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USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Stop!

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Forum decorum / school discipline, at least within the school premises. Reminds one of  school days, the rascal, be patient; wait for him outside when school is over...


One can only be grateful to be hanging out here in cyberspace, safe from physical danger, because beyond the mere words that cannot break anyone's bones, some of the tensions that have gathered around discussions about the 1966 coup, the history of Biafra, the war against corruption and now the debates about whether or not it should be halal to name your okuru dog after the president of Nigeria or any of his relatives that bear the same surname – there's no guarantee that with passions  getting out of control, such palaver could not have occasionally erupted into an exchange of physical blows, maybe, even gunfire. (You can take him out of the jungle but you cannot shake the jungle out of him) as we can see often happens in these places when emotions get the better of their masters…



On Sunday, 4 September 2016 16:12:01 UTC+2, Toyin Falola wrote:
Dear all:
To repeat, please don't insult anyone but make your arguments.
There is no point to call anyone a liar. Present your facts and counter opinions and let us all decide.
PLEASE!
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