How about some CIVILITY?
Dr Stanley Macebuh observations in the late 80s :
But alas! In our time, we all appear, each of us, to have become autonomous gurus, speaking to no one but our own selves, intolerant, vulgar, and crude. The more virulent and malevolent our language, the more we suppose that nastiness is a fitting substitute for good sense and good manners. In the midst of so pervasive a climate of dogmatism and nonsense, we forget what our true patrimony is. (The Guardian October 9,1989:15)
Even I wonder if we can not articulate our points passionately without being " intolerant,vulgar and crude" .
My humble contribution to this discourse is that Africans and indeed Nigerians are highly cultured people. We should remain civil no matter the height of provocation, we ought to exhibit good sense and manners always and teach our controversial politicians to do so.
Dr Doyin Aguoru,
Department of English,
University of Ibadan.
It looks like Nietzsche's crisis of modernity is showing up. There is no shared "north pole." People have bearings but the bearings are not widely shared and so they are moving in different directions. Where do we go from here?
The bridges behind are broken and the road in front seems blocked. Everyone has his or her own GPS and the different GPS do not seem to give the same direction.
Thank God I do not feel so passionate about power. Yet, the problem in Nigeria is that even if you do not care about power as we know it, the predatory use of it can make you a victim and so you have to care. It is sometimes about life and death. If some highly informed and placed people feel no sense of hope, what about the ordinary masses who are treated like non-persons?
Samuel
--On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:21 PM, DOYIN AGUORU <doyinaguoru77@gmail.com> wrote:How about some CIVILITY?
Dr Steve Macabuh observations in the late 80s :
But alas! In our time, we all appear, each of us, to have become autonomous gurus, speaking to no one but our own selves, intolerant, vulgar, and crude. The more virulent and malevolent our language, the more we suppose that nastiness is a fitting substitute for good sense and good manners. In the midst of so pervasive a climate of dogmatism and nonsense, we forget what our true patrimony is. (The Guardian October 9,1989:15)
Even I wonder if we can not articulate our points passionately without being " intolerant,vulgar and crude" .
My humble contribution to this discourse is that Africans and indeed Nigerians are highly cultured people. We should remain civil no matter the height of provocation, we ought to exhibit good sense and manners always and teach our controversial politicians to do so.Dr Doyin Aguoru,
--
Department of English,
University of Ibadan.
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