I just finished reading this thread on nairaland /www.nairaland.com/3053602/wole-soyinkas-woeful-silence and i must say I am disappointed in most youths of Nigeria. We are waiting for an 82year old man to speak up for us. "A man who spoke up against tyrants like Yakubu Gowon and Abacha, a man who stood up against the evil perpetuated against the Biafran side and was imprisoned for this cause, a man who held up a radio station at gunpoint and forced them to reject tyranny, a man who fought for Goodluck Jonathan to be set free from under the claws of Turaia and a man who barely a month ago adviced the government of the day to hold an economic summit.

We are here waiting for an 82year old man to speak up.

Do you have any idea of how it is quite challenging for an old man to do the same things he did in his youth
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He has lived his life, whether he speaks or he doesn't speak he has nothing to lose.

What stops you and I from becoming the next Wole Soyinka if the real Wole Soyinka has refused to speak up.

Those of you who are asking where is Wole Soyinka

Ask yourselves these questions

Where are my parents?

Where are the elders in my community?

Where am I?

"Malala was 15, Enahoro was 22, Soyinka was 28, you too get out into the public and get your voice out".

Cc: lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, OAM4J

... In as much as I agree with this op... I must add that there is nothing wrong with anyone that wishes to hear Wole's voice. I don't think Wole is asked to fight any war... All the other op expects is to hear him speak.
Relax!!!

mtchewww. #trash

You didn't really debunk or attack the op's argument but made an entirely new argument for defense.

I think people like you, not the op of the other thread, is the reason why the youths are at this level.

No, I take it back. The youths of this country have their individual selves to blame and not anyone or any other youth. But at least you get my point.

Understand. On the former thread the Op was simply arguing on the Silence of Soyinka and not the Silence of any youth.

Your argument would have had an atom of commonsense if it really attacked the argument from this angle. What did you do?

You ignorantly attacked the other argument without any direct facts and attacked a nonexistent argument with direct facts.

As a youth, I detest to see a youth or an old man, no matter how old, bring up a dumb point and claim it's the reason for the dearth of the Youth's commonsense.

If you want to uplift the spirit of this weak argument you should cut out the chaffs and attack the proper argument.

The OP in the other thread didn't justify the action of the youth's or anyone but simply questions the inactions of a man.

In a class of philosophers or intellectuals you argument will be thrown in a bottomless pit.

Wailing unlimited is what those seeking to hear Soyinka's voice are doing.

God bless op

'There was a country' ... Our president is old, our political leaders are old, and our 'voice', Wole Soyinka. For a long time, the youths have never been considered important in the decision making and running of the nation. All we've done is queue under the sun and rain to vote these centurions into office...

God bless u OP.....but I also think the guy that wrote the former thread was just sharing his thoughts.....u don't expect us to thinks the same way and I must confess he also have a nice write up but urs is better and this is what we call real counter thread

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okuneddie:
God bless u OP.....but I also think the guy that wrote the former thread was just sharing his thoughts.....u don't expect us to thinks the same way and I must confess he also have a nice write up but urs is better and this is what we call real counter thread

Please, how is this a real counter thread when it doesn't even address the subject? Somebody questions another's silence and you questions the silence of other persons and you day he's attacked the subject. How exactly?