Agboriotejoye:


But he never mentioned METAPHOR.
You said metaphor. He said IRONY and HYPERBOLE.

Oya start slapping each other. First to cry loses.
I'm still waiting for your answers

My previous post has answered this.

Agboriotejoye:


Lol. One of the devices. Well.. your guy said it's THE device not one of the device.
You bumbling idiots should quit being clever by half.
By the way, when are you answering my question

He mentioned many devices. I have read it. Go back and reread it. You are just IGNORANT. Accept correction and move on.

Agboriotejoye:

And you're the DAFTEST guy on the internet. No cap

I am daft? Please read my reply to that your post and judge by yourself. You made absolutely no sense. Just read it again and be honest with yourself.

SilverNorGold:


My brother, you see the difference? You are on the surface of the parable. Used on the surface level. That's how far your creativity can go.

Now go through my posts and those of AdolfAboki and you will observe something different - we operate at a deep level. Used in a deep and highly figurative situation.

I hope you understand? You are a one-way thinker. You can't come up with anything deeper than you know. And that's where your problem lies. You lack creativity.

Bro, that guy is the MOST CLUELESS GUY ON NAIRALAND! TOO IGNORANT!

Agboriotejoye:

Are you denying that you said it's metaphor now?
You guys are simply soulless savages.
But I can't blame you. You took what's bigger than you and attempted making sense of it. Pity.
It's just like giving you the parable of the sower to analyse. You'll probably blame the birds for eating up the seeds.
Blindness!! Sometimes it's more terrible than ignorance.

Me deny wetin? Chai! See wetin I post o.. Chai..

"This guy is confusing himself. See my post, I clearly stated situational irony as one of the devices used. My bringing Metaphor into this doesn't invalidate that fact. Guy, you are confused, let's be honest. "

How does this amount to denial? Chai, SilverNorGold, it's official o. We're arguing with the most ignorant mind on nairaland! Chai!

Agboriotejoye:


It is you and your likes who have refused to read and understand. You claim it's a metaphor. He claims it's an irony. The fact is that a metaphor shows similarity of events. An irony is when an event ends with unexpected results.
So which one are we really taking now? You see how confused you both are?
What is most sad is the fact that you both don't even understand what the story of the good Samaritan is about nor what it teaches. You ignorantly ascribed your own meaning to it and went to town with silly tales hiding it under figurativeness.
I've asked you simple questions, you both have sidestepped them, which shows your unwillingness to learn and tacit admission of failure.
Whether you choose irony or metaphor, the undeniable fact is that your friend's story does not fit that of a good Samaritan.
Now, let me highlight what a good Samaritan is and isn't.
1. A good Samaritan is not a criminal refusing to kill his would-be victim.
2. A good Samaritan is not someone who pays people for doing good to his friend or enemy.
3. A good Samaritan is not a friend to a friend or friend to an enemy. He is simply a friend.
4. He is not a judge of other people's character. He does not deal with people based on how they deal with others. He simply deals with people based on their needs.
5. A good Samaritan is someone who extends kindness to others irrespective of their race or background.
6. A good Samaritan is one who helps the needy not considering if they are of same religion or society.
7. Lastly, a good Samaritan is one who sees everyone has his brother or sister.

This guy is confusing himself. See my post, I clearly stated situational irony as one of the devices used. My bringing Metaphor into this doesn't invalidate that fact. Guy, you are confused, let's be honest. Your assumption is that once it's metaphorical, it can't be ironical and the reverse. That's ignorance.

This alone shows you have no idea about what we are even saying - sounds like a rocket science to you.

And still repeating the good Samaritan allusion despite our explanations above shows how irredeemably clueless you are. Please revisit my posts, and also Silver's post. You will get your answer again. The problem is that you don't even understand these devices, so no amount of explanation will make any sense to you. It's just like giving you an unseen William Shakespeare's poem to analyze. You'll just stare at it cluelessly. That's the truth. That's where your issue lies - IGNORANCE!

Agboriotejoye, and others, you erroneously assume the herders, all of them, are killers.. Now an image of one who rescues a potential victim from his(the herder's) own evil and even rewarded his victim (a situational irony) is conjured, and you are still asking same question? Do you understand the caliber of figurative creativity at play? Do you realize that it's you and the other Fulani haters that are being subjected to ridicule here? Do you understand that the allusion is also an attack on the hypocritical Nigerian Christians, most of them, for persecuting an entire tribe just because of the sin of a few? I can go on and on.

You are not literary inclined, hence, you should save yourself the stress as you are not making sense here. Common Metaphor, you are finding it extremely difficult to understand. I wonder what you will do if Pataphor and other extended metaphorical devices are used. Please get yourself informed.

Agboriotejoye:


In the story of the good Samaritan, who is the prey and who is the predator? Do Samaritans kill Jews when they meet?
Kindly answer this question.

I don't even know why I'm arguing with you. You're both ignorant about the story of the good Samaritan. You just conjure up an image in your mind and look for a premise for it.
Unfortunately, in this case you're very wrong. I can only pity you both.
Like I already told you, the story of the good Samaritan is about helping those in need not minding their race or cultural heritage. It is not one of a benevolent predator saving its prey.
But how can you understand when your senses have been filled with the right to kill.
If it was as you framed it, the robbers would have been the one "helping" the Jew not the Samaritan. But can you be bold enough to see the light? You children of darkness?

Nigeria must be reborn

Like you didn't read his post and mine to be asking same question? Did you read mine? Or you just replied? Do you understand Metaphor? Do you understand Imagery? Explanations given are clear and a direct reply to your question. But I doubt you read the posts cos even people who are ignorant will understand once they read the posts. This is blind argument to me.

SilverNorGold:


Lol, my brother, he doesn't understand Literature. Lol. No need bringing Metaphor into it. He'll only get more confused!

Agboriotejoye:

Aboki indeed.
He can apply that and give it another name. But definitely not good Samaritan which is what you should understand if you have any atom of sense in you.
Look at your analogy I put in bold. Does that in any way describe the good Samaritan? Were Samaritans and Jews killing each other? Go and read John chapter 4 so you can understand the relationship between Jews and Samaritans
Was the injured man a prey?
The good Samaritan was culled from a moralistic point of neighbourliness.
The herdsmen are involved in criminal affairs.
Can you spot the difference?

Your inability to reason is your issue. The prey is saved by the predator, something unnatural. Only a good samaritan can do that. Naturally, the HUNGRY lion should devour its prey. The prey is helpless and at its mercy. Now, instead of devouring its prey, the hungry lion went a step further to feed it. That's an act that can be described as GOOD... Then coming from an UNEXPECTED SOURCE makes it SAMARITAN!

This is SIMPLE, SIMPLE METAPHOR!

SilverNorGold:


My brother, your case is irredeemable! Comprehension is also one of your problems!

Anyway, that's your problem. Meanwhile, go back to that post and LEARN! I did it out of goodwill for you and others to learn so you don't go embarrassing yourself.

Also check AdolfAboki thread for more examples (and don't go and embarrass yourself there)..

I have also attached that reply to my OP for others like you to learn. If you notice, I attached key ignorant comments with my reply under. Some learned and corrected their mistakes. So whether you correct yours or not is up to you. But on a serious note, you need to hone your literary skills. Learn how to identify techniques so you don't go about embarrassing yourself.

Like I revealed to you in the other thread(at your other moniker), I don't write plainly like you lot. This is evident in most of my posts... But of course, you never took Literature seriously back then..

Anyway, Nigeria must better.

Lol, Comrade. You have time o... Lecturing ignorant wailers! We all know what they were expecting when they clicked the thread title...

To them, all Fulanis are killers. Which means any Fulani herder that didn't only spare your life but also reward you for helping their victims, should be "worshipped" because he's not just a good Samaritan, he's also probably a benevolent god... For him to not only help his victim(sparing his life) but also rewarding him for helping another of his victim! A SITUATIONAL IRONY, indeed!

Just like a hungry lion not only sparing the life of his prey, but also feeding it. That's a situational irony! More than a good Samaritan!

You shouldn't be wasting your time educating ignorant folks! Lol.

valentineuwakwe:
will you or him leave to see 2023?

God doesn't lie...

LikeAking:
op U DEY CRAZE.

SilverNorGold:


My brother, next time, try to take the surroundings into consideration and think deeper before dropping comments on issues...

It's a shame that you even took this story seriously.. Shows your lack of intelligence, creativity and figurative techniques... That you had to spend time compiling some trashy note to REFUTE an IRONY.... Don't know how to even describe you... ..

Anyway, let me help you explain the technique I used... Too bad...

1. First, you are dealing with an irony, not a factual story... You should google SITUATIONAL IRONY, don't thank me... Let me further explain... When you saw the title, what was the first thing that came to your mind? Of course, you, and others, were expecting to see blood and some horrific pictures! But you saw something completely different! Something that didn't only betray your thoughts, but also made mockery of them... That's actually the purpose of the thread, and that's why it has the number of views it has... I am sure you all were pissed that what you expected wasn't what you saw... You expected to see a gory image of herdsmen wreaking havoc but when you clicked, you read a story of your worst enemy being excessively and unbelievably kind to your fellow. Of course, such a turn of event can lead to heart attack! ... Adolf. Aboki did something similar 2 days ago.

2. Regarding the good samaritan allusion, we have a collabo between irony and hyperbole (some may even say adynaton because it's simply highly unlikely if not impossible)..

While the good Samaritan, even though the Samaritans and Jews despised each other, rendered help to the injured Jew, the Fulani Herdsmen, in this case, went a step further by rendering help to an enemy(notice his name Femi) with an outrageous amount simply because Femi helped his (the Herdsmen's) other enemy! In this situation, instead of "kidnapping" or "killing" them, as we now read in the media, they didn't... Rather, they "spared their lives" (being compassionate) and even rewarded Femi on top! Now tell me who can be more "good Samaritan"?

Just like Assassins and armed robbers come to your house, instead of assassinating you and carting away your valuables, do you a favor of "sparing your life" and on top of that, gives you huge sum of money as a reward for alerting the police. Sounds crazy, right?

Well, that's actually the reason I used "good Samaritan"... Cos we are made to believe that the Fulani herdsmen are killers and kidnappers. Ordinarily, Femi and the woman were supposed to be kidnapped or killed. But these good Samaritan herdsmen "spared them" and not only that, rewarded Femi for helping someone that should have been their victim.

3. Won't go further than this... Hopefully, with this explanation, you should, by now, be able to decode the true intent of this thread. If you still can't, then, my brother, I am afraid. Your case is beyond all...

God bless Nigeria.

helinues:


I really love the maturity displayed by individual Northerners regarding Ondo security issues..

And glad the issue is been sorted out peacefully without any further loss of lives or destruction of properties.

God bless Nigeria

Well said, comrade. You are indeed an intelligent and patriotic fellow.

God bless you too.

cchub:
Not all Fulani herdsmen are kidnappers.

Good.

helinues:


Accepted the media are not trying, the blame should also go to Miyetti Allah with their reckless statements on security issues

Not in support of some of their unguarded statements. True.

God bless Nigeria.

helinues:
The few bad Fulani herdsmen have given bad name to the whole Fulani.

Nice one

You are right bro. Few bad eggs. But the media ain't trying sha.

FuglyGurl:
Cc: SilverNorGold
AdolfAboki
Arewa1stSon
Mynd44

Hmm... What a revelation!

SilverNorGold:


My brother, never waste your time on anyone who wishes Nigeria evil.. Na waste of time.

God bless Nigeria.

He's a spammer. You were right, comrade!

capitalzero:


God will not bless Nigeria. How can God bless Nigeria when lives of innocent are being wasted daily?
I weep for rural dwellers who are being terrorised by nomadic fulani herdsmen.

Lol, SilverNorGold was right! Hahaha!

capitalzero:


Sambisa forest is big enough to accommodate cows in Nigeria. Cows should be transported to other parts of the country for commercial purpose.

Did you read my comment well at all? Did you see the screenshot? Nawa o!

capitalzero:


God will bless Nigeria until nomadic fulani herdsmen stop their criminal activities .

Take his reply seriously and stop being myopic! Your ignorance is appalling!

capitalzero:


Is there any nomadic fulani herdsmen who don't destroy people farm and settle illegally in land that is not there own ?

Again, repeating same OLD TRASH! I think you should take SilverNorGold's reply seriously. You need it! Lol..

Mightyhaiz:
Nomadic ...in 2021


which other place in the world today is this nonsense practiced? nomadic ko abnormal ni

Note: only some of the Fulani herdsmen are nomads. Not all Fulanis are nomads, note the difference. It has to do with culture. So their embracing modern tech is being done gradually. You can't force ranching down their throats at once, it has to be gradual. I am also in support of ranching.

capitalzero:


All nomadic herdsmen are criminals- destruction of people farm is a crime itself. Forceful occupation of land is also a crime.

Repeating same OLD LIES! Every criminal is now Fulani to these bigots!

SoBright101:
Like criminals from other tribe go about every states kidnapping people, destroying farms, taking possession of people's property by force, creating havoc everywhere they go.

Repeating same OLD LIES!

SilverNorGold:

No mind them, comrade.

BigBizzy:
This man wey leave us run go Dubai go take vaccine?

I no vote oh

No wahala... Your vote is just a drop of water in the ocean..

God bless Nigeria.

AfonjaConehead:


Same person as op

Mallams and their level of IQ mentality is easy to spot



His profile also says it all: GOD BLESS BUHARI,GOD BLESS THE ZOO

Your hatred for Nigeria and the Fulani tribe will consume you, my brother.. (in Comrade SilverNorGold's voice)..

Una go wail tire... By the way, Atiku is coming...

God bless Nigeria.

Ayrastarr:


Okay, you all are rich yet you can't buy a land to feed your cows?

You all are Poor ,
POOR!!
POOR!!!


VERY POOR THINGS!

The Fulani herdsmen are nomadic people. It's their lifestyle. It doesn't mean they are poor, lol, horrible logic!

saaron:
Terrorist herdsmen are not poor yet want to ride on buhari's regime to steal people's lands through violence and bloodshed? We'll see how far you'll go with your Taqiya.

'few criminal herdsmen", not all.. Just like we have criminals in every tribe. Majority of the Fulanis are law-abiding people, generous and kind.

Steal your land? Lol, my brother, your hatred for the Fulanis will make you believe every nonsense!

God bless Nigeria.