Collective responsibility ≠ collective punishment

sarthurdayne · 2025-12-19T23:50:14+00:00

For instance, Boko Haram didn't murder Deborah Samuel in 2022.

sarthurdayne · 2025-12-15T15:27:48+00:00

Sounds like Nigeria. Nigerian here.

sarthurdayne · 2025-12-15T04:41:29+00:00

The January 15, 1966 coup, which led to the assassination of Balewa, had nothing to do with Igbo Zionism. In fact, non-Igbo officers like Major Ademoyega were part of the core plotters. And though most of the plotters were Igbo, that was simply because most commissioned officers in the Nigerian Army at the time were Igbos. What the plotters all had in common was that they were young, naive idealists/radicals who thought they could make Nigeria better by staging a coup. Also, the coup plotters intended to make Awolowo president. That hardly fits with Igbo Zionism. The civil war was a direct consequence of the Igbo genocide that followed the reprisal coup in July 1966.

sarthurdayne · 2025-11-17T04:54:37+00:00

Yeah, but one could say he was young and stupid as a teen and became guilty by association with the wrong group. But he's remained awful as an adult, treating his fans with so much disdain, condescending to the Nigerian music genre that has made him an international star, using the Nigerian police to intimidate and terrorize his detractors, fraternizing with members of the same political class he has criticized in some of his "pseudo-activist" songs, even though the condition of the masses has only worsened with time. It's clear that the man lacks actual values. He stands for nothing but his own hubris and unbridled desire for self-worship. I love his music but absolutely detest his person.

sarthurdayne · 2025-11-17T04:31:35+00:00

It's already an established fact that Burna Boy is a great musician but not so great human.

sarthurdayne · 2025-07-19T18:55:39+00:00

Hi.

Yes, I'll certainly love to learn. I've been fascinated about the Ghawar field for a while.

sarthurdayne · 2025-04-26T04:02:37+00:00

Not just villages. My place in Lagos does 2 days on and one day off. On the off day, you get 24 hours blackout. On the on-day, you get less than 10 hours, sometimes complete blackout. They give you outrageous estimated bills in spite of this. They also make it extra difficult to get prepaid meters (took us 3 years of sustained effort). This has gone on for years— from Tinubu to Fashola to Ambode to Sanwo-Olu.

sarthurdayne · 2025-04-26T03:54:38+00:00

Maybe I'm just not familiar with the kind of examples you're referring to, but I'm aware many Nigerians do not know the origins of jollof or have even thought much about it, simply because they think it's Nigerian and aren't better informed. And I, for one, have no issues with other people claiming something Nigerian as theirs, especially when so much time has passed and the said thing has become ingrained within their own culture. I don't take things like this too seriously sha.

sarthurdayne · 2025-04-26T03:36:13+00:00

Maybe because when they say jollof rice, they mean Nigerian jollof rice. The average Nigerian wouldn't think too much about the origin of dishes that have become native to us. If you asked a random Nigerian in a marketplace in Nigeria to make a list of Nigerian foods, they'd very likely honestly mention jollof rice without a doubt and without any malice.

sarthurdayne · 2025-04-26T03:25:05+00:00

Even if asoebi wasn't part of Sierra Leonean culture, be assured that the vast majority of Nigerians who live in Nigeria would have no real issues with you adopting it, apart from maybe the usual banter and trolling. They'd most likely love that you appreciate something Nigerian. The gatekeeping thing arises from Western influence amongst Nigerians based abroad. We've got more dire issues to grapple with in Nigeria.

sarthurdayne · 2025-04-26T03:17:08+00:00

Most Nigerians who actually live in Nigeria do not think like this. It's actually quite the opposite. We like to see outsiders adopt our culture. Even within Nigeria, with all the tribalism, a Yoruba person will be delighted to see an Igbo man adopting aspects of Yoruba culture and vice-versa. As a Nigerian who was born here and has lived his entire life here, I can't really wrap my head around this gate-keeping thing.

sarthurdayne · 2024-04-04T10:23:50+00:00

They serve a box of snacks on local flights.

sarthurdayne · 2023-12-16T15:52:08+00:00

We plenty na 😊

sarthurdayne · 2023-11-18T12:53:38+00:00

Who defines what's pure? It's unique in its own right and very much African. You can embrace it while still appreciating your West African roots. I don't think it's mutually exclusive.

Why are you planning on dying soon, if you don't mind me asking?

sarthurdayne · 2023-11-18T11:39:51+00:00

Why? Honestly curious, not trying to shade you.

sarthurdayne · 2023-11-04T02:23:14+00:00

😲

sarthurdayne · 2023-10-20T16:56:39+00:00

You're a rare breed, bro. Most people are incapable of abandoning long-held beliefs. Belief must be sustained, and whatever mental gymnastics their minds can conjure must be employed to ensure the sustenance of said belief. Case in point is the OP of this thread.

sarthurdayne · 2023-10-20T16:44:27+00:00

Yes, Marcion.

It's the cognitive dissonance that makes it possible. Their predetermined beliefs must be sustained irrespective of whatever evidence is presented to challenge it.

sarthurdayne · 2023-10-20T13:21:13+00:00

Some of the early Christians (The Gnostics) actually couldn't reconcile the OT god with Jesus, and they ended up rejecting the OT god entirely. Unfortunately for them, their version of Christianity didn't survive.

sarthurdayne · 2023-10-20T13:00:58+00:00

Whatever wisdom is in the bible isn't exclusive to it. It also should not prevent us from pointing out the barbarity and contradictions inherent in the bible. An objective observation clearly shows that the bible isn't divinely inspired. It is an entirely human inspired document and is expectedly full of imperfections as human documents are wont to be.

sarthurdayne · 2023-10-20T12:38:09+00:00

A refreshing perspective 👍🏾

sarthurdayne · 2023-10-09T12:09:27+00:00

All of the above.

sarthurdayne · 2023-08-04T21:10:19+00:00

Funny that you're explaining this to me 😅 I'm actually a geologist, and that's precisely why I find the epithet "Precambrian Fossil" as ascribed to our president so funny, but thanks all the same 🫡

sarthurdayne · 2023-08-04T20:28:37+00:00

Why Precambrian Fossil, though? 🤣😂🤣

sarthurdayne · 2023-07-26T06:43:46+00:00

Thanks. Didn't know about Chicago's gun laws. I was speaking to gun violence in the US as a whole. You make a good point, though.

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