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@Kunu, sorry, nunu ,

Nutter, you really are a NUT CASE .

Yes ma'am, I sure am.

What do you mean by "Anyway, it’s Nigeria so why should anyone be surprised?".

If people who didn't even contest elections can become members of the senate (the highest law-making organ of government), then swimming as a naval requirement is a small matter.

The ishmaelite is only saying what he knows,and he isn't a spokeman for the Nigerian navy,

I only made statements based on his assertions.

so don't gross me out.

Ok ma’am.

have a lovely day .

OK ma’am.

no vex too much

Ok ma’am.

GO GUNNERS!!!

It's going to kick-off (pun intended) at this get-together for sure.

@Ishmael,

Now that you have clarified, I understand what you mean. I said what I did because earlier you said: "I don't think swimming is compulsory because so many people joined without even knowing what swimming is and they are still in the NAVY."

Do you know how long the training in PH lasts? As Naval officers, I think  it should last longer than the 6 months in KD. What do you think?

Giorgio:
chxta & nutter would u put a stop to all this? it is geting iritating. both of you're good examples of what everyone says is d problem with igbo people. excessive egos. this spat b/w u both should have ended long ago.

Easy, Giorgio. That stereotypical path you are going down comes, inevitably, with tons of bother.

Why worry about us, anyway? Chxta and I have a deep understanding – despite our diametrically opposed politics. Not so, Chxta? Mate?

Chxta (my good friend),

Thanks for the three spell checks Nutter, I really deserved that, and I am truly humbled.

Yes, you did deserve it, actually. Big of you to admit that. Perhaps you can now turn your attention to more pressing matters instead of acting like the English Language Police.

I think the reference to Ojukwu in Nkem's article today should once and for all show you that Ojukwu is not the hero you claim he is. . .

You say Ojukwu is not a hero because he fled Biafra at the end of the war? OK. For me, Ojukwu is a hero. He is also just a man. He is not perfect. Therefore, I don’t agree with everything he says or does. However, bottom line is he presented an oasis of security when the Igbo were massacred all over Nigeria. He then begged the Nigerian government to do something to stop the killings. He stepped up to the plate when it mattered most. He defended his people. His exact words were: “My fellow countrymen and women, I cannot defend you where you are. But I have drawn this line in the sand. If you manage to get yourselves behind this line, what we have here, we will share with you.” He remains a hero of mine.

As for your insinuating that I am a hypocrite, once again you have shown how myopic you can be.

Thank you.

I never said I would not die for Nigeria, I said that I would have to look at the situation. There is no human on God's earth who would lay down his life when he knows that that sacrifice would not be appreciated.

I have addressed this issue. Shame you didn’t quite get it. Just today, you stated that Nigeria’s future is bright. Also, if you can start a thread in defence of Nigeria (without conditions attached), it follows therefore that you should be willing to die for her bright future as well (again, without conditions attached). Otherwise, your words are empty. That’s just the way it goes, mate. I don’t make the rules. No need to take it out on me.

You for example would not die for Biafra if you know that at the end of such a sacrifice, they would still lose the war and you would be forgotten. Before you carve a reply (which you always do anyway), think about that little statement.

I don’t think you appreciate the situation fully. Where did you get your history of the war? The people who fought and died for Biafra did not only do so because they wholly believed that the war would be won. They fought and died because it was more honourable, more dignified, than laying on their beds and waiting to be massacred. I will do the same at any time, on any day, and twice on Sundays. I’d sooner fight and make it difficult for the oppressor than present my throat for slitting without so much as a whimper. That is my position. Whether you believe me or not is irrelevant. It wouldn’t add or subtract anything from the measure of a man that I am.

I would sit down again and carve a more suitable response. But for now, I am a tard busy. As you very well know, I am disengaging from Itex tomorrow, so lots of papers to prepare, haven't had much time for the internet.

I had no idea you were leaving. How would I? You didn’t say. Did you get the sack? I hope it’s a move to a better place.

One more thing, I would be in Ojoto for about three days starting Sunday or Monday. You could let your Biafran hordes know my location. At least they could use me to prove that they are real men, not run to the Ivory Coast when things are getting too hot.

You flatter yourself.

Yet you hesitate to die for this bright future.

Revolution:
Nonsense. I can't see no humans in the picture so how on earth did you or they come to that conclussion?

Thank you. That is all that needs to be said on this matter.

ishmael:
Swimming is not compulsory. You will spend most of your time doing military training in NDA kaduna. You will go to Onne in PH a month or 2 before passing out. I don't think swimming is compulsory because so many people joined without even knowing what swimming is and they are still in the NAVY.

If the ability to swim is not compulsory, then the Nigerian Navy is a complete joke. There are no two ways about it.  It is not only a sign of incompetence for a Naval officer to be a landlubber, the Nigerian Navy itself directly endangers the lives of all those sent out to sea without proper training. Naval personnel that cannot swim. What a ridiculous notion. Anyway, it’s Nigeria so why should anyone be surprised?

Txlonghorn:
OK folks enough with the American bashing or I'll go George Bush on you stock up British folks.

@edygirl

Sure dear.


@soccerchic

Don't mind them. No etiquette.

Txlonghorn:
Because we Americans always hijack everything we come arcoss, and blame it on the rest of the world.

My sentiments exactly.

Hey babes, watch me jare. I need am.

soccerchic:
Thanks@Nutter, i see that u feel me, mmmm, i mean u agree with me

Hmmm. . . .

soccerchic:
Roses are red, Violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, and so am I !"

Good one.

Hey, why are you Americans and Canadians hijacking our thread?

classiqkid:
Finsbury park?? Thats way to far what about camberwell,Peckham,Old kent road,Lewisham or brixton?

Way too far from where? It's all relative, my brother. _{Brixton ke? Hmmm. . . .}

soccerchic:
@class, I say Central london. How about Bays Water??

Now, that's more like it.

“And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” - Aeschylus

Ok, sorry, I couldn’t resist the urge to post this quote by Aeschylus. It was famously used by Robert F. Kennedy in his eulogy of Martin Luther King on the evening of April 4, 1968, after King's tragic assassination. These really powerful words remind me of the Nigerian situation. May wisdom come to us. Wisdom which dictates the need for our nation states to separate and remain friends, rather than remain together in a forced marriage and despise each other. May wisdom come to us.

[quote author=Ez-E link=topic=18808.msg520240#msg520240 date=1153843338]Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously
give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.[/quote]Hey Ez-E,

I see you are familiar with the work of Marianne Williamson. That quote is one of my personal favourites. I also like the writings of Aeschylus (525 BC—456 BC), the Greek dramatist. Anyway, that's another story altogether.

Skidoc:
And be ready to get your teeth scattered. Hehehehehe! You should consider the possibility that certain members are physically stronger than you, you know.

Scattered ke? Who wan try? You? Hmmm . . . I don’t know much karate but I know ka-razy! No be today I begin craze. No try me oh, Skidoc. You no reach!

clocky:
example me.

You, Mr Clocky? You never see me before na why you dey yarn. If you see me your liver go cut. Forget say we dey internet oh. I go just rumple you like wrapper.


Jokes aside, it's a really good idea.

raldsfield:
My nonsense country that is not worth dying for but I will protect it the same way a mother will protect

her criminal minded kid.

Very funny!

Emeka,

Mate, I had trouble opening the link and I couldn't find related stories in any of the Nigerian dailies. Are you saying the killings have started in the North? Please clarify, biko. I am getting worried.