Welcome to Nairaland! to say that your first post on nairaland is directed toward my unbiased opinion is a total waste of bandwidth is to say the least. i never knew i was that important. anyways thanks for the recongization
nuff said and done, you actually sound like a RETARD! no hard feelings.

so where was i ?

I just saw the same commercial but they edited and changed the nigerian part. hmmm.

Just as planned,. THE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE
   Sony announced 7 ps3 slim adds to roll out within the holiday periods, so this would soon be phased out,  and we can have some rest in NL.

rafcrown:

When we talk about fraudsters and scamming we need to know its leraned and its origin can be traced to USA/UK and Co
When THEY TALK ABOUT origin of AIDS they made unsuccessful attempt to trace the origin to Africa
The truth of the matter is the that They wish to use all means at their disposal to tarnish the image of Nigeria BBC -CNN and others
The former richest man in the world currently on trial for SCIENTIFIC FRAUD is not a Nigerian
If he is a Nigerian -every morning BBC and CNN will be covering the news with extra vigour for the next decade to prove bias point
BBC today reported about credit card fraud in the UK TODAY-6/09/09.
At the end of the story a senior police officer said the purchased goods are sent to Nigeria
Is Nigeria the only country they send the goods purchased to?hE SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AT LEAST 2 OR 3 OTHER COUNTRIES
Its their calculated attempt to link any bad thing-scamming and other vices to Nigeria and Africa
TO conclude all over the world most especially in USA/UK /EU countries we have terrible criminals under reported in national interest.
People giving Nigeria bad image also should desist-Corrupt politicians and 419ers etc.Enough is enough.Work and manage,i go better.

BizBooks:

Like another poster said, if the biggest crook in the world - Bernard Maddoff is a Nigerian, then they wouldn't even let us walk on the street.

soloqy:

This is the kind of comment that keeps us rooted to where we are. In a cesspool of rot and decay and fraud.

Such denial.

You didnt read about the Nigerians caught in Ghana(yes ghana), who relocated to ghana because the Address Verification Systems for IPS(AVS) which online merchants have put in place, would not allow them do any fraudulent credit card transactions from Nigeria anymore.
Those countries didnt just wake up to decide to give Nigeria a 'bad name'.

Any email that is sent, the address or location of the person can be determined via an AVS or IP address.

When they recieve 1million scam letters and 999k of them is determined to come from Nigeria, what do you expect them to think or feel?

People have decided to look everywhere else but inwards.

You dont love Nigeria more than I do. And the only way to change is to tell yourself the truth.

You start by telling people like Thisday Newspapers that they are an embarrasment to Nigeria for inviting Olu Maintain to the States to sing Yahooze to distinguished guests. With all the 419 connotations.

You start by telling people like Kennis Music that they are a shame to this nation for promoting that music to high heavens and for also digging up another drifter called Kenny handsome to make a mockery of the whole Nation with even more decadent lyrics that exalted 419 to another pedestal.

We start by telling the Board in charge of  Nollywood(The main culprits in the 'name spoiling saga') to urge them to become responsible in making movies. And if they refuse to become responsible, boycot those Nollywood movies and sensitise your kids and family to stop watching em.

Go a little further to urge DSTV to vet those movies they get from Nollywood and when the film makers start getting their movies rejected from Dstv and losing revenue from that, they would surely become more responsible and creative in their endeavours.

We all start by making a shift from this path of celebrating wealth in such a way that every teenager has an inordinate ambition of driving a 20million naira car in a year of getting out of school.

This would do for a start. Its not just the government. Its starts from where you are.

ceah:

kobojunkie is just an Agressive minority trying to force his views and tastes on everyone !

GAR3TH:

@ bizbook they did change the ad, at least the tv run ads. but im not sure if the youtube 1 got change

SONY will definitely enjoy my money as the company still boasts some of the best quality products in the world today.

BizBooks:

@Deep Sight,

Most people appear to be missing the point of this arguement. All the stereotypes you listed above may be true. But just give us one example where a company or public official labelled any of those countries with those stereotypes.

You cannot provide any example because it does not exist. Such statements will put you in trouble any day. Barack Obama nearly lost the primaries to Hilary Clinton last year because he referred to white working class men as people who "cling to their guns and religion." While that may be true, it was politically incorrect.