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SmartyPants:
But why didn't you wait to find out whether i agree that not permitting polygamy is a human rights violation? I do agree.

However I may point out that your reasoning is wrong - nothing in my argument applies to the polygamy situation.

no, my reasoning is spot on.

Your words below
Among the underlying principles of democracy and the rule of law is the idea that what every applies to one man should apply to another - thus, a rule that specially targets one set of people to deprive them of rights due to others, is undemocratic, and in a functioning democracy, such a law should be held to be unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court of a standard democracy ought to find that such a law is unconstitutional because it violates the certain freedoms that are guaranteed to others.
Wrong. Democracy is based on the rule of law, not the rule of the majority, and it protects against all forms of tyranny, including that of the majority. That is why we have Courts that are empowered to defy the majority by overruling popular but unfair laws.

If a law states that inanities like lgbtqrst are illegal, it tramples on the rights of 'those who feel they fall in these groups'. If a law states that polygamy is illegal, it tramples on the right of those who desire to have a harem of wives or husbands to be happy. The happiness of ALL is the principal thing right? Like you said true democracies and courts should defy the majority by over-ruling popular and unfair laws. Only thing is the US being the sick rabble rousers that they are, are just being a darn nuisance with their fake human rights crusade esp on LGBTQ. Make dem remove the logs in their eyes first, na then I go take them seriously. I no even wan go deeper, I'll just stick to this basic surface level premise

YouAreFinished:
But development is actually tied to LGBT
Mind you, Russia and China are still developing countries.

how do I unread this? China and Russia developing countries? Change your weed supplier bro!

SmartyPants:
There's no shifting of any goalpost, perhaps you simply don't understand. Standard as I used it here does not refer to a type of democracy, it refers to a working democracy.

Among the underlying principles of democracy and the rule of law is the idea that what every applies to one man should apply to another - thus, a rule that specially targets one set of people to deprive them of rights due to others, is undemocratic, and in a functioning democracy, such a law should be held to be unconstitutional.

What does gun ownership have to do with this??

lol

Therefore, the US is engaged in human rights violations by deeming polygamy illegal. Marrying several wives harm absolutely no one, and depriving people of that right is also a human rights abuse using your exact logic and words. The US and you, should remove the log in your eyes before talking about the speck in the eyes of others.

They have been running that scam for a while. If more people tell them NO, they would stop the unethical practice. Unfortunately, the high rate of unemployment means most do not have the will-power to say no. Most will ask you to draft a full business plan specific to their business claiming it is part of their recruitment process...I waste(d) no time in telling them off. If I don't have an offer from you, I ain't working for you for free. Simple!

What in tha brimy hell!? Dayum! MaureenSylvia you've got one super bright future ahead of you. Happy birthday, best wishes.


I'm team ARSEnal, all day, everyday, thrice on a Sunday, but you see sometimes you just gotta stop, look and appreciate the great and wonderful things the Lord has done..lol

Funflipper:
White my ass. She is going to jail for a very long time. The self defense and stand your ground she is laying hold unto won't sell because she was safe inside her house but she chose to shoot through the door.

I'm willing to bet that they will plead insanity and she will get less than 10years. Watch this space.

morawo01:
Sir, I have the same issue with my Honda Civic 2007. where and how much did you get the ect sensor under the radiator, please?

here in Ibadan, at Gate. Just remove and with it, either get someone eg mecho to get it for you, or go find it yourself at any auto parts store/market close to you.

Beverlyjean:
I hope u know that's racist ....

lol. You must be one of those who say words hurt. I will rephrase Chris Rock's legendarily apt joke for una. You think that statement is racist, cos you've not gotten shot thru a gaddem door by some white trash na why...lol

The ugly blob didn't even want to have the displeasure of looking at who she was shooting. That is some cold shi!

imagine!

Person dey carry highly venomous snake, he no even know. The shape and size of the head alone is an instant identifier for the viper family of snakes.

If it is tokunbo, you can go for the Mobil 1 5w30 synthetic, BUT if you got it naija used, find out what the previous owner was using and keep using that. If previous owner was using the right oil weight of 5w30, good for you. If the previous owner, had been using incorrect oil weight for longer than a year or two eg 20w50, then just keep using the 20w50, cos if you use Mobil 1 in this instance, you are not only throwing money away, but your engine will show you balablu and bulaba

Well, seeing as this drab, watery and inconsequential article came from a bush radio, then hey, what you see is what you get..crude, ill-informed and bushy stuff.

Zahra29:
Lol, the fights have moved on to credit cards oh...

But you keep mentioning parents - why is that relevant? If I said that my parents came here as part of the windrush generation to work and help rebuild Britain after the war, and not on a student/dependents visa, would my comments be more tolerable?

no dulling on this thread, na why I like am💯🤣😎. For the first time, this your example no werk o. Today's immigrants could also say just as your parents moved to rebuild Britain after the war, dem sef move to strengthen Britain after the effects of Brexit and Covid.

Hmmm. Ain't it funny how actual achievers don't talk too much? Like this gorgeous young belle in the screenshot below, they let their achievements do the talking, reflecting the brilliance of their minds and the sheer fortitude of their guts.

Don't be dismayed, don't be downcast, don't be 'tensioned' because you are in Nigeria and all these things you read make you feel some type of way. Wherever you may be, just be true to yourself and do you. Be bold, be ingenious. At the end of the day, none of these people saying all these and putting you down give a crap about you. None will house you for just one week, I assure you. Just keep keeping on. Don't go and jump off a bridge or kill yourself, because someone thinks you will get sick and die cos you live in Nigeria, or that you will not progress by their own standards.

They are mere dust of the earth, and not gods, much less GOD. You will be okay, you are enough. People are caustic and cruel, I just want to encourage someone.

SamReinvented:
This argument of trying to equate two adults sleeping with eachother, with adults trying to sleep with children is now tired. It's 2023 - rest it.

lol. It is 2023 and let me equate the issues properly, as clearly you didn't. The culture/system is actively targeting, grooming, and confusing children with their LGBTQ nonsense..and this is scarring the children for life, just like this acts of pedophilia...only diff btw them is that pedophilia doesn't have a badge in the system yet.

When it is pedophilia, they remember they are children, but when it is to confuse them to discard their organs and genitals at age 9 and 10, they don't remember they are children. If you don't stilll see the equation, I give up.


But I know some people will. Lobatan

BigIyanga:
Warped mindset like yours goes around citing outlier cases when everybody in a sample is below the outlier curve..ie citing Bozeman and co when they had a chance to fight it in the best medical system in the world. Obj’s wife died in Spain during medical treatment. Yar’dua died in Saudi/Qatar. GMB lived most of his presidency in the UK. Tinubu is a medical tourist to EU..

If everybody is living and aging gracefully… why is our life expectancy at 57?
If everybody is good… why is our infant mortality rate one the highest in the world?
If everybody is all good why is maternal mortality rate one of the highest in the world?
If everybody is all good.. why do we have 15m kids not enrolled in school.. and they’re homeless?
If everybody is all good.. why do we have about 5m IDPs in our country?
I know it’s congenitally etched your brain not to accept facts that dont align with ur delusional mindset.. rebut my facts with facts not with emotions and typo.. correction, which btw, was used in the proper context. That’s your weakest comeback lol

if I and that person say we are good, why do you have a problem with that? Are you me? Are me you? Lol

Someone say I am fine and happy. You say I don't think you are fine and happy. Who the feck are you?

I say I and mines will experience long life and good health, you say no I should look at stats. Who the feck are you?

Again, are you me? Are me you? Are you he? Are me he? Are you we?🤣🤣🤣

Ogbeni no make me speak tongues abeg.


Lest I forget, the last time we argued about diaspora remittance, and I thrashed you with enough facts backed with evidence, comparing the figs with India, you gree? To the point you still argued with me when I stated that at a point I paid for something with my bank card at a particular exchange rate, and i remember I shared a screenshot, you no respond since then. But here you say we should argue on facts, the facts wey I share (with clear evidence to back it up) last you gree??

jesmond3945:
i know.
My take is that in uk you can never tell what is in the mind of most women so is better you give them space. A woman can switch up and say you harrased her just by giving her compliment or glancing at her. Is your words against hers. My brother I will not allow my name or reputation to be ruined by any woman in uk. So I am very catious around millions of them here. Why I made exceptions for nigerian or african women is their is little or no bias. The chances of being accused of one thing or the other is low.

I actually just watched the video. I didn't bother earlier cos pervs disgusts me. What I find funny is people with a crazy culture and agenda also targeting children and grooming them for LGBTQ are 'shook' by this pedophilic imp. What they are doing is far worse, they are scarring children and confusing children for life too.....oh and what's more it's just a matter of time before they view pedophilia thru another lens. I was just laughing watching that video. They are actively seeking to confuse and misdirect children even thru the school curriculum but find this supposedly shocking.

Trash. Tell that to the many many black and white men who conceptualised, built and used all the aforementioned cars for many years before they got shipped down here.....but now U have an opinion. Hilarious!

BigIyanga:
[s]What an arrogant display of congenital retardation and sophisticated ignorance.. Comparing terminal cancers that killed Boseman/Steve Jobs with Malaria and Lasa Fever that kill 100s of 1000s In Naija.. how calcified is your encephalon? How many people die of Malaria in Souther African countries like S/Africa/Namibia, Zimbabwe?

We're talking about life being better in Naija vs Abroad… and the only metric you’re talking about is Naira wealth…and I’m telling you that someone who is rich in Naija is fckuking broke in Naija if any serious medical issue falls on him/her family.
You have nothing to counter my argument only that God dey as if God is only father and village head.. God is also protecting 7bn folks in this world.
Take a medical trip to African countries like S/A, Namibia, Egypt, Morroco, Algeria .. and you will see how medically l fkcuked we are in this country.
Folks like u have hope that one day, it would become their turn to steal and amass wealth from public coffers.. that’s what triggers you delusional mind. [/s]

congenital retards won't likely be able to spell the words 'Congenital retards'. Ode! Hahahaha

Also, I'm curious..How many of your nuclear, extended and extra-extended families have malaria killed so far? Last I checked the times my own children gangan had malaria (and it's been quite a couple of times over the last 6 years, being the age of my eldest) I wasn't even the least bit worried, and did not even need to take them to the hospital cos hey it's freaking malaria, we'r in sub-saharan Africa where it has been endemic for centuries, and anti-malarials are readily available for less than 1k. Just curious whether na your people we dey see for those UN documentaries...lol

Again, you can keep thinking of MRIs, dialysis machines, ventilators, ICUs, hospice, coffin specifications and undertaker services. That is your cup of tea.

Live and let live, you hear.

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Oh, and the bolded, is a product of your warped mind per usual. I'm not the one going around insinuating to strangers that they could die because they choose to live someplace......see? Warped mind

Following. Thank you OP

BigIyanga:
Bad things are happening and you’re not immune from it. You’re just in denial to win a pointless argument.. even though all the facts are against.
If you points were to be true.. why do we have low life expectancy? Why do we have high Infant and Maternal Mortality rates? Why do we have 1 doctor to 40k patients in some parts of the country? Why do our politrickians, celebrities, super wealthy… have checkup and treatment abroad You’re clueless . BTW, how many women/girls in your life and family have gone for HPV test in Naija? 28 women die every day from cervical cancer. You can pay for your nieces, cousins, sisters to get tested and vaccinated. This is a highly preventable disease.
Your delusion in thinking that it does not exist.. is no fact.
Your denial of fact doesn't wipe it away. We see many beggging for medical assistance in Nairalan, Social Media, Family whatsapp group, old boys/girl association… too many on Naija rds.

You too broke to handle any serious medical issues. Abeg go play somewhere with your deluded sense of I have made it mentality.

lol....this was just as fun as the last time we tangoed.

Like I said, and you silly hypocrites always say but don't mean, live and let live! A person said his truth, you came and asked for his medical treatment plans and history. How obtuse can a person be? Wetin concern you rish that level?

Dude, you are the planner, dey plan dey go. We make our own proclamations and affirm that we are indeed immune. God gives and takes. World class healthcare couldn't save Sound sultan and Chadwick Boseman, both of blessed memory. Not everyone will be death and infirmity focused like you bro. We think of other things as we are free to. You also can think of MRIs, dialysis machines, ventilators, ICUs, hospice, coffin specifications and undertaker services. That is your cup of tea.

Live and let live, you hear.

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Mark this down!

The price list that NNPCL sent out is a reflection of what will subsist even after cutting importation of the product. That price list is Dangote-NNPCL pricelist. When they finally port to dangote it will be either slightly higher or slightly lower, but will not be a marked difference. The choice will now be for marketers to either buy refined products from Dangote or import the products from overseas. So everyone should get very used to buying refined fuel for around 400-500 UNTIL the naira significantly strengthens to the Jonathan era of 150 to a dollar.

Imported rice Vs local rice 2.0

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BigIyanga:
What an insular response. The reason why you’re bereft of how unhealthy Naija is because you’re deluded to think that it doesn't matter.
A lot of capital cities in Naija dont have hospitals equiped with CT scan and MRI machines…
In Cities like Lagos and Abj where they have them 90% of residents cant afford it. B4 you open your mouth, 5% of Nigerians have 500K in the bank accounts… CT scans can cost up to N100k per scan.

For kidney dialysis, it would cost N150k/per session x 3x in a wk =450k/w… N24M in yr.. Ask Ekweremadus.. How many people in your lineage are rich as Ekweremadu? NONE

we no be tiff like Ekeweremadu, and we no dey compete with am, still we get money for account and we no beg your papa before. You wey get money like Ekeweremadu, go dey use MRI and dialysis machines like Ekeweremadu, cos you're def unwell.

BigIyanga:
What an insular response. The reason why you’re bereft of how unhealthy Naija is because you’re deluded to think that it doesn't matter.
A lot of capital cities in Naija dont have hospitals equiped with CT scan and MRI machines…
In Cities like Lagos and Abj where they have them 90% of residents cant afford it. B4 you open your mouth, 5% of Nigerians have 500K in the bank accounts… CT scans can cost up to N100k per scan.

For kidney dialysis, it would cost N150k/per session x 3x in a wk =450k/w… N24M in yr.. Ask Ekweremadus.. How many people in your lineage are rich as Ekweremadu? NONE

lol. Ode!

Go get an MRI next week, you may have a tumor, who knows. Checks again every two weeks just to be sure. Continue expecting bad things to happen to you, and you may eventually need the dialysis machine too. As for me, mines and the person you quoted, we will live healthy, responsible lives and we no go need am. That is what we confess and declare with our mouths. Mr Insular responses 🤣

OP just speak for yourself. People travel and na their prerogative, and their money. Just say 'I so so and so have no business relocating cos I am doing well'. I say it all the time..lol. Shikena

BigIyanga:
Do you also get all your medical treatments 100% done in Naija?

lol...this my guy don come again..why pressing him na? He tell you say na sickler him be ni? What happened to live and let live? Not everyone is frail, sickly, unfit, accident-prone. Not everyone likes the thought of being anywhere near a hospital as though it is some sort of hotel. Some want to revel and rejoice in very good health, continually living healthy till ripe old age, like my father, and like me too by God's grace. On only two occasions have I been in a hospital, and it was when my wife birthed my two kids.

By the way, do you get medical treatments weekly or bi-weekly? That is how odd your question to that fellow sounded.

Unbelievable, how you just sprung that out of nowhere like you are talking about a resort or spa. Jeez🤣

Ps: this is on a light note.

ghen-ghen!

Now, i'm very interested in how this is gonna go. Who is gonna be the big kahuna? Who will eat the humble pie?

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MrBrownJay1:
i wouldnt expect any less from you as you have nothing of value to bring to this discussion... i wish you all the best in your immigrant paradise life in a land with no poverty (til the day you become poor yourself and run back to Africa with your tail between your nyansh).



who in this discussion was ever talking about "whats obtainable in the west" OR THAT "Africa is better than the US"?!?? you have such an immigrant low self esteem mindset than now you are trying to shift the issue from POVERTY IN AMERICA to america is better than Africa. a blind man could see that America is better than Africa, so what? thats completely IRRELEVANT to the subject at hand...which is POVERTY IN AMERICA! Americans know there is poverty in America, THE AMERICAN CENSUS SAYS THERE IS POVERTY IN AMERICA, America is crawling under huge debts and many cant make ends meet (aka are poor), but this African immigrant who just got off the boat wants to tell us otherwise because he got offered plenty plenty low paying jobs, lol!

you people are so brainwashed that instead of having an objective opinion on this subject, you are acting like uncle Toms on their period because someone tells you a simple truth that doesnt go so well with your "USA IS PARADISE" views. you are so brainswashed so therefore because Nigeria is a shiiiithole, any place on earth away from Africa has NO POVERTY, right?!

ARRANT NONSENSE!!!

he/they no go ever gree. Many of them roaming here with really messed up minds. It's a darn shame. You have said it all. Even the conc, undiluted Americans gangan won't argue it, na their boy-boys for here go carry the matter for head on their behalf. Na too much suffer cause am🤣. I don't even bother much these days to correct the typically haughty and misguided notions they dish out from time to time, like this one. Too much cognitive dissonance, making it pointless. Lay out hard facts, dem no go gree, so no point really...lol

This is Nigeria, so I am not so optimistic, but a part of me yearns and hopes that incontrovertible evidence from this tribunal can actually lead to a favourable judgement in favour of PO. All we asked for was a free and fair election, but alas they were too scared of the so-called structureless party to give us that. Maybe we will witness a miracle in this case, only time will tell...

At least all those fcktards always claiming he came third position will come to see that indeed he didn't come third when his rightful votes are awarded to him.

TradingGod:
oooKay

Go ahead and see death in your motherland, while I see life in my motherland

Las las 8 years go pass and you will still be in Nigeria wailling like a pregnant widow while meaningful Nigerians have taken the opportunity to be Great in life

miscalculation..
He is NOT in Nigeria. Lobatan

sukkot:
alaye you keep 500 litres of fuel for house ? So na you I dey always dey behind for fuel station wey go pack like 10 jerry cans come dey buy fuel I go come wait 30 minutes before e reach my turn dem go come say fuel done finish say that alaye in front of me done buy all 500 litres wey remain lmaoooo. My brother this subsidy matter get k keg ooooo. These people are looking for more money to loot and since China say no more loans na we dem wan squeeze so they can buy more London mansions. Chief I done dust my Pali I wan enter Ukraine because it is looking more safer than naija right now lmaoooo

lol...no o, I dey considerate, I no buy am at once. I dey always move with one 50L keg, wey I go fill when I fill my tank. Na so i do am till e complete..mi o le wa jeki fuel palava fun mi ni instant high blood pressure..lol

Back to the matter, emi o trust Baba yi pelu owo. We want neutral person wey go fit open these people yansh, but eyin daddies, uncle, aunties and mummies wa una no gree for us 'yoots'. Awon to ti jeun jeun over the last 8 years, ajegbe ni bayi and e dey pain me, cos these people no go feel nada, na the Nigerian people go hear wuen as usual. You come say you dey go Ukraine, e gbodo lo si ibi Kan Kan oo!!!

drpat1:
All your reply no dey pass Stfu. Why do you think that? Like you have been blabbering about two years this, achievement that..say people no sabi you. You sabi me?

You couldn't even counter what I said or respect yourself without using foul language..this is why I hardly don't write comments here.

Get a life asap!

my guy, chill. That is how you know the empty barrels with no real achievements. They feel the need to ANNOUNCE themselves without a reason to. Those that really have achievements, their achievements speak for them and not the other way around.

This right here is very very entertaining😎😁. Lol. Two fierce diaspora advocates cant seem to agree on the presence, absence or degree of poverty in 'Heaven'.....

sukkot:
meanwhile politicians are stealing billions of dollars

meanwhile broda Sukkot, shey e ti ri pe ko funny mo bayi. Pressure ti wa o. Shey Baba Tinubu go fit go after him Padi's wey don chop every finish eg Hadi Sirika wey don cash out with 86billiion bayi along with a loooooong line-up of others. Subsidy removal without guarantee that the savings won't still end up in few pockets yi bayi, emi o trust awon pipo yin pelu owo o...meanwhile 500litres ti mo store, o ma tan in like 6 months based on protocol of usage ti mo ti lay out, meanwhile 4-8years na im we still dey go. Pressure ti wa bayi oo....shey emi gan o ni join awon diaspora geng bayi oo..lol