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Could you please be more specific or provide an example.

Please read my introduction on this thread. I think it is clear enough.

jamace:
Please read my introduction on this thread. I think it is clear enough.

What the hell is wrong with we Africans? Somebody will steal all your money, Bleep all our wives, kill as many as he can in the name of politics, and when he dies everybody will be singing his praises instead of cursing him. Why this mentality?

Your initial post is just a sweeping statement with no context or evidence to substantiate it.

Your initial post is just a sweeping statement with no context or evidence to substantiate it.

What evidence do you want me to supply than the official verbal words and written comments on the register at the home of the deceased? The few dissenting voices are never heard officially but as closed door grumblings or mumblings.

jamace:
What evidence do you want me to supply than the official verbal words and written comments on the  register at the home of the deceased?  The few dissenting voices are  never heard officially but as closed door grumblings or mumblings.

So this person that died,
- All africans attended his funeral?
- He alone represents everyone that has stolen money, slept with the wives of others, and killed as many as they can in the name of politics,?
- Every African has been singing his praises?

Your earlier posts assumes that the answer to the above questions are in the affirmative when it obviously not so.
Even then you didn't even provide any reference/evidence (written or otherwise) to backup your single instance of occurrence.
Did you ever consider that only the people that thought favorably of the deceased attended the funeral, and others that didn't like him didn't attend? or do expect his wife, kids and relatives to all speak ill of him?

You are free to express your grievance about any thing, but please do not go about posting sweeping statements about others without providing any evidence to backup your claims

So this person that died,
- All africans attended his funeral?
- He alone represents everyone that has stolen money, slept with the wives of others, and killed as many as they can in the name of politics,?
- Every African has been singing his praises?

Your earlier posts assumes that the answer to the above questions are in the affirmative when it obviously not so.
Even then you didn't even provide any reference/evidence (written or otherwise) to backup your single instance of occurrence.
Did you ever consider that only the people that thought favorably of the deceased attended the funeral, and others that didn't like him didn't attend? or do expect his wife, kids and relatives to all speak ill of him?

You are free to express your grievance about any thing, but please do not go about posting sweeping statements about others without providing any evidence to backup your claims

So this person that died,
- All africans attended his funeral?
- He alone represents everyone that has stolen money, slept with the wives of others, and killed as many as they can in the name of politics,?
- Every African has been singing his praises?

Your earlier posts assumes that the answer to the above questions are in the affirmative when it obviously not so.
Even then you didn't even provide any reference/evidence (written or otherwise) to backup your single instance of occurrence.
Did you ever consider that only the people that thought favorably of the deceased attended the funeral, and others that didn't like him didn't attend? or do expect his wife, kids and relatives to all speak ill of him?

You are free to express your grievance about any thing, but please do not go about posting sweeping statements about others without providing any evidence to backup your claims

Wow! From your statements which I have highlighted, it is obvious that you do not understand me ab initio. For instance, how can ALL africans attend funeral for an individual at the same time in the same place as claimed by you? Again, how can one man commit the offences in all places in Africa? Also, how can every african know the man and praise him according to you?

My thread is very clear. Maybe, you should have read various responses by members before coming up with your sweeping statements which originated from your failure to read in between the lines.

jamace:
Wow! From your  statements which I have highlighted, it is obvious that you do not understand me ab initio. For instance, how can ALL africans attend  funeral for an individual at the same time in the same place as claimed by you? Again, how can one man commit the offences in all places in Africa? Also, how can every african know the man and praise him according to you?

My thread is very clear. Maybe, you should have read various responses by members before coming up with your sweeping statements which originated from your failure to read in between the lines.

It seems your problem stems from a poor command of the English language. Your answers to my questions (above) shows that your post fails to accurately reflect your thoughts .

The title of your thread " Why Do Africans Praise The Dead Always", leaves no exception to the rule. You made an unqualified reference to all Africans, and to all occurrences in time.

Your original post makes reference to 'we Africans', meaning your are speaking on behalf of, if not all, at least the majority of Africans. To compound your generalization you make  a second reference to 'everybody'.

There is nothing to be gained from reading between the lines, when one, such as yourself, expresses themselves so unequivocally.

It seems your problem stems from a poor command of the English language. Your answers to my questions (above) shows that your post fails to accurately reflect your thoughts .

The title of your thread " Why Do Africans Praise The Dead Always", leaves no exception to the rule. You made an unqualified reference to all Africans, and to all occurrences in time.

Your original post makes reference to 'we Africans', meaning your are speaking on behalf of, if not all, at least the majority of Africans. To compound your generalization you make a second reference to 'everybody'.

There is nothing to be gained from reading between the lines, when one, such as yourself, expresses themselves so unequivocally.

Well, it is still sad that you failed to understand what all those who responded before you understood with ease. This may be due to being too critical about simple and obvious statements on your side. I will appreciate you read/interprete statements with an open mind to avoid embarassment .

jamace:
Well, it is still sad that you failed to understand what all those who responded before you understood with ease. This may be due to being too critical about simple and obvious statements on your side. I will appreciate you read/interprete statements with  an  open mind to avoid embarrassment .

For some to have accommodated your ignorance and semi-illiteracy, is no reason to engender the trend. It will serve you better to accept correction when found wanting, instead of letting your ego override your sensibility.
A polite request that you simply clarify your position was ignored, and instead you have resorted to wasting your efforts in defending an untenable position (efforts better applied in improving your command of the English language). In my original post, I did give a contribution based on what I felt your original post implied (and not what it meant).
It is bad enough that you wrote something unqualified in all of it's dimensions, worse still is your ambitious effort to defend it. This is what is truly sad.

Frankly, I admire your power of expression. Nonetheless, I am glad that the other respondents got my drift and gave appropriate responses. Cheers.

I think things are changing gradually.

Some have started daring the dead by telling it as it is. We are getting there gradually.

jamace:
What the hell is wrong with we Africans? Somebody will steal all your money, Bleep all our wives, kill as many as he can in the name of politics, and when he dies everybody will be singing his praises instead of cursing him. Why this mentality?

It's cultural. Its the same reason why Africans do not cremate their dead. To appease his/her spirit. Africans believe that when a person dies, he starts a new life in the spirit realm as a living dead.

You do not want to make those demons angry. I hear they can be mischievous and vengeful.

muafrika:
It's cultural. Its the same reason why Africans do not cremate their dead. To appease his/her spirit. Africans believe that when a person dies, he starts a new life in the spirit realm as a living dead.

You do not want to make those demons angry. I hear they can be mischievous and vengeful.

Does it mean that those demons are more concerned with the spirit of the dead and do not care how one lived on earth, no matter the evil deeds?

jamace:
Does it mean that those demons are more concerned with the spirit of the dead and do not care how one lived on earth, no matter the evil deeds?

It's the spirits that am referring to as demons, actually. They are EVIL spirits.