hotwax:
[size=17pt]Simple. Yorubas are like Europeans.

They don't join Igbo/Hausa in behaving like baboons.

When Muslims/arabs went on the street of France to butcher people you do not see those white calling for the death of all muslims or start burning mosques. They allowed the French police to carry out their duty.

When Dino Melaye verbally harassed Tinubu's wife, you didnt see Tinubu himself going there to fight, he allowed decorum to play.

When Boston bombers bombed and killed many Americans, you didnt see those white guys killing all muslims or starting riot.

When Bush lost an election to obama, you didnt see GOP declaring war. Nobody bombs oil Pipelines to spite Obama government.

When GEJ called us Agbero tribe, we did not make noise,or wail. We kept quiet and wait for the next election day to make our statement.

We are just civil unlike other tribes.

We are tolerant and above all, we value human life.

If this is called cowardice, then I am a happy coward. Remember Yorubas have not lost a war before[/size]

mrteee:


Now you see how you've exhibited your hypocrisy. What's the point of the article if not to "demarcate" the issue of "silence" in the SW in the "last one year"? Asking why they've not been up in arms against the present government. All the pro comments (including yours) have only lend credence to the divisive intent of the article. I'm not surprised that someone of your ilk would celebrate such an article, that's what give your life meaning.

And even though I've not insulted you in any of my posts, your insults in your last 2 posts shows the type of character that have. I would resist the provocation to stoop to your level of trading insults. Like BRF quoted "When you wrestle with pigs, you both get dirty but the pig enjoys it". Enjoy.

GreatSE:
When a Muslim is the One planting Christian Governor and a Christian VP, what do you expect, they call it religion tolerance even when those they are tolerating do not tolerate them and doing everything to wipe you out of the surface of the earth.

Omoluabi16:
lol.. brother. Let's be logical here. Why should bakare speak? he's just a pastor who broke ranks with the CPC back in 11' he has been politically inactive. Wole soyinka has been one of the most vocal person about this administration.Who countered buhari on his non negotiable stance and other social issues? the prof did. As for christians killed it is solely the responsibility of us all to rally and stop this, don't pin it on the S/w alone.

Jobos:

Tell us of what good was Gej to his home town during his 6 years of ruling not to talk of his project or contribution to sw. Gej abandoned sw when hausa deceived him to fight Obj.

Why you think Gej will be better than hausa.

EasternActivist:

First of all, has the Yoruba tribe in history gone to any war before.?

You are talking of war...

Gerrarahere

You never fight you dey talk of war... how many war you come don win as a Yoruba race...

Rubbish from cowards..

ElekeNtioba:


this is exactly why nobody takes you serious anymore. The writer talks about SPEAKING OUT against injustice and u are equating it with violence to fit ur sophisticated persona.

Ur pple insult Fayose daily, weakened Afenifere, denigrated OPC, eroded ur common sense all because of ur love for Buhari.

If u like tatoo "SOPHISTICATED" on you forehead, it wont change ur slave status.

N.B: i see u mentioned u havent lost a war before. Care to explain how Ilorin (capital of d Oyo Empire) ended up an emirate of d Sokoto caliphate?? Was it a gift??

plaetton:


It's either you still don't comprehend the op, my first response to it, or we have a case of cognitive dissonance here.

For the records, most of my heroes in our long struggle for democracy, justice and the rule of law are southwesterners.
People like the the late Gani, the late Bola Ige, the late PA Adesanya, the towering Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Ms Obe, even Bola Tinubu, etc etc.

So , stop playing that ethnic hate card on me.

Now, I and I'm pretty sure many others, are surprised, curious and worried why the ever vigilant southwest Intelligentia, except for the deceased heroes, have capitulated, pacified , even dine and wine with feudal oligarchs who are not even pretentious about their objectives.

If you , in your infinite wisdom, regard the thread and my posts on this thread as insulting to you, then I am in a fix whether to say " I am sorry" or " too bad ".

Stop the posturing. Stop the whining.

I think if southwesterners and southeasterners put away hypocrisy and political correctness to sit down and chat with honesty, the fortunes of this country might actually move in a positive direction.

hotwax:


I dont want to believe you were born in the 2000s. You sound like a kid. Atlease you could have ask your elders at home who know history before coming on a social media to say trash

[size=14pt]Yorubas has endured enough wars.

Adubi war
Kiriji war
We proudly defeated Igbo Biafra on the street of Ondo and Akure
Awolowo a Yoruba man conquered Biafra
We defeated Fulanis in Oyo, Saki, Ofa and send them back to North
We defeated Igbo in Ile Ife (Moremi)
We fought and Massacre Benins in Lagos. We took Lagos back from Benins.

Many more if you want to know[/size]

Winning123:


You are a bitter representative of your people.The SW has decided not to allow hatred becloud their sense of judgement. They have decided to move on unlike Igbos and Ijaws who are bad losers

Vendoor:
I remember how the same Yorubas invaded GEJ with all manner of protest and statements that raised the roof.


That's why the Igbos don't blend with Yorubas, its in their attitude. Just offer them common food today and watch how a Yoruba man will lye on the floor and worship you like god. The north only offer them the VP possition and they already lying flat with their heads down like cowards.


The Igbos are brave, that's why FG (North) takes their case seriously!

aressssa:



Seriously, the OP basically regurgitated the same ethnic and tribe baiting ways of ibo people which Yoruba people have always sidestepped and refused to swallow, we are just not into such stupidity, foolish, thoughtless and destructive ways of thinking and self destructive resolutions which have incapacitated ibo people and other purveyors of ethnic and bigoted sentiments and emotions.

What happened to the preacher in Abuja was sad and unfortunate and even reprehensible, but this is a law enforcement issue, this is what law enforcement should be allowed to handle, this is what people do in sane and rational societies. What do we have to gain by taking the law into our own hands, acting destructive, fighting and blowing up or cities and promoting lawlessness.

MKO passed away decades ago, but should we have started endless war, destruction and anarchy in our own land, should we have destroyed what we spent decades to build just because ibo people respond to such issues with thoughtlessness, insanity, hate, bigotry, enmity and everlasting anger that's so far incapacitated the entire ibo race and prevented them from moving forward?


Our ways work for us and we don't have to be like you, we don't feed on paranoia, we don't feed on anger, we don't feed on hatred and we know when and how to handle our issues, we pick our own battles, you don't.


Before telling other people what to do or how to respond to anything, you should fist show them how handling issues the way you prefer and suggested have world for you.

Obviously, your ways never worked for you, it's been destructive, it fed you nothing but hatred, anger and bitterness which we are not.

Anger, hate and bitterness doesn't create conducive environment for peaceful coexistent like the one you enjoy in Yorubaland, it doesn't create jobs, like the jobs you troop to the SW to make a living with, it doesn't develop any society, it doesn't lead to investments like we attract in the SW than any other region in Nigeria.


The ibo writer is a know hate mongering and bigoted peddler of ethnic baits which excites only his kind...

plaetton:


You still miss the point.
I am sticking with the core issues of the OP, not what might be his motives.

The reason I responded is because I too have been pondering same, even debating with my close southwest friends. If we can't honestly discuss and address issues without invoking ethnic hatred, then what's the point of saying we are citizens of the same nation?

Nobody, certainly not me, is talking about or insinuating violence and bitterness.
We , I especially, am lamenting what I am Missing from the usually outspoken southwestern elites on relevant and vexing national issues.

I still can't figure out how this valid curiosity constitute ethnic baiting, disrespect or hatred towards the southwest.
This is a question that southwest youths should be asking their elders.
And many of them have already started asking.

proxillin:

Oil has nothing to do with what Awolowo did to stop Ojukwu

sunnyb0b0:



http://punchng.com/something-strange-happening-south-west/

aressssa:




No, I did not miss anything and I based my post strictly on the writers misguided views and ethnic baiting sentiments.


Where is the sense and wisdom in asking why the SW is responding or not responding this or that way.

Who arrogated to the writer the right to judge or question how ethnic groups should respond to issues especially obvious National issues?

The murdered preacher remains a national and law enforcement issue, not any kind of issue to handle any other way.

The writer basically echoed the same destructive and pointless sentiments by his kind we read on NL everyday

Before telling other people what, to do or how to respond to anything, you should first show them how handling issues the way you prefer and suggested have worked for you or any society under the sun, how it progressed and developed your land and how it made you economically and politically relevant.

plaetton:


It's either you still don't comprehend the op, my first response to it, or we have a case of cognitive dissonance here.

For the records, most of my heroes in our long struggle for democracy, justice and the rule of law are southwesterners.
People like the the late Gani, the late Bola Ige, the late PA Adesanya, the towering Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Ms Obe, even Bola Tinubu, etc etc.

So , stop playing that ethnic hate card on me.

Now, I and I'm pretty sure many others, are surprised, curious and worried why the ever vigilant southwest Intelligentia, except for the deceased heroes, have capitulated, pacified , even dine and wine with feudal oligarchs who are not even pretentious about their objectives.

If you , in your infinite wisdom, regard the thread and my posts on this thread as insulting to you, then I am in a fix whether to say " I am sorry" or " too bad ".

Stop the posturing. Stop the whining.

I think if southwesterners and southeasterners put away hypocrisy and political correctness to sit down and chat with honesty, the fortunes of this country might actually move in a positive direction.

ayindejimmy:

i've read ur mentions. I3 u cant debate witout insulting some1, pls, go to 2go.
Yorubas dnt hate and are nt abt to start 4 any reason. Check our history.
We can vividly see tru the the op's deceptiv veil of ethnic demonizatn and cynical tendency, so u both shuld spare us the sermon.

ellacute45:

Hmmmmm

Allann:

Exactly bro, that's where the deliverance of this sleeping giant called Nigeria lies. All the tribes/regions in nigeria know that there is injustice but there is no unity of approach in tackling it.

HDee:
ohh God!! I don't know why you igbos like putting mouth in what's not your business... You're just too obstinate.. Pokenosing everywhere..

plaetton:


You too have chosen to focus on the messenger and ignoring the message.

I didn't see anything in the original OP that advocated ethnic hatred, bitterness or violence.

For example, what happened to June 12?
Abiola was surely Nigeria's true martyr for democracy.

How come all of a sudden there was a deafening silence last month on June 12th?
Has Abiola's martyrdom been traded for Buhari's Messiahship?

This is a valid question that must be asked.

If you can't answer it, then kindly move on and let another person attempt to.
This is an opinion forum. Not everyone comes here for war.

plaetton:


It's either you still don't comprehend the op, my first response to it, or we have a case of cognitive dissonance here.

For the records, most of my heroes in our long struggle for democracy, justice and the rule of law are southwesterners.
People like the the late Gani, the late Bola Ige, the late PA Adesanya, the towering Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Ms Obe, even Bola Tinubu, etc etc.

So , stop playing that ethnic hate card on me.

Now, I and I'm pretty sure many others, are surprised, curious and worried why the ever vigilant southwest Intelligentia, except for the deceased heroes, have capitulated, pacified , even dine and wine with feudal oligarchs who are not even pretentious about their objectives.

If you , in your infinite wisdom, regard the thread and my posts on this thread as insulting to you, then I am in a fix whether to say " I am sorry" or " too bad ".

Stop the posturing. Stop the whining.

I think if southwesterners and southeasterners put away hypocrisy and political correctness to sit down and chat with honesty, the fortunes of this country might actually move in a positive direction.

hotwax:
[size=17pt]Simple. Yorubas are like Europeans.

They don't join Igbo/Hausa in behaving like baboons.

When Muslims/arabs went on the street of France to butcher people you do not see those white calling for the death of all muslims or start burning mosques. They allowed the French police to carry out their duty.

When Dino Melaye verbally harassed Tinubu's wife, you didnt see Tinubu himself going there to fight, he allowed decorum to play.

When Boston bombers bombed and killed many Americans, you didnt see those white guys killing all muslims or starting riot.

When Bush lost an election to obama, you didnt see GOP declaring war. Nobody bombs oil Pipelines to spite Obama government.

When GEJ called us Agbero tribe, we did not make noise,or wail. We kept quiet and wait for the next election day to make our statement.

We are just civil unlike other tribes.

We are tolerant and above all, we value human life.

If this is called cowardice, then I am a happy coward. Remember Yorubas have not lost a war before[/size]

jidxin:
pls who re d afonjas