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Sometimes this blind allegiance to authority distort our ability to differentiate what is good from what is bad. It is wrong to kill your fellow man. But when the perceived authority asks one to do so, he is expected to comply. The effect of this can be disastrous. When an “bad” person gets to the seat of power and gives a bad directive, good people tuned down their moral conscience and obey. Adolph Hitler on his own can kill a handful of persons at a time but Adolph Hitler as the commander General of the arm forces can kill a million persons. In other words,. Adolph Hitler is not the problem but the good-hearted soldiers who would never hurt a fly but kill their fellow human without guilt on the order of authority. Religion is not the problem but the good-hearted persons who will not hesitate to butcher their fellow human on the command if the religious books and leaders whom they perceive as agents of supreme Authority.


The authority understands that to continue to have control over their subjects, they have to instill the doctrine of blind obedience. Law enforcement agencies do not encourage their staff to question their superior decision. To disobey a superior immoral order could amount to severe consequence. My heart goes to the dead soldiers who risk their lives believing they are fighting for a just cause whereas they were used as Pawns fighting for the politician who would not do the same for them. Religion encourages members not to ask question. Blind obedience which is nicknamed ” Faith” is emphasized as a sign of a true believer. Whoever question the holy book is a doubter, heretic and should be stoned to death. Health authorities and Scientist tells us vaccine they approved are effective and we must believe them and take them against our will. Whoever posts information doubting the safety of the vaccine is accused of posting false information and the website banned. Meanwhile, scientist are accused of inventing the same virus in a laboratory. Yet we are to believe and obey them . Can one preside over a case where he is a suspect? Medical autonomy is thrown to the wind. Individuals no longer have the right to choose their medication. Soon, authority will choose our food for us. Authority comes in various shades


The aim of this article is not eradicate authority completely. Like Dr Milgram said, obedience to authority may be necessary in certain context . No Individual is inherently good or bad . Individuals can apply golden rule when making decisions. Any of us can fall victim to the pressure of the situation and would love to be treated fairly. Power changes hand. A jailer


https://tobechispeaks./2020/11/21/educated-to-sacrifice/

Sad
I don't blame Russia
I. Don't blame Ukraine
I blame Total obedience to authority


Children take this teaching to adulthood even when the thinking ability to reason is fully developed. Grown up children are quick to obey authorities even in times when doing so is immoral. While that of children is understandable as. Incompetency to distinguish between what good from what is bad, adult who commit the same act are out of cowardice . They do not want to be held liable to the consequence of their action so would rather hand the decision-making to an external agent .


For example, an armed robber who threatens one to give away a percentage of his money or risk getting killed is not a perceived as an authority by The victim . The government through its law enforcement agents like Police may threaten you to give wm a percentage of your money or risk going to jail. The clergy threaten one to give away with a certain percentage of his money or risk external damnation. The armed robber is not an authority and the victim will not feel guilty for resisting him but to resist the clergy or the police would be seen as illegal or immoral. The police and the preacher are seeing as agents of authority who act on behalf of government and God respectively whereas. In that case, it is the individual perception of authority that matters.


Sometimes this blind allegiance to authority distort our ability to differentiate what is good from what is bad. It is wrong to kill your fellow man. But when the perceived authority asks one to do so, he is expected to comply. The effect of this can be disastrous. When an “bad” person gets to the seat of power and gives a bad directive, good people tuned down their moral conscience and obey. Adolph Hitler on his own can kill a handful of persons at a time but Adolph Hitler as the commander General of the arm forces can kill a million persons. In other words,. Adolph Hitler is not the problem but the good-hearted soldiers who would never hurt a fly but kill their fellow human without guilt on the order of authority. Religion is not the problem but the good-hearted persons who will not hesitate to butcher their fellow human on the command if the religious books and leaders whom they perceive as agents of supreme Authority.


The authority understands that to continue to have control over their subjects, they have to instill the doctrine of blind obedience. Law enforcement agencies do not encourage their staff to question their superior decision. To disobey a superior immoral order could amount to severe consequence. My heart goes to the dead soldiers who risk their lives believing they are fighting for a just cause whereas they were used as Pawns fighting for the politician who would not do the same for them. Religion encourages members not to ask question. Blind obedience which is nicknamed ” Faith” is emphasized as a sign of a true believer. Whoever question the holy book is a doubter, heretic and should be stoned to death. Health authorities and Scientist tells us vaccine they approved are effective and we must believe them and take them against our will. Whoever posts information doubting the safety of the vaccine is accused of posting false information and the website banned. Meanwhile, scientist are accused of inventing the same virus in a laboratory. Yet we are to believe and obey them . Can one preside over a case where he is a suspect? Medical autonomy is thrown to the wind. Individuals no longer have the right to choose their medication. Soon, authority will choose our food for us. Authority comes in various shades


The aim of this article is not eradicate authority completely. Like Dr Milgram said, obedience to authority may be necessary in certain context . No Individual is inherently good or bad . Individuals can apply golden rule when making decisions

https://tobechispeaks./2020/11/21/educated-to-sacrifice/

Is the score 2:1 or 1;1. I thought Osimhen scored

But what has the media been saying about it all, especially China's role? When you read the headlines out there, things get a little muddled.

In a US TV channel's headline on the UN resolution, they said that the "UN voted to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine".

But if you read the final text, it actually reads the UN "deplores, in the strongest terms, the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine."

There is a distinction in meaning. Condemn means to declare something to be reprehensible, wrong, or even evil, while to deplore means to express grief for or regret strongly – a less severe term.

It may sound like I'm splitting hairs, but it does matter. Had the resolution called to "condemn" Russia’s action, I believe, the number of "yes" votes would have been much less. 

Words matter, so does accuracy.

Had the news outlet mixed these words knowingly, it would be a prime example of playing with words… To put the record straight, the majority of UN members did NOT vote to "condemn Russia's invasion". 

 

Another spectacle is the different treatment of China and India on the exact same issue. Both abstained from the UN vote, and in both countries, there are voices that both support and oppose the war, like everywhere else really. However, the media have taken a starkly different tone for the two countries.

Both close partners to Russia, China is suggested, even suspected of being an "accomplice", and Chinese citizens singled out for "cheering for invasion". 

India, on the other hand, is only "trying to stay above the fray".  The vocal support expressed by MANY Indian netizens were only part of the "pro-Putin voices online".

Compare the headlines from this same US newspaper: For India: "World Rebukes Russia, India Tries to Stay Above the Fray".

For China? "Why the Chinese Internet Is Cheering Russia's Invasion".

China is apparently getting the "more-favored nation treatment" by the same newspaper. I thought US media is unbiased and independent. Huh… maybe the journalist here got so exhausted picking through billions of comments on Chinese social media that they decided to take a break.

As a matter of fact, there's been a fierce debate among Chinese about the war. And there are crazy comments on Chinese social media, just like everywhere else really. But does that justify publishing a headline that singles out the Chinese as cold-blooded war-mongers?

The same article does acknowledge, while not condemning Russia's action, the Chinese government has "not endorsed it either".  But that's five minutes too late in shaping the readers' impressions.

Some may say, there are also some pro-Russia or pro-Putin comments in the US and the media have not shied away from reporting on those.  Hum… these comments were from the political opponent of the Biden administration: the Republican Party, namely, led by Donald Trump!  It's a different ball game.  Basically whatever one opposes, the other supports, and vice versa.  Merit of the subject itself? Sorry, what was the subject?

 

There's another important point missing from many of the articles. With all the talk about China and Russia's "limitless" friendship, people tend to forget that China and Ukraine are friendly too. What did the Ukrainian side think of China’s stance?  If you rely on western news outlets or agencies, you won't get the answer easily. Here's why.

This news agency article points out there's a good relationship between the two sides. That's true.

The headline goes: "Ukraine asks China to make Russia stop war, says Ukrainian foreign ministry".

"In January," the article goes, "Chinese President Xi Jinping marked 30 years of ties with Ukraine, hailing the 'deepening political mutual trust' between them. Ukraine is a hub in the Belt and Road Initiative, a sprawling infrastructure and diplomatic undertaking that binds China closer with Europe." Also true.

The article goes on to report the latest phone conversation between the countries' two top diplomats, by quoting from the Ukrainian side, only.

"Ukraine's Foreign Minister… asked his Chinese counterpart… to use Beijing's ties with Moscow to stop Russia's military invasion of its neighbor."

Nothing wrong with that, but what do the Chinese say about the call? According to an English-language statement by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister called China's role "constructive".

Well, some may question whether the Chinese statement is accurate. Then they should also question whether the Ukrainian version is accurate too. Had the Chinese statement been inaccurate, the Ukrainian side would have raised the issue, right?

This news agency piece only channels from one side and missed an important piece of information from the other side. Was it laziness or was it a matter of different taste? I don't know. Clearly, the Ukrainian appreciation of China's constructive role in the issue does not sound so politically correct in the West at the moment.

 

Finally, I want to bring up the silencing of certain voices from one side of the conflict.

The EU banned some Russian news outlets, accusing them of spreading lies to justify Putin's war and to sow division in Europe.

When there are clearly different sides to the story, does it really serve the interest of Europeans to prevent them from hearing voices from the other side? If the West has been advocating freedom of expression and safeguarding the other's right to disagree, how do you draw the line and where? Who should decide?

And, by the way, let's not forget, these media organizations, these institutions, have claimed they are the textbook examples of professional journalism.

Anyway, there are efforts to tamper with information that certain media do not like to see or don't want to be seen.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-03-12/Headline-Buster-What-are-media-saying-about-China-Russia-Ukraine--18l9TveeFiM/index.html

Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine, but that support has a breaking point, according to one expert. 

"China has been cheerleading, and enabling … and protecting the Russians," James Carafano, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital.

But if China faced harsh penalties in the form of tariffs, that would change. 

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"I think the Chinese would totally throw the Russians under the bus," Carafano said. "Second, it creates a pain point for China."
https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-support-russia-ukraine-invasion-breaking-point-expert

In Nigeria you cannot name your child buhari

Congratulations

She has given you free tickets to do the same.

Buy second hand , female clothes and leave them in your house where you know she will see them, if she complain, tell her an old friend spent the night at your place. Say it casually like nothing there.

Next time buy bra with size bigger than her own and do the same.

A Koran

The Grail message book

Boadavista

Any book about another religion

Jesus was accused of blasphemy.

Mubarak Bala is accused of blasphemy


But we worship the foreigner and ignore the Nigerian

The best gift anyone can give you is the Quaran, the Boadavista, orholy book from another religion. This will help curb religious violence

Dear Ex,

I owe you an apology.

I should not have been angry that you couldn’t love me as I wanted to be loved.

I should not have been hurt when you couldn’t value or respect me.

I’m so grateful you came into my life. I am happy knowing I gave you all those chances so you could keep showing me that it wasn’t me. It was your brokenness that broke us.

But most of all,

thank you for leading me to him.

See, something happened the other night. I had spent a lengthy time with him. When the time came, it pained me to be separated from him. I cried in the shower because I missed him. And I remembered all the times I cried in the shower when you and I were together, wishing someone like him would love me.

I couldn’t be this grateful had it not been for you.

Every pain I suffered with you makes me appreciate his every tender touch.

Every hurtful word you said makes me grateful for every “I love you” I hear from him.

Every “you’re not good enough” implication makes me grateful for every moment I have with him.

He shows me every day that you were not capable of loving me. You couldn’t see me. You couldn’t value me because you didn’t know how to. Because of the beautiful soul he is to me, I can forgive you.

Because you led me to him, I can heal from every bad word, false script, hurtful act in my past.

Because of you, I know how to appreciate and love him with all I’ve got.

For him, I will always be grateful to you because had I not endured with you for as long as I did, I would have never met him.

with gratitude,

Your ex

I get tons of calls and messages from people whose hearts are breaking because their relationships did not work out as they had hoped.

You may be hurt and long to have the love you need. One can lose hope after repeated heartbreaks. But if you can only know that your perfect person is being molded and made to love you while you suffer, you’ll have something to look forward to.

I promise you that when you find your person, you’ll remember your past, but it won’t hurt. In fact, you won’t feel anything when you think of the past.

True love will help you to heal faster than you ever thought possible. It will give you the space and peace you need to shed your past and embrace a future like you’ve never imagined.

So, how do you find it? Don’t look for it. Looking means you don’t believe it’s coming. Believe it’s coming and wait.
​
And remember, life is happening for you. Not against you.

Annalisa

Monogamy or monotony is the best recipe for infidelity

Sorry

Stagnation is a curse

Their choice

Movie

Kill your anger before Anger kills you

True

Think Good thoughts

Godwin

Kokoroko by Timaya

The biblical God or Islamic God?

Which is Just

The days of Manchester United winning a trophy has ended.

That is sign of end time

Iyaebe:
I'm serious, there's a scar but you assumed it has healed but it's still there.Why did you take the decision of never getting married?

He is Awake. He is super smart. He sees beyond the illusions of the society.

You need to wake up

Buy assets, not liabilities.
Buy things that make money for you: stocks, real estate. Don’t buy things that don’t make money: clothing, fancy cars, etc.
Don’t buy assets you don’t understand.
When your friends at the bank try to sell you a complicated financial instrument that you don’t understand, chances are it’s a bad apple.
Make more money, not save more money.
No one increases their net worth by saving. They increase by making more money.
People who look rich are poor. People who look poor are rich.
People who drive fancy cars and flaunt their supposed wealth are probably not that wealthy.
“I never invest in anything that I don’t understand” - Warren Buffett


Quora

Krak:


I am still searching for the claim WHAT POLICE LOOK For and the search is in vain. The topic is very misleading.

Let me help you. Police look out for the

1) colour of your phone; colourful phones or phone casing indicates one who takes interest in his appearance or public perception. Is stylist. Extrovert

2) Cracked/ Rough phone: A careless person or one who is not financially buoyant to make phone repairs

3) ringtone/ songs in playlist: Fast beat song indicates an extrovert or party lover. R and B indicates introvert. Depressed person

4)

Wiseandtrue:
Story! Police hàs no right to search your phone without warrant!

Know your right! Ànd in Nigeria, know your right with wisdom!

Mummy be calming down now,where did the Op say, police can search your phone. A police can detect your character by your ringtonethe way you answer phone calls without necessarily touching your phone. Please read it again

Noshitboi:
So because i have a Naira Marley ringtone on my phone i be yahoo boy be that or i come dey use Fela ringtone that mean say i dey smoke weed . OP, your mumu na legendary. Thunder kee u dia!!

Having a Naira Marley ringtone says you are one who does not always bend to societal expectations. It means you are authentic and less likely to obey rules that makes no sence to you. It is not always a bad thing. Authentic persons tend to be creative and do well in Art areas . However such an individual cannot work in army or police where one must obey superior orders irrespective of ones conscience.
So a Naira Marley ringtone is enough to disqualify you frombeing recruited into Nigerian Police Force . You cannot be breakg a rule you are meant to enforce.

The brand, colour, ringtone, case and wallpaper will give a slight indication of your personality. Rarely, you will find someone who will fake ringtone, colour or wallpaper or phone to please others.
When you are talking to someone on phone, you cut yourself from the world around you. You mind is filled with the caller’s voice and the conversation. In reality, there are lot of people around you who listen to your conversation. This gives away how loud or soft you are, your seriousness and humor, your perceptions and above all, your personal and work-related things from the call.
Ditto when you are instant-messaging someone. When people secretly see you when you are typing, or the content in the notification messages or how your respond (irritatingly or quickly), it all gives lot of your personal information.
The kind of books you read in Kindle or the music you listen.
Your taste based on some of the photos you take or the OTT or Youtube videos you watch.
You social media profiles when you are updating something.
This is just tip of the iceberg.

Smartphone is like thumbprint.

If it were a person, it is probably the only person where you are completely yourself to it.

A person who follows you secretly in trains, buses and streets and listens to your calls or sees you messages from behind will obtain enough information about your family, work, affairs.

And all this when you just using your phone. It is unimaginable when you lose it.

I have known my driver for past five year.

We never interacted much with each other as I am always in my own world.

One day, my phone battery died and I asked his phone to make an urgent call. As I was speaking, I got some message notifications on the screen.

As they came one by one, within minutes, I could get that he was married and he was having an affair outside marriage.

—Ram Gopal Varma

Quora

If u cannot afford pillow. Yes, you Kay your head on her backside

Faithful polygamist

We were all confused when we voted Buhari

Any Pasto that is obsessed with sex will keep talking about sex.

She needs bleeping