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lipuka (m)
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At last the Nigerian Government has come out in defense of Nigerians by banning District 9. This has clearly vindicated what I have been saying all along, about what othert people think about Nigerians.
When I first talked about prostitution in Edo State, I was insulted and called all sorts of names, even though I was not the originator of the story. And when I stated that South Africans did not think much about being Africans, I was not spared either. District Nine now shows what some people think. I am not one of these people
I love Nigerians. A look at the phonebook numbers in my six phones have 2,364 names. 872 are Nigerians. I have about 1000 friends on Facebook, and most of them are Nigerians. I do not hate Nigeria, as some have indicated.
It is interesting to note that District 9 is a hit in US of A, a country I have attacked, but which was defended by some Nigerians. I think the movie was a disgrace and in bad taste, and the Nigerian Government has done the right thing to ban it. But it should serve as a wake-up call to Nigerians. There are people who love you, and there are those who hate you. Better have a enemy who tells you the truth than a friend who lies to you
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tpia.
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Better have a enemy who tells you the truth than a friend who lies to you gbam |
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temodent (m)
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Hi there, can anyone tell me how I could get to see the movie District 9, since it is already a banned property in Nigeria. Thank you
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lipuka (m)
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District 9 is not worth watching. I have seen it and it is disgusting. All Africa should ban it. We are not cannibals
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folly69 (m)
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@Lipuka thanx for your concern bout Naija bt wat is this movie actually about.
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lipuka (m)
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The movie is shot in South Africa, and potrays Nigerians as being involved in prostitution and cannibalism. I believe prostitution is a world wide problem and has been there for time immenorial. Cannibalism is no more in the modern world. And if it still does exist, I am not aware that Nigerians eat each other
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cenzo (m)
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putting the nigerian thing to the side, the movie was just huff and good thing i didn't pay to watch it.
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africhika (f)
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i thot the movie was fantastic. of course, there was a lot of political racism. but that's how it it.
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lipuka (m)
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Movies can be used to both good and bad effect. They can be used to distort fact, This is the cas with District 9.
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maedan (f)
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Maybe it's just me and I'm easily put off, but that movie was useless!! Even before I got to the part with all the Nigerian slurs, I was already thinking, WT?? Anyway, like I said, sometimes I'm hard to please.
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semid4lyfe (m)
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That movie is boring, dry and a waste of time.
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yoji
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i think some of u guys are overblowing the whole issue. its just a movie. and its just fiction. in america movies are released evry wk and while we are still whinig about that other movies hv since been released and district 9 forgotten. its just a figment of some psycho nerds imagination which was used by a hollywood studio to make some money thats all. there are movies which paints other nationalities evil. its jus a movie and its not like d american congress passed a vote to endorse the movie. we hav more pressin issues jare
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cenzo (m)
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i can see how one would find it offensive, so you can't just dismiss folks saying they're blowing up something that is not. those complaining probably feel it's just perpetuating stereotypes and we all know folks are NOT that bright and even if it is a MOVIE of FICTION it's just like saying it's okay to make fun of those primitive savages in movies.
but my bottom line is that the movie was just garbage and wish the halo movie did come out instead of this basura
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linkin8k (m)
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district 9 ??
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finemocha (f)
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that movie was amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing. i dont particularly give a rats ass how they portrayed nigerians.
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lipuka (m)
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Many people do not know much about Africa because of stereotypes. It is these movies which depict us as savages. That civilization actually started in Africa is not what they want tp believe. They want to continue telling us that we are savages. We should resist this
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Ex Inferis (m)
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D9 is a darn good movie, one of the very few "real" alien movies. sure, nigerians were portrayed in a less than stellar way. so? all sorts of people do get portrayed in unsavory ways; it doesnt mean thats how they are. anyone seen cannibal holocaust?
besides, really the things some nigerians do when abroad is demeaning, demumanizing, degrading, and downright unacceptable. this is fact.
ok, so nigerians are portrayed as prostitutes; arent some nigerian ladies prostituting in most of europe and south africa?
so nigerians are portrayed as blackmarket operators; arent some nigerians engaged in shady business activities, even here on the mothership?
so nigerians are portrayed as cannibals; arent we deliberately perpetuating that image when the bulk of our home videos are rife with rituals and occultic tendencies involving severed limbs, blood and gore, juju, and enough witchcraft and wizardy to shame Hogwarts? and we think its clever artform!
is south africa any less showing us what they think of us, as a reflection of what some of us do?
Arabs are constatntly handed down the shorter end of the hollywood stick when the myth of the global jihadist/terrorist is given the silver screen expose. it doesnt mean all arabs are terrorists, but some definitely are. but if you accept hollywood urban legends as fact, then its easy to surmise all arabs are baby killers.
and not all germans were nazis either. and not all jews are shysters though most of them are schmucks.
for long we've been entertained at the expense of others, now its our turn.
people, its just a movie, for crying out loud. if you believe the south african government and people actually do mean thats all we are, then you might as well believe in the movie's aliens. at least they are a damn sight more real.
you schmucks.
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linkin8k (m)
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^^^^^^F**k u
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morpheus24
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D9 is a darn good movie, one of the very few "real" alien movies. sure, nigerians were portrayed in a less than stellar way. so? all sorts of people do get portrayed in unsavory ways; it doesnt mean thats how they are. anyone seen cannibal holocaust?
besides, really the things some nigerians do when abroad is demeaning, demumanizing, degrading, and downright unacceptable. this is fact.
ok, so nigerians are portrayed as prostitutes; arent some nigerian ladies prostituting in most of europe and south africa?
so nigerians are portrayed as blackmarket operators; arent some nigerians engaged in shady business activities, even here on the mothership?
so nigerians are portrayed as cannibals; arent we deliberately perpetuating that image when the bulk of our home videos are rife with rituals and occultic tendencies involving severed limbs, blood and gore, juju, and enough witchcraft and wizardy to shame Hogwarts? and we think its clever artform!
is south africa any less showing us what they think of us, as a reflection of what some of us do?
Arabs are constatntly handed down the shorter end of the hollywood stick when the myth of the global jihadist/terrorist is given the silver screen expose. it doesnt mean all arabs are terrorists, but some definitely are. but if you accept hollywood urban legends as fact, then its easy to surmise all arabs are baby killers.
and not all germans were nazis either. and not all jews are shysters though most of them are schmucks.
for long we've been entertained at the expense of others, now its our turn.
people, its just a movie, for crying out loud. if you believe the south african government and people actually do mean thats all we are, then you might as well believe in the movie's aliens. at least they are a damn sight more real.
you schmucks.
I guess everyone is entitled to their stupid opinions! |
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Nnenna1 (f)
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D9 is a darn good movie, one of the very few "real" alien movies. sure, nigerians were portrayed in a less than stellar way. so? all sorts of people do get portrayed in unsavory ways; it doesnt mean thats how they are. anyone seen cannibal holocaust?
besides, really the things some nigerians do when abroad is demeaning, demumanizing, degrading, and downright unacceptable. this is fact.
ok, so nigerians are portrayed as prostitutes; arent some nigerian ladies prostituting in most of europe and south africa?
so nigerians are portrayed as blackmarket operators; arent some nigerians engaged in shady business activities, even here on the mothership?
so nigerians are portrayed as cannibals; arent we deliberately perpetuating that image when the bulk of our home videos are rife with rituals and occultic tendencies involving severed limbs, blood and gore, juju, and enough witchcraft and wizardy to shame Hogwarts? and we think its clever artform!
is south africa any less showing us what they think of us, as a reflection of what some of us do?
Arabs are constatntly handed down the shorter end of the hollywood stick when the myth of the global jihadist/terrorist is given the silver screen expose. it doesnt mean all arabs are terrorists, but some definitely are. but if you accept hollywood urban legends as fact, then its easy to surmise all arabs are baby killers.
and not all germans were nazis either. and not all jews are shysters though most of them are schmucks.
for long we've been entertained at the expense of others, now its our turn.
people, its just a movie, for crying out loud. if you believe the south african government and people actually do mean thats all we are, then you might as well believe in the movie's aliens. at least they are a damn sight more real.
you schmucks.
OMG. Masochists, we are. |
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lipuka (m)
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If the movie is good entertainment, then neither God nor Satan can help Africa
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agathamari (f)
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i am just not understanding the whole issue. it was a SA movie. they portrayed nigerians as prostitutes but remeber we had that PSA on tv her for months about beware the job offers in SA because they are really recruiting hookers. and the issue with the "canabal" from what i understand he ate the alien not another person so how is that a canabal? person eating a person or alien eating an alien is canabal person eating an alien is a carnivore. why is the moveis was writen, filmed and acted by SA how is it the US problem? just cause sony is a US conpany? Shoprite is a US company but the store here is part of the SA branch of the same company. if this store (lagos) messes up is the US (mother company) fault or the fault of the nigerians running this store? i just dont get it besides it a fantasy movie not real. its all blown out of proportion
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lipuka (m)
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What we are talking about is the integrity of the African. We are not cannibals. And there are many prostitutes in the West, not just Africa
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lipuka (m)
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You all know RSA is a cannobal and maybe has a prostitute as a relative somewhere
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hidemyip (m)
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I wonder y all these fuss bout District 9, There is nothing they have said there that 1 of all these nigerian films have not said before or even worst. The film's COOL,
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adahna (f)
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@poster, absolutely correct.i kno say naija bad but at least make dese producers use movies change dem foreigners dem mindset about us na,  @hidemyip, kiloshee, u rily think so?  |
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