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Crime / Re: There Just Has To Be Punishment For Jungle Justice by blacbard(m): 9:54am On Dec 08, 2016 |
the spate of jungle justice shows the extent of collapse of our social system, the masses dont believe in the legal system so they take laws into their hands. Addressing jungle justice with laws that outlaw it wont be effective until people are assured that the legal system will provide justice. Till then the criminals will be tried in people's court. The only jungle justice i will support is that in which these cantankerous politicians are beaten black and blue like these petty criminals we victimise |
Politics / Re: Special Status For Lagos Bill Passes Second Reading At House Of Reps by blacbard(m): 9:50am On Dec 08, 2016 |
we will forever be nagged with balancing interests at the expense of exigencies in this country. Its tge dynamics of this nation which we have to live with. Lagos requires special status, away from Kano and Onitsha but as it seems for Lagos to have its way, Kano and Onitsha must be in the equation |
Politics / Re: Abba Kyari Cuts Dubious Financial Deals Under Buhari - Sahara Reporters by blacbard(m): 9:46am On Dec 08, 2016 |
Raziii: the sarcasm in this response tho 3 Likes |
Crime / Re: How My Aunty Lost About 200k To Scammers by blacbard(m): 8:05pm On Dec 04, 2016 |
Kingbuhari: Looooool, u would have been a scammer in your former life |
Religion / Religion As Our Enemy by blacbard(m): 12:17am On Dec 02, 2016 |
Religion is the soul of soulless conditions, the heart of a heartless world Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) Religion has acted as a tool in the hands of subjugators in oppressing the people, it has played roles in controlling the population and also in keeping them in line, while this is hard to fault. A question we must also ask is, what has not worked as a tool to achieve human ends? Ethnicity has played a role in the protection of thieves in the modern society, kinsmen will say he is a thief but he is our thief do not persecute him. Education has been used to control and psychologically keep the people in line, communist states selectively educated their citizens, teaching and inculcating into them themes that will ensure their perpetual domination. The role of the media as a veritable tool in propaganda and keeping the people in line is well elucidated. So is religion THE enemy? Someone once remarked that humans will always find a reason to kill each other, World War 1 and 2 wasted millions of lives but it had nothing to do with religion. Communist leaders took over China and Russia, they successfully put a leash on religion, but their tenures witnessed some of the largest scale of mass murders known to man. So is religion THE enemy? A lot has been said about how religion prevents nations and peoples from achieving their potentials, but at the height of its powers the United Kingdom was a dominantly religious country, the USA is still one of the countries with the largest number of religious people. India is making progress despite its religious nature, Singapore with one of the highest HDI is dominantly religious. A lot of us have dreams of the UAE, it also is a highly religious country. So is religion truly a stumbling block to progress? Were all the great inventors atheists? It is true that a lot of evil has been committed in the name of religion today, but also a lot of good can be attributed to religion too. Examples lie around us here in Nigeria some of our forebears early access to education were through missionary schools, some of the earliest health institutions that catered for ordinary members of the community were missionary health centers. So is religion THE enemy? The real enemy is us, ourselves. A man once remarked that the weakest part of any system is the human element. Today we have people who claim a religion but do not fulfil and live the rules that it prescribes, we have humans who only imbibe the tenets of their faith when it only serves their selfish end. People who see religion as a way to milk others and enrich their pockets. Religion is not the enemy, we are. The act of the followers doesn’t invalidate a movement, the question you should ask is if the followers are sticking to the core tenets of what they claim. Does their religion encourage this evil we detest. There are good atheists and there are bad theists.Humans will naturally exploit the other, our tools just differ, and our methods vary from time to time. So who is the real enemy? You are and I am. The superior man is aware of righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage ~ Confucius 1 Like 1 Share |
Health / Re: What Do You Use As A Contraceptive That Works For You? by blacbard(m): 12:51am On Sep 04, 2016 |
some people use antibiotics like Ampiclox.....amazing stuff |
Health / Re: 9 Signs That Show You Might Have Depression by blacbard(m): 12:50am On Sep 04, 2016 |
interesting and useful |
Health / Re: What You Don't Know About That Silent Killer: Hepatitis by blacbard(m): 12:48am On Sep 04, 2016 |
very useful information cc @lalasticalala @seun |
Culture / Re: Man Turns Attraction At Lagos Carnival (photo) by blacbard(m): 10:18am On May 10, 2015 |
can someone help post this on Nairaland, contains some little details of the festival http://www.olisa.tv/2015/05/10/day-lagos-carnival-photo-story/
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Culture / Re: Igbo Ideograms On Grave Stones In Virginia, US by blacbard(m): 11:28pm On May 03, 2015 |
the first table shows that more slaves from southeastern Nigeria ended up in North America than slaves from western Nigeria, and more southwestern Nigerian slaves ended up in South America and the carribeans, explains d dominance of ancient Southwestern Nigerian culture in Carribeans and South America............. interesting |
Politics / Re: Emmanuel Uduaghan Receives Silverbird Man Of The Year Award by blacbard(m): 11:20pm On May 03, 2015 |
uduaghan wins an award, presented by Fayose in a program organised by a known PDP stalwart could y'all be more phony? 1 Like |
NYSC / Re: What's NYSC In LAGOS Like??? Please Share Your Experiences by blacbard(m): 7:46pm On May 03, 2015 |
service in lagos is a relative experience for everyone, it is fun and awesome for some, while its hellish for others, it all depends on how good your PPA treats you, the distance u have to travel everyday and your love for lagos. for us Doctors, most of us like to serve in lagos because of the opportunity to make money on the side. for me it has been a worthwhile experience, wont want to serve elsewhere 1 Like 1 Share |
Politics / Re: How My Troops Stopped Biafran Soldiers At Ore —col. Iluyomade (rtd) by blacbard(m): 1:18pm On Apr 29, 2015 |
it is apalling how innocuous posts on Nairaland easily degenerate into a rofo rofo fight between Igbos and Yoruba. you people need to calm down and be reasonable 23 Likes 3 Shares |
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