Re: Okocha is in Ogolo's country ....
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:59 am
Let me get this straight. A Kenyan, Ogolo, yabs W. Africans and somehow you get a Ugandan involved?The Eagle wrote:Nothing to do with Panadol. Thousands of people died in a particularly terrible way. It is not something to joke about.Kabalega wrote:The Eagle wrote:1. You people are not funny.Ogolo wrote:You must be talking about the bush meat scandal that gave us the recent Ebola crisis (and Africa a black eye?) Be careful rafiki. They will ban youKabalega wrote:I hope he gets to see a lion or two as they killed them in Naija and the captured ones are are dying of starvation.
2. Ebola is not something to turn into a "joke".
3. Considering Uganda has suffered multiple outbreaks of ebola, I am surprised Kabalega was not offended by this "joke".
I believe Nigerians call this "taking someone's Panadol for them."
As for Ebola, actually, as someone who grew up seeing Ebola outbreaks, up close, I cannot wrap my mind on how W. Africans screwed up royally. I know all the factors lined up properly for a perfect storm, but even then, we are still baffled by how things got so bad in W. Africa.
And you need to add a measure of sophistication to your thinking and your public comments. The death toll in Nigeria from one ebola outbreak was smaller than the death toll in each of Uganda's multiple outbreaks. The discrepancy in the numbers of dead, and the number of outbreaks, is not due to Nigeria having a perfect system (we don't) or to Uganda "screwing up royally".
But this is not football-related .... and perhaps I am wasting my time trying to explain why ebola is not something to joke about.
Why?
Ogolo yabs me all the time, even in this very thread but I don't see you or other W. Africans coming to my aid, however, you expect me to stand up for the more than capable CE community?
Thus taking Panadol for your headache....? ( I hope I got the meaning, right).
Anyway, you do not just get me involved in matters that don't concern me, but you try to impose your values on me too.
I'm an African and a proud bush man, so your idea of sophistication is lost on me..... Ohsee disagrees, but that is another matter altogether.
Bottom line is, I don't do tea and trumpets! In matters of life and death, I tell it like it is...
At least, you know where I'm coming, from instead of being sophisticated and lying to your face.
I know you want empathy, but think about it. How can you get that from a person who grew up seeing Ebola outbreaks that fizzled out mainly due to local vigilance? Infections like Ebola or Marburg are actually kind to us because they often kill quickly and limit infections. Callus? You should see what happens to the survivors! They have a very hard time. So maybe you should focus on them instead of the deaths.
I know more dangerous infections that you or the west have no name for, but at least the locals know how to prevent, deal with and treat. If foreigners get exposed, then all bets are off! Again, in comparison, Ebola is actually forgiving.
Just look at HIV which is a different beast!
Anyway, please look up Paul Bloom's good work on empathy and educate yourself.
Otherwise, keep me out of the Kenyan's yabs of W. Africans.