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That's a wrong and bogus thing to say.

by kehers 13y ago

jdimov 13y ago
Why?
- OoTheNigerian 13y ago
  You do not make blatant negative statements about a country without backing it up. That's why.
  - forgottenpass 13y ago
    You need a source that Nigeria is a dangerous country? I didn't think this was a contentious claim, but for an easy go-to lets use the US State Department's travel warnings. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/nigeria.html http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/ni... http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/nigeria-travel-warning.html http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarn... NIRA is an org in a developing nation full of violence. The idea of conducting a business transaction with them over the internet from another country and expecting everything to be on the up and up is such privileged nonsense I've broken my personal embargo on using that word.
    - OoTheNigerian 13y ago
      If you read further, you would see that it is the North Eastern part of Nigeria that has a violence issue. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/nigeria-travel-warning.html http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarn... Chicago has a lot of violence. I would not go a day say America is a dangerous nation. It fits the stereotype you crave for. Congratulations.
    - weathertop 13y ago
      An embargo on the word "privileged"... I thought I was the only one.
  - astrodust 13y ago
    It's established fact that Nigeria is a hot-spot for a lot of trouble. Just look at any of the metrics the UN publishes on corruption and murder rates. Of course, this is just an average. There are parts that are fairly civilized, no worse than any asian country, but there are also parts that are out of control.
- kehers 13y ago
  I am against what NIRA did. It is indeed really outrageous. But you don't because of that say "a country is dangerous". The statement is way "bigger" than the context in discussion.
TylerE 13y ago
The murder rate is triple the US's, which is in itself quite high. How's that?

That's a wrong and bogus thing to say.

by kehers 13y ago

That's a wrong and bogus thing to say.

jdimov 13y ago

Why?

OoTheNigerian 13y ago
You do not make blatant negative statements about a country without backing it up. That's why.
- forgottenpass 13y ago
  You need a source that Nigeria is a dangerous country? I didn't think this was a contentious claim, but for an easy go-to lets use the US State Department's travel warnings. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/nigeria.html http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/ni... http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/nigeria-travel-warning.html http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarn... NIRA is an org in a developing nation full of violence. The idea of conducting a business transaction with them over the internet from another country and expecting everything to be on the up and up is such privileged nonsense I've broken my personal embargo on using that word.
  - OoTheNigerian 13y ago
    If you read further, you would see that it is the North Eastern part of Nigeria that has a violence issue. http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/nigeria-travel-warning.html http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarn... Chicago has a lot of violence. I would not go a day say America is a dangerous nation. It fits the stereotype you crave for. Congratulations.
  - weathertop 13y ago
    An embargo on the word "privileged"... I thought I was the only one.
- astrodust 13y ago
  It's established fact that Nigeria is a hot-spot for a lot of trouble. Just look at any of the metrics the UN publishes on corruption and murder rates. Of course, this is just an average. There are parts that are fairly civilized, no worse than any asian country, but there are also parts that are out of control.
kehers 13y ago
I am against what NIRA did. It is indeed really outrageous. But you don't because of that say "a country is dangerous". The statement is way "bigger" than the context in discussion.

TylerE 13y ago

The murder rate is triple the US's, which is in itself quite high. How's that?