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KC,

I'm sort of hesitant to ask, but here goes: With Nigeria being the 7th largest exporter of oil in the world, why are people starving and/or not being paid?  Don't tell me.  Corruption, right?

Many will say, "Everybody is doing it; so why not us too?"  My response is: the fact that the rest of society or the world is corrupt doesn't mean that we have to be corrupt as well.  This issue goes to the core of our morality or the lack thereof.  We, particularly we Africans, have to value something far better than ourselves in order to overcome the seemingly endemic corruption or myriad of problems that exists in our societies.  Again, don't tell me that people in the West steal too.  I don't buy that excuse.  We can choose to be better people.  We must choose to be!

- Wilmot

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From: Kelechi Eke <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 2004/08/12 Thu PM 01:56:14 CDT
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: We All Share in Nation's Crime - A Rejoinder

I am aware of that, sister Vera.  If they didn't apply to everyone then there would be no crime in America :-)  Please understand that creating more jobs in Nigeria and paying workers on time does not mean that corruption or crime will come to an end.  But it will be a good place to start.  It is difficult to tell someone to stop stealing when you leave him starving and keep food within his reach.  Imagine when such people are in numbers, they will not only steal, they will kill eachother to get the food first.



VERA R CROWELL <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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If you will note, I did not limit my use of the word "lawlessness" and "lasciviousness" to describe the people who are poverty-stricken. They apply to everyone.


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