₦airaland Forum

Sagamite: No 1, majority of homosexuals do want gay marriage to be legalised. Because they are not yet saying it is not proof they don't want it. Given the right atmosphere, they will fight vigorously for it. And they are insidiously planning to create that "right atmosphere. They have already successfully conned their way in doing this in some countries. Such eventuality is what this law is preempting.

No 2, the West IS asking for Nigeria and other countries to follow their path which includes legalisation of homosexual marriage. So you are wrong, somebody is.

No 3, the UK has legalised homosexual marriage or it is in a process of irreversible eventuality.

No 4, there is no evidence of homosexuals' lives in Nigeria being abused in a disproportionate manner to the standard of Nigerian law enforcement, so I don't know what safeguarding you are talking about.

the good son: Homo canniot be sustained in the longrun because at a point if more people are inspired to try it even artificial incimation of sperm may not be enough i even wonder if you think adoption is will be avialable in some few years to come.

the good son: they condition this animals with selective training like circus animals and then claim scientific breakthrough its all psycology not impressed.

Now, you were just saying how you're not closed minded...

Uyi Iredia: Polygamy, Incest, best*al*ty and n€cröphilia also don't hurt anyone. It's just a thing betwee two people. I might begin to see gay marriage as less hypocritical wrt the issue of tolerance if they would be clear as to the rights of people to engage in such practices.

the good son: ok you just tried to cheapen me here to boost your point i can see why for you defeat is not an option you have to win at the least to keep your conviction i can not guess your sexuality but i can tell you know gay people,it is wrong of me to try to push my views on people it is also wrong of you to call me small minded, what do you think i am, a low life of a guy who will consent to casual sax man you should not place me in a category
gay relationship to me is not only evil but morally wrong its just like coke
you take it you get high and later what.

the good son: no you are wrong gay sex harms the body soul and spirit,but i like to look at it from a more scientific approach gay sex alienates the individual from reality what is reality the real world of man and woman if that world vanishes so also does humanity and homo endorsement is oine step towards it,try and visaulize it man.

the good son: Mynd whats wrong with you your anology is flawed man,2 consenting adults can murder themselves in a rum,be sides boko haram is made up of consenting adults homo is bad it is a crime agaisnt womanity and all the beutiful things they have to offer.

Ruq: so we won't shag after the respect for our bawlselves ? may I ask what they will do after enjoying each other's company, help solve math, play board games ? you can't pull the no shaggin card if you okayed the them being together in the 1st place.

I don't think you understand what konji is, what age did you start having boners ?

they won't shag except they really want to be good to their selves. which seldom occurs

screenagerjoe: so i can stop havin sex by zippin up my pant? WoooooooW i dint knw that ooooo nd so pant even has zip nowadays. Hmmmm #tekinology#

venorite: Pls help a fellow nairalander with a working emaik address so I can activate my bbm

OMA4U: Oga Mazi_Omenuko, sebi I tok am.
Congrats! In fact, you really tried with the essay and you deserved the feat.
To others, congratulations! Hope to read something educating and fascinating in the final round.

@Fynestboy, please can you do me a favour by posting the next 4. I mean from 5 to 8 position.

Davo93: First and foremost,a let me congratulate my fellow contestants that were lucky enough to make it through to the next round, you guys are great!

I also felicitate with those of us that were not able to move beyond this stage, we tried our best but its just that everyone cannot be a winner. It will go down history lane that we are the pioneer contestants. Most of us were still able to bring up a nice piece despite a lot of unfavourable factors that were highlighted to have affected our input. Let us cheer ourselves!

The clean jobs done by the Judges cannot be left out without been appreciated. You created time for yourself to scrutinize on large write up and assessed it appropriately. I say thank you!

The organisers too rock especially Mr Fynestboi, the brain behind this project.

I want to charge all contestants to try as much as possible to build on the successes and challenges in this edition to build self. I personally have learnt a lot from the Judges reports on my work especially on how referencing should be applied in articles. I want to implore the rest of us to do thesame.

I wish the last four friends the very best of luck and looking forward to next year's edition if God permits. Thanks.

Obinoscopy: Hi everyone, how is our Sunday going? Hope all the Christians went to church today? And I hope all our Muslim brothers and sisters are resting well in preparation for work tomorrow?

I will be appraising the essays of several contestants of this first of a kind educational debate. I must say that I had high expectations from our contestants. I had hoped to learn a few things from their essays. I must admit they met my expectations to some level and I did learn a lot from their work, but I must be quick to add that there is still room for improvements. One of the major setbacks of most of the contestants work was the paucity of standard reference materials. Some that managed to use, were referencing Wikipedia which is very wrong. But, all in all, they tried. It is not that easy to sit down and piece together an argumentative essay of 1000 words and above. I might have done even worse if I were in their shoes. To that end, I will say they all did marvelously well.

Infoscope and Deschyko both wrote in opposition to the motion that Strike is a wrong approach to solving Nigeria’s Educational problems. They took a rather unpopular stance as it would appear that more contestants were in favor of the motion. Their provision of historical details of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike in Nigeria goes to show that they were well versed on the topic.

However I would say that their work lacked the desired persuasiveness. The two contestants were quick to blame the Federal Government for all the woes betiding the educational sector but they were slow to explaining why strike is a BETTER approach. Infact, I had even thought Infoscope was in support of the motion when I was reading paragraphs four (4) and five (5) until I got to the sixth (6th) paragraph. This statement of his below was responsible for my confusion:

I think he shot himself on the foot by making that comment.

Deschyko’s statement that “five out of the nine agreements [between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government (FG)] focuses (sic) on the improvement of educational standard and quality in the country” is very apt as it could counter the notion that ASUU embarked on the strike solely for selfish reasons. But he however failed to mention and elaborate on all five agreements. In fact, a lay reader might not even know which group reached the agreement and what the agreement was all about.

However I must not fail to commend both Deschyko and Infoscope’s command of diction, their well sequenced paragraphs and correct spellings. That being said, there is still room for improvement.

Don Salvy, Sammytolly4Jesus and Mikebis all wrote against the motion that Geniuses are born not made.

Sammytolly4Jesus work was okay. I really loved his play with words especially the following: “we weren’t (sic) born with the alphabets imprinted on our foreheads,” “a chauffeur also wasn’t (sic) born with wheels in his hands,” and “Lionel Messi. . .wasn’t (sic) born with football in his legs.” Those expressions were very apt and really spiced up his work. Despite the rich content and examples, his work was very poor in persuasiveness. I felt he could have done more to convince his readers. He failed to explain and establish beyond reasonable doubt, the difference between Child Prodigy and Genius and this is enough to weaken his argument’s foundation. Conclusively, I will say Sammy did well. I really hope he makes it to the next round, same goes for the others.

Despite the scantiness of Don Salvy’s work, I must say his use of the Intelligent Quotient (IQ) score to buttress his argument was quite impressive. His illustrations were very explanatory and clear. But, like I said earlier, his essay is very scanty.

The same might be said for mikebis. It would seem mikebis did not finish his work, probably due to time constraints or internet logistics as his conclusion was very poor. However his mentioning of the three ways by which geniuses are made (Learning, Thinking Ability and Determination) was quite inspirational. He would have done a lot better with his argument if he had committed more time, resources and energy towards it.

So that is my appraisal, folks. I wish all the contestants the best. Let us remember that this competition is not a do-or-die affair. The essence of this debate is not for superiority display but for us to learn from each other and keep our brains busy by engaging in healthy arguments. May the best four make it to the next round. Amen.

Expect more appraisals from the other judges.