ocnkng on 09 September 2009
| Crashdown77 said: So, the Nigerian government has no right to defend themselves against what they feel is a slanderous statement because the internet forums say so? I agree that PC is getting out of hand, and often negatively affects race relations, you have to understand that you (Meaning any non-Nigerian website poster) don't know what it's like to live there. Maybe they are trying really hard to squash that kind of thinking, to bring in companies to HQ there and increase the living conditions of their people. Maybe they see this kind of off-handed refernce to a stereotype counterproductive to their efforts. I feel in a case such as that, they have an imperative to do something about it. Just because it's a commonly used stereotype that YOU feel is unoffensive doesn't mean someone else doesn't have the right to be offended. |
Totally agree with you.
It is better to die on one's feet
then live on one's knees
