting a crime from the perspective of the establishment you are fighting. That is a cross every revolutionary must bear.

alj harem:

Oh alright egbon mi

Sorry for the misunderstanding

Kilode?!:


Alhaji, no wahala jare

Kilode?!:



And I bet you know better than to quote one part of someones statement and conclude like that, the full paragraph you took that out of was making a comparison between violent street action, non-violent street action and this rather violent hijacking.

And I was speaking about the dilemma of deciding which one is acceptable in response to another posters comment about street protesters and what it means to "committ a crime" . Please put comments in their proper context


This was what I said:

2mch:
Imagine the blatant hypocrisy. All the people that BH has killed and fried. Same with MEND. We should give them money and congratulate them for a job well done. But when one fights for the democracy we are having today, they want to bury these people. Thunder fire the mumu's dia! They dont want the younger ones to have any role models. They are enjoying the present state of things. They dont want anyone having any smart ideas. These guys should be helped!

ndu_chucks:

Thank you for your explanation. The only thing that is clear here, is that, the hijack was not a non-violent act. I thought you were attempting to trivialize or justify the violent crime of hijacking, perpetrated by those boys.

Is my assumption that you condemn their ciminal act of terrorism accurate, regardless of their motives? I would hope so. BTW how ya side?

Kilode?!:


Your assumption is not entirely correct.

But I admire your ability to see clear black and white on this issue. For me I'm suffering the dilemma usually presented by situations like this.

I agree with their motivation, I see the danger they presented to the passengers and crew, But I cannot totally condem their action. I'm happy to carry that burden until I can resolve it.

My side dey jare my bro. Trying to stay afloat.

ndu_chucks: @OAM4J, Thanks your cleaning up the thread. BTW, this ya name OAM4J, does it mean OAM (your initials) for Jesuit? are you a jesuit ni?




kilode?!, why are you now trying to use ogbon agba, to dismantle a yoruba belief which has existed for hundreds of years? As a youruba, you should subscribe to "Oun ti'oda ko da", are you saying that you know better than your ansestors ni?

BTW, I'm quite OK with your last response, so you don't have to react to this post.

ndu_chucks: @OAM4J, Thanks your cleaning up the thread. BTW, this ya name OAM4J, does it mean OAM (your initials) for Jesuit? are you a jesuit ni?

OAM4J:

hmnnnnn.... What can I say? was it flesh or the Spirit that was revealing things to you? Only God knows

dayokanu: What were their demands after the hijack?

Did they ask for money like our MEND heroes? Did they bomb and kill innocent people like our MEND activists?

dayokanu: ^^ If my mom was a casualty in the American war of independence too, I would have been happy.

Just needed to be said that we have heroes in Nigeria who kidnap for money and kill innocent civilians

dayokanu: ^^ If you lose a family in the Soweto riots or the June 12 riots you would never be happy.

That isnt to say those riots were a bad thing

Kobojunkie:

Of course none because I would not want any of those killers to go Scot free. And the people of Soweto did all they could to get justice for those that died. Why not the Nigerian case? What these boys did is inexcusable. Those of us who took to the streets in peaceful protest during the actual June 12th debacle, what were we? chopped liver?

This hijacking happened in October, and I remember quite well that there were fears that the administration would shoot first, ask questions later.

dayokanu:

I remember the hijack very well as there was anxiety that Nigeria is turning into those Arab countries where hijack is the order of the day

People that lost loved ones in Soweto or [b]June 12 might as well blame the organisers of the riots who knowingly defied authorities [/b]and as a result got some innocent peoplle who were not part of the riots killed