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One day an old man was reclining in his chair in the cool of the day when a young man walked up to him and complained of persistent nightmares. The following conversation ensued between them: Old man: “Are you unemployed?” Young man: “What do you mean, Baba?” Old man: “Do you have a job?” Young man: “Am I too young to have a job, Baba?…
At the heart of Canadian rapper, Drake’s recent apology to Kylie Jenner for calling her a ‘side piece,’ in an unreleased song, lie a revolutionary primer for a song that should not be played. Said he, “… Last thing I’d want to do is wake up having any friends of mine feeling disrespected… (by a song).” Shouldn’t we expand Drake’s position to include songs that…
My neighbour recently watched Spenser Confidential, the Netflix action thriller, which featured Mark Wahlberg as an ex-cop who busted a ring of corrupt police officers in Boston. He said he didn’t know how come that was the movie he decided to watch last week to take his mind away from the distressing news that doctors in Lagos were going on strike because of some unpleasant…
In the first week of June, 2008 at a political rally in Minnesota, United States, Lady Michele Obama, shared a fist bump with husband, Barack Obama, just before he emerged as the Democratic party nominee. The gesture generally regarded as an act of solidarity, friendship, affirmation and support, was viewed by some people as ‘Hezbollah hand jabbing,’ or a ‘terrorist fist jab.’ Mrs. Obama felt…
Answer: There was a strict dietary order as follows: And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant…
Whither social distancing in the protests? Whither face masks on the faces of protesters? Whither hand sanitizers? Whither lockdown and restriction of movement? Whither effective enforcement of the above? Ultimately, life is stronger than death, whether from Coronavirus, murder or whatever, and ultimately Coronavirus will yield to life as injustice will yield to justice
There’s apathy mystic blowing through the air If you listen carefully now you will hear This could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last Many more may have to lose interest Many more may lack concern Don’t ask me why Things have remained like they used to be I won’t tell no lie One and all got to face reality now Though…
Because of the unbearable cost of unforgiveness Because of the exacting toll unforgiveness takes on its hosts Because of the need to set off another narrative Because of the need for the courts to determine their final decisions on the basis of law and justice Because of the need to allow the Owner of Vengeance to step into the matter Because of the need to…
Because ‘We cannot solve any problem with the same thinking we used when we created them,’ a quote often attributed to Albert Einstein, he would have recommended the following 6 paradigm shifts for us to deal more effectively with the problem of Rape: In framing an effective response to the wicked act, we must jettison the ‘It’s a man’s world paradigm.’ Women must LEAD the…
Answer: Justice Quarantine of the libido of all rapists