₦airaland Forum

@Raven, I got the gist oo. Me sef, I'm going through a religious or should I call it a spiritual crisis.

Myne White:
I tot I was the only one that read precociously (tells you about most of us feeling more special than we ought to eh? ) I am still a voracious reader but can't really compare to those heady days when I was a purveyor of novels, JHC with the boys and M&B with the girls. Hmmm, nice memories.

My thoughts on Euthanasia, If someone wants to die, allow them please. Let the doctors help them do it peacefully. If abortion is by choice (which I support by the way) I see no reason why others should be discriminated against and criminalised. And before you yell, charity begins at home. I don sign my own living will, DNR - Do not rescusitate me if I am quarter to go. I don dey save monet sef to go Switzerland when I ready to go meet God. And yes, I am going to heaven. Gba gbe.

LOL you speak your mind. But ehn charity begins at home. 

Which reminds me of my argument with an 'ignoramus' here on nairaland. These are my thoughts on poverty/lack of a privileged life vs opulence in Nigeria:

  I feel that many poor people especially Nigerians tend to resent the rich, even those who acquired theirs in a legal manner. Granted, one should be frustrated with the financial state of things in Nigeria. This state can be mostly attributed to the corrupt government. Kidnapping seems to be the status quo now. Like I'll always say, "show me one affluent Nigerian and I'll show you a thousand poor relatives of that person". Is it now fair for hard workers such as lawyers, doctors, engineers, pilots, etc to be victims of kidnap and extortion due to the fact that they were fortunate?". Fine. many people work hard but not everyone is lucky enough to make it in Nigeria. Take the Pete Edochie kidnap case into consideration. Yes, he paid them #10m but that still doesn't solve the problem. That money cannot save all the under-privileged in Nigeria.
   Before the less fortunate are quick to castigate the rich as 'selfish and greedy', also remember that the rich also have poor family members. It's not rocket science. And yes, charity does begin at home. If you're going to kidnap, do focus on the politicians especially the ones extorting the country's economy. It might sound funny that I'm encouraging kidnapping but limiting it to politicians. Yes, since the world we live in leaves us with very few choices, you might as well carry out necessary actions with the actual perpetrators in mind not just any well-to-do person. Pheww, I can't put this in a more concise manner for folks to understand. It really bothers me because I do have family back in Nigeria and anybody who knows my family history would know how hard my family has worked from the beginning of time. Now, I do have wealthy family back home who literally worked their butt off to get to the stage they're currently in, should my little cousins now be kidnapped because their father is wealthy? I don't think so. That leaves people with no option other than to move their families abroad and contrary to popular belief, life abroad is not the best. In a twinkling of an eye, Nigeria would constitute of foreigners rather than its indigenous people. I want to be a hero for my country but I'm nothing but a teenager. Time would tell.