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divalishis:This is classic. One of the funniest things I've read on this forum. ![]() |
Okay. . .if you say so. I can sort of see the humor now, but it wasn't really clear in the initial post. . . Anyway, don't you guys pay way heavier taxes in the UK? Or is that just a misconception/rumor? |
RichyBlacK:Interesting. It's possibly true that people were "forced" to become Muslim, but I don't know that the Jihad of dan Fodio was "mayhem." Also, your quote is about Umar Tall, not Uthman dan Fodio. Read the page carefully. I put "forced" in quotes because it seemed to be understood that the Hausa leaders/kings claimed to be Muslim, yet they were permitting the practice of pagan religions in their land and mixing Islam and paganism, which is apparently against Islam. (I'm not saying that that's right or correct or that they should have limited freedom of religion, I'm just pointing out that the Hausas apparently were supposed to be all Muslim going by the claims of their leaders.) This link gives a bit more detail about what happened: http://khilafah.biz/usman-dan-fodio-and-the-birth-of-gombe/ (There are probably better sources which go into as much detail, but that's all I could find on a quick search) |
EzeUche:I don't walk around thinking about my "intellect." because he can copy and paste sources on the internet better than most"Better than most"? Is copying and pasting from internet sources a skill? Are there people with different skills and abilities in copying and pasting? Is there a Copy and Paste Olympiad? but that does not show his true intelligence.No, it doesn't. But I don't claim to post sources to back up statements/positions I take in order to display my "true intelligence." I wonder how anyone could take providing sources, links, or information as evidence of intellectual arrogance. It's a bizarre perspective to take. Thank you for shedding light on his behavior."Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable -- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead." - some famous guy |
Obiagu1: @ PhysicMHD,Defeated in an argument? Have you ever lived in the U.S.? Do you have any idea how many non-Igbo Nigerians are making great strides at great universities in the U.S.? Or do you, like Igwe, only look for names of Igbos on lists? I already acknowledged that Igbo women are definitely outdoing their counterparts, but with regard to Igwe's claim, there's only so much distortion one can let slide. If nobody speaks up, anything goes. YOU of all people should know this, from all the distorted pictures of Igbos some people on this forum have been trying to paint. But I'm not surprised at your biased, ignorant stance on this. It’s hard to see a well educated Nigerian that grew up in Nigeria and had his/her first degree in Nigeria that speaks/writes impeccable English.I'm not going to argue against this, because you lived in Nigeria longer than me and probably know more Nigerians that had their first degree in Nigeria than me, but I'll point out that numerous older and contemporary Nigerian writers, professors, and historians are a contradiction to this (and it's entirely apt to compare Igwe with such people since he has the necessary degrees to be on the same playing field with them). The reason is because the foundation was poor; the English teachers weren’t good enough.So anytime anyone uses a word incorrectly they get to blame their high school English teacher? That does not diminish someone’s IQ or intelligence or education or achievement.Of course not, but it's ironic when someone talks about requiring a discussion to be "articulate" and doesn't seem to understand the proper use of the word. That was why I mocked it. The glaring irony is that being articulate is about being able to express oneself lucidly and coherently, yet he was saying he only engages in "articulate conversation" but being inarticulate while doing so because he clearly meant something else other than "articulate" or he was using the word without understanding that it didn't apply to my previous posts. My rejoinder was totally appropriate (he implied that I was deficient, mind you) and not really "attacking someone's grammar for points". They will still travel abroad and excel in their field of study with their “poor English”. Bring Math, Physic etc, they will beat you hands down, so what were you trying to achieve?Who said they won't travel abroad and excel? Not me. It's good that poor teaching isn't preventing people from succeeding. As for the part in bold, that's purely a conjecture on your part. If everyone should be flawless in English to underscore their intelligence, education, IQ, smartness, I wonder why there are proofreadersIt's not required that one be flawless in English. It's necessary that one not imply that others are deficient in some area while exhibiting their own deficiency in that very area. You claimed to have an IQ of 140 or there aboutAnd? Does the claim bother you? I.Q. tests, and the numbers they crank out, are of no significance to me anyway. In the context that I brought that up, I was merely saying that having such an I.Q. does not really qualify one as a "true genius" in some field seeing as how an ordinary nobody like me could meet that requirement. but you did not know the meaning of compromise HuhTrue, but I don't claim to be right in any argument purely on account of having this or that many degrees, lecturing in this or that many places and having this or that many relatives doing such and such, or what I claim my I.Q. is. I wouldn't stoop to that in an argument. So why where you attacking someone because of few errors here or there and try to diminish his/her status?I was mocking him a bit the whole time after he started getting aggressive. Not really an "attack", but you'll see that he started with the aggression and NOT me, if you followed the conversation, or if you have a shred of honesty anywhere in you (which I doubt). That he (Igwe) made the discussion uncivil is simply not in question. As for "trying to diminish" his status, try and be a bit more perceptive next time. I mocked how he could have forgotten the number of degrees he had, but he more or less gave away the reason why he forgot when he mentioned that he had a dual/double bachelor's degree. He obviously just forgot to count it as two, but I was entirely correct to point out the modification because people don't just forget degrees. It sounded like he had added a third merely to sound more impressive (as if I would care anyways), but it's clear that he just forgot. There was nothing wrong with me pointing that out. If others tell you their own IQ, all you’ll end up doing is find where they made one or two mistakes and attack them as if IQ is equivalent to English.Did I say I.Q. was equivalent to one's mastery of English? Stop projecting your own dumb conclusions onto me. Moreover, this is a forum and not a committee that scrutinizes posters’ English.I've ignored errors in spelling, word usage, and grammar in multiple discussions/debates with people on this forum, actually, and my post history proves it. It would be ridiculous for me to be a grammar/language Nazi on this forum when I have frequently made (and still make) grammatical mistakes on here myself. I think your attempt to paint me as someone who harps on English errors is thoroughly dishonest. But I can't say I'm all that surprised. I’ll say you and your likes should go screw yourselves!Noted. But in the future, don't engage me in any discussion, debate, topic, thread, etc. as I will be too busy "screwing myself" to pay you any mind. It is quite telling that both you and Igwe resorted to insults without any provocation and it shows how fragile your psyche is when your delusions are challenged. There is no point even discussing anything with people who act like animals when somebody offers a contrary opinion. |
RichyBlacK:And you base this claim on. . .? There's a book called Nigerian Perspectives by Thomas Hodgkin. Excerpts of primary sources presented in that book paint a different picture entirely. |
1. Labeling Nana Asma'u only a "jihadist" author seems like deliberate misrepresentation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Asma%E2%80%99u 2. I cannot comprehend how anyone could compare Uthman dan Fodio to Hitler. 3. The 11 year conquest of Hausaland, Nupe, and a few other areas by Uthman dan Fodio was standard warfare. There is no record of any particular atrocity carried out, and nothing to suggest that such things occurred. 4. One of the prominent early Muslim followers of dan Fodio's jihad (before it was successful in overthrowing the semi-pagan Hausa rulers) was Hausa. 5. After conquest, the Hausas joined with dan Fodio and the Fulani to expand the empire. They were not dissatisfied with the change in leadership. 6. You guys can read p. 234-235 of this document http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jafr_0037-9166_1963_num_33_2_1370 to get a better idea of what happened. Note the actions of the Hausa king of Gobir. |
buzugee:Men don't say this. When using black American lingo to seem cooler, make sure you don't use the vernacular exclusive to African American women. Just letting you know. |
MandingoII:lmao lol @ "nawl." You gotta love African American vernacular sometimes. |
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isale_gan2: ![]() People actually believe this stuff?!! Some people are just too gullible. |
"Her ex-fiance's identical twin"? Why was that guy wearing that green construction hat? . Is the Urhobo/Itsekiri conflict still ongoing? I thought that died down? |
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Interesting discussion I came across: http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=000028;p=20 Somewhat relevant. |
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naijababe:Yeah. See a good explanation of why it's BS here: Why astrology is nonsense |
The only posters in this thread that have disputed or denied Femi Fani-Kayode's point are fstranger and Eko Ile. |
Igwe-1:"Articulate" conversations? Do you even know what the word articulate means? What part of my post was not clear, well formulated or coherent? I don't really care how many degrees you have or where you claimed to have lectured in whatever subject. Everything you've posted only arouses great skepticism from those (like myself) who actually keep up with academia for research reasons, know which names belong to different ethnic groups in Nigeria, and who live in the U.S. These claims of yours are almost certainly based on an extremely small selection of schools, or you possess a glaring ignorance ot the names of other ethnic groups. Either way, I think I'm done. Reality will catch up with you someday anyways. |
ekt_bear:They spoke the Benin language (Edo). The claim that they spoke a "Yoruba Palace dialect" is spurious. Nobody that ever visited Benin ever noted such a thing. http://books.google.com/books?id=9kcCZIdxXpsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=great+benin+its+art+customs+horrors&hl=en&ei=I3yeTeDyLpK3tgfR7KmGAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=aku&f=false ^^^^ A European writer who visited the king's court and made extensive, detailed notes about the court and the people, and who was aware of the Yoruba languages erroneously concluded that the language of the city could be grouped as a Yoruba language, based on a (doubtful) tale about it being understood as far into Yorubaland as Abeokuta, But tellingly, he makes no mention of the king's language being distinct from that of the city. |
eku_bear:lol You really believe this? ![]() |
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