₦airaland Forum

123JohnF:
I was born and raised in the North of Europe, in one of the clean and well organized countries, 4 seasons, snow and mud and rains. Kids, we were eating in summer an ice cream walking on the street and no ice cream paper to throw to the floor, looking for a garbage can or carrying the paper home to the garbage, stealing, some small kids steal a toy from a friend, we were punished and sent by our parents to apologize in front of our friends and to give the toy back. Crossing the street only in designated areas, if you cross it in the middle, the police fine you or your parents, etc., etc. Education, shame and punishment works on kids and adults. Our country is very clean even in Fall and Spring with all the mud, families clean parks, public places and the streets are washed with washing trucks. Growing up as a kid, you follow what your parents and neighbors do. Until now I still stop in front of the crosswalk and wait for the green light for pedestrians, not crossing even if there no cars, same about ice cream or any receipt paper, I need to clean my pockets at home.

123JohnF:
I will not to get in any semantics discussion with you. We are different and we have different background, so it's normal you don't understand me. Yet don't take this topic to 1 word "if" or another small word used by me. Show your own knowledge and opinion about Nigeria and Nigerian people, travels and immigration, why abroad, why not at home, etc.

Make some valuable statement or show your knowledge, give your ideas. What are you doing know, it's a waste of time and it is useless.

123JohnF:
don't get to criticize 1 word, Nigerians are intelligent, smart and energetic and, where does go all this intelligence? Why Nigeria is a broken country with all this intelligence?

Personally I believe Japanese are very intelligent and their country, progress and success without oil, gold and diamonds is what Intelligent people do in their own house, in their Homeland.

Ugosample:
you have given a very valid reason....

I think the ride of social media in Nigeria also coincided with the explosion of unrealistic expectations in Nigeria

Now the youths all look up to that standard in the media as the standard to guage their lives

oluayebenz:
I blamed the culture, tribe and religion mentality

123JohnF:
And if Nigerians are so intelligent, smart and active, why not making Nigeria great?

Ugosample:
it's the psychological nature of the Nigerian customer
no more, no less

Nigerians are VERY price sensitive people

TV01:
How does non-omnipotence grasp or question what omnipotence is or does?

deltateam:
You will be shocked to see yourself in a transparent body looking confused and dazed as you are shown your many atrocities before judgment.

Ugosample:
they are operation in a different clime, amongst people with a different mentality

that is what they seem to have gotten right

oelesin:
This is a good point, but do buyers also try the same shopping online?

To your last point, wouldn't a non-negoprice drive away potential customers?

Sunny042:
@op it I is lie from the pit if he'll. those hostel you uploaded are no longer in vogue. you didn't mention Eyo eta,odili eni njoku hostels that are far better with wifi

JeromeBlack:
Morality should not just be decided by what a group of people believe or ancient culture.

It should be decided with a philosophical structure, logic and empathy.

paraltero:
You have made valid points. However my point is that if, say, Jamiu decides to identify as a woman and it is possible to change everything about Jamiu to match what is typical of women right down to the genetic level, would it still be right to call Jamiu a man?

jesusjnr:
So the deactivating of either our monikers should suffice, except buda is trying to prove that buda don't keep buda's word, for if you could remember that was the reason I called you to bear witness for I called you not even buda, for buda was already showing some signs then of some lack of commitment to the deal despite having given buda's word.

paraltero:
So you're saying it's not a matter of truth or fact or defaults or all that jazz. It's just for ease of identification.

paraltero:
But that being said, why not just address someone as what he/she/it wants? I mean, it's like saying anyone in a lab coat is a doctor simply because doctors are known for wearing lab coats. If you address a scientist as a doctor because you saw him in a hospital wearing his lab coat and he takes offence, would you blame him?

Abini2012:
Walai! Worth it dear..

I observed that most of the package food in shops are products of Ghana! What happened to the Giant of Africa

paraltero:
So if the neither is valid, why does what an individual identify as matter to you?

paraltero:
Quick question: which identity is more valid; the identity people have of themselves or the identity other people give them?

LordReed:
Well budaatum, I examined the initial deal, it seems there is no clause preventing such from happening. That shouldn't prevent us from moving forward on it though.

nairalee:
I have never understood why Nigerians like bringing age to any matter.

Whenever you have issue with any dull Nigerian and they run out of something reasonable to say they'll start saying "I no be your mate" Like wtf.

And some feel entitled to many privileges like collecting daily greeting from the entire neighborhood.

Who has age ever helped? Them dey use am collect money for bank?

They should go and ask Methuselah what he did wit all his age. If Methuselah were these Nigerians I'm sure he'll declare himself king of kings

paraltero:
But when it comes to identity, there is no fact! Identity's uniqueness is that it is whatever it is. There is no default, no template, no standard. All identities differ, no matter how slight the differences might be. So if there is no standard for is, how can you tell something isn't? So if a human believes he is a dog, then by all intents and purposes, he is a dog mentally.

paraltero:
Your position is the exact same on people use to attack gay people, talking about "oh, most humans are straight so being straight is the standard and homosexuality isn't natural so you guys are wrong and abnormal". This even after homosexuality has been shown to exist in nearly every species. That something isn't usual doesn't make it unnatural, but that's a digression.

paraltero:
If it's taken that identity is unque and there's no true state for identity, it means all your position falls back to biology. Now I asked if your position is still tenable if human biology itself can be changed.

jesusjnr:
For they would not humble themselves so that God can use them as He uses jesusjnr, but when God uses jesusjnr, they'd start calling him thief for allowing God use him to this extent.