biolabee:
But his struggle at the core was about civil right though more aggressive
One needs to bell the cat at times

coogar:



you belong to the posse of deluded scientology-esque minority cabal of rabid, fanatical semi-illiterates who attack, ridicule and denigrate anyone who has the chutzpah to question your chain of thoughts! i would have perused the link you posted if you weren't such a despicable obnoxious nitwit that displays the same fits of a photo-sensitive epileptic patient!

ShyM-X:

How come everyone on this darn forum always cite "the killing of twins?" Is that the only thing y'all know? It's stale now - find something else to talk about. And I don't need to remind you that Yoruba's and a lot of other African cultures NEVER killed twins - I don't know which culture(s) did - but that's their prerogative.

Well, up until the renaissance - Europeans used to sell their women into slavery. There were crusaders all over Europe killing people. Cannibalism was rife in Europe. And most Europeans were primitive and vandals. However, did they evolve or not? Heck, even less than 100 years ago, child labour was rife in the UK. Did the people evolve or not?

I don't believe Islamic states are stuck. I just believe we haven't given them the opportunity to evolve due to trying to force our way-of-life on them. They have been on defensive for most part of the century - hence why they're stuck. The same analogy applies to African people.

gabbytabby:
If this is what you can come up with then the money that was spent to educate you was such a waste ignorant pervert. Per per per pervert.

ShyM-X:


Thanks for speaking out, sis. More people need to speak out.

For me, I'm after all those pedo catholic priests that are molesting black boys on the continent. And parents have turned a blind eye to it, because they believe priests are holy and the voice of Jesus. That's the plan and I'll open a NGO in future about that.

We just can't be a nation of hypocrites who only speak out when it's an issue about the people we love to hate, or are programmed to hate.

ShyM-X:


Even MLK rated him highly despite the different approach. And he contributed to the fight as well - just as every other black activists before that period did.

However, people only remember MLK.

We can also talk about South Africa, the struggle against apartheid and how people forgot about Steven Bantu Biko. A guy who gave us all a blueprint to use at age 27 and died in the process. He fought and died alone - and hardly anyone remembers him. That's the danger in fighting alone. It's better to fight when everyone is fighting.

ShyM-X:
Thank God the ladies are speaking out.

- Onila.
- Joavid.

We need more women to speak out.

Joavid: biolabee pls modify ur post and unquote me

biolabee:

True just that its so easy to beef the north

Low illiteracy rates,
Poor girl child enrollment
Proliferation of beggars

Yet they've ruled naija for 34 out of 53 years

coogar:

gabbytabby, get out of my sight.....
i have examined you and you lack the exposure to defend your corner concerning this issue - all you keep doing is ranting without advancing any of your point one jot.... i sincerely apologise to have overestimated your intelligence quotient!

93% Northern girls lack secondary education – Sanusi



The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, on Thursday, decried the low literacy level in the North saying that 93 per cent of female children in the region lacked secondary education.

The apex bank boss, who said this at this year’s Isaac Moghalu Foundation Leadership Lecture and Symposium held in Abuja, said the situation, if left unchecked, was detrimental to the economy.

The governor sited Jigawa State, where school completion rate among female is as low as seven per cent as an example.

Net enrolment of girls in schools in the country, according to him, is 22 per cent.

He said, “In the North-West, 70 per cent of women between 20 and 29 are unable to read, compared to 9.7 per cent in the South West.

“Only three per cent of females complete secondary education in the Northern zone. Now how do you build the country when 93 per cent of the girls in the most populous region of the country do not complete secondary schools?

davidylan: this problem raises a deeper issue that folks need to think about. We cannot legislate against the rights of muslims to marry babies... however i think we should start thinking seriously about how far down the slope we want to go. It seems that whatever muslims want they get... regardless of how others feel. How about the rights of others to reasonable dissent?

gabbytabby:
Per per per pervert.
Out of your sight ke abi bro yi is hallucinating haa haa no wonder oh. You dey see me for the computer?

I came to the conclusion that you do not have the ability to "get it".

Joavid: unquote

SNCOQ3:
You asked for examples and I gave you one; It could have been slavery too.

My argument with you is about the means of change: 'evolve' vs activism. I go for activism. Thank God the likes of William Wilberforce, MLK etc did not wait for 'evolution' to do their thing :-)

That is a simplistic excuse for Islam. They are aggressive with their agenda for world domination. Don't forget that they are the ones trying to force their belief on us- remember boko haram and the likes? Islam is simply incopartible with 'evolve'.

coogar:

yet the lunatic speaketh.....
see you where? not with your falafel face....



i have been getting "it" before you got your umbilical cord got detached from your tummy.

eGuerrilla: @ShyM-X,
I understand where you are coming from in relation to this issue, particularly as it concerns "cultural imperialism and imposition". To be honest, though, having read some of your posts on this vexing concern (imperialism) in a number other discussion threads before today, it has crossed my mind, more than once, that you ought to study Amilcar Cabral's writing on culture.

I used to maintain the same liberal posture you have, until my work took me into a number of educational establishments and local government agencies in the east-end of London several years ago. Coming from a place south of the Thames, the experience of relating to proud and yet atavistic groups, whose belief in the supremacy of their own culture was unwavering, left a lasting impression on me. I was even called the "N" word during my period of engagement with these South Asian groups, for no other reason than trying to impart knowledge about the rights afforded to them in the social system.

What I am trying to get across is that not all cultural practices are inherently good. And not all cultures are, by default, progressive. I have watched the crystallization of some of the more perfidious ideas I encountered while working with those maligned groups, over the years, and have also taken time to study the damning consequences which ensued.

To suggest as you did that we need to canvass the opinions of the average Northerner before taking a stand on the issue of child rights is rather unfair and uncharitable, as no sensible government frames public policy on that basis.

For context, here is a view that ought to exercise intelligent minds...

Source

ShyM-X:


1. Sir, that isn't my point - my point is that: people should be allowed freedom to their way-of-life. The Northerner Senators voted overwhelmingly for it and no Northerner has come out to speak out against it, so why're Southerners crying-me-a-river over what has absolutely nothing to do with them? At the end of the day, they aren't forcing anyone to practise, it's just there to enable those who believe in it do what they think is right for them.

2. Right or wrong is subjective and also based on outlook. Beating a child and child labour are wrong to most people. However, it's normal in Africa. So who am I to judge what a person thinks is right or wrong? Also, I definitely won't allow my under-aged sister and daughter to get married because it isn't part of my way-of-life and the consciousness instilled in me by my parents. But I definitely won't stop anyone else who believes in it, from doing it. How a person chooses to lead his/her life is non of my business.

3. There are also tons of adults (old bodies with young souls) who can't handle all these as well - should we also stop them from getting married?

Lastly, life is all about choices and if the people it affects directly are in support of it - why should we be ones fighting against it? When Northerners/Muslims start fighting against it - then I'll support their cause. Till then, we need to stop the distractions and focus on Nigeria, and all the unique problems in the country.

gabbytabby:


Apologies granpa.

biolabee:

True I went to a church organised summer program and what I heard from the teens eh

We are a sexually frustrated nation

That's why there's so much r.ape

May God help our daughters n sisters

ShyM-X:


Lmao @ the bolded.

I believe it has more to do with poverty and sex being the only therapy.

That's why poor people make more babies than the rich ones.

Mofos just wanna fvck all the time when there's nothing else to do!

biolabee:
True.. once a girl has small bosoms popping out, she becomes fair game

May God help our daughters n sisters

We need to have a sex offenders register

ShyM-X:

Lmao @ the bolded.
I believe it has more to do with poverty and sex being the only therapy.

That's why poor people make more babies than the rich ones. Mofos just wanna fvck all the time when there's nothing else to do!