Comments on: Bloggers Nigerians unite for human rights http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html black looks Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Beauty http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100741 Beauty Mon, 19 May 2008 08:34:09 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100741 Suena perfecto is how my Spanish would describe Chinua Achebe's saying. Beautys last blog post..<a href="http://nigeriawhatisnew.blogspot.com/2008/05/violence-against-immigrants-south.html" rel="nofollow">Violence against immigrants - South Africa</a> Suena perfecto is how my Spanish would describe Chinua Achebe’s saying.

Beautys last blog post..Violence against immigrants - South Africa

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100692 Sokari Sun, 18 May 2008 20:16:20 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100692 beauty @ no you didn't tell me i was your hero :) but i am happy that you have now done so - you are so sweet! A friend was telling me today about how in the 1970s in the UK you could get free bedding, towels even knickers if you could not afford to buy more than two pairs - bloody hell i am living in the wrong era - free knickers! "When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool." perfecto (is this a spanish word?) beauty @ no you didn’t tell me i was your hero :) but i am happy that you have now done so - you are so sweet! A friend was telling me today about how in the 1970s in the UK you could get free bedding, towels even knickers if you could not afford to buy more than two pairs - bloody hell i am living in the wrong era - free knickers!

“When suffering knocks at your door and
you say there is no seat for him,
he tells you not to worry because
he has brought his own stool.”

perfecto (is this a spanish word?)

]]> By: Beauty http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100585 Beauty Sat, 17 May 2008 10:01:58 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100585 Sokari, Did I ever tell you that you are my hero? The wind beneath the wings of the sufferers will only get stronger on common discuss and dialogue. The root causes of immigration is not tackled and people are up in arms does not sound very kind but tough love may yet save us all in the diaspora. Platitudes aside, your reply to Robert's comments does show that you care enough to look deeper into the issues raised. The new type of informed citizens must not just talk the talk. Walking the walk also includes additional effort. Beautys last blog post..<a href="http://nigeriawhatisnew.blogspot.com/2008/05/dimeji-bankole-hardtalk-interview.html" rel="nofollow">Dimeji Bankole - HARDtalk interview</a> Sokari, Did I ever tell you that you are my hero? The wind beneath the wings of the sufferers will only get stronger on common discuss and dialogue.

The root causes of immigration is not tackled and people are up in arms does not sound very kind but tough love may yet save us all in the diaspora.

Platitudes aside, your reply to Robert’s comments does show that you care enough to look deeper into the issues raised. The new type of informed citizens must not just talk the talk. Walking the walk also includes additional effort.

Beautys last blog post..Dimeji Bankole - HARDtalk interview

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100481 Sokari Thu, 15 May 2008 18:48:11 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100481 Robert @ please do not apologise for saying what you want to say! The connection with the way the government and some sections of the population view disabled people is an excellent one to make - it is easy to step on the most vulnerable people in the country and blame them for all the ills, for being benefit frauds, spongers and all the rest. But the reality is very different as you well know. You are not scum and neither are asylum seekers. We are all people and deserve to be treated with respect. Making AS the enemy is not going to make your life any better simply because even if there were no AS those same people would still behave in the same way. It is the government and their agencies and society at large who need to be challenged about your treatment. Robert @ please do not apologise for saying what you want to say! The connection with the way the government and some sections of the population view disabled people is an excellent one to make - it is easy to step on the most vulnerable people in the country and blame them for all the ills, for being benefit frauds, spongers and all the rest. But the reality is very different as you well know. You are not scum and neither are asylum seekers. We are all people and deserve to be treated with respect. Making AS the enemy is not going to make your life any better simply because even if there were no AS those same people would still behave in the same way. It is the government and their agencies and society at large who need to be challenged about your treatment.

]]> By: Robert http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100467 Robert Thu, 15 May 2008 10:01:32 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2008/05/bloggers_nigerians_unite_for_human_rights.html#comment-100467 Sorry but here goes, yes I feel sorry for people put in jail, I feel sorry for immigrants who come here to earn £2,000 a week to find it's a lie. I feel sorry for Burma I feel sorry for China, I feel sorry for Darfur, I feel sorry for everyone. But being disabled I do not feel sorry for people who come here to stay without first checking. We are a small country we do have problems, I watched people hide on lorries get stopped and the police arrest the driver and allow the people to walk free. coming here to the UK has to be legal otherwise your going back. I'm slowly getting sick that people like myself are seen in the UK as the scum of the country must work must not cheat cause fraud or work without telling the DWP, even when we are so disabled we cannot get out of bed, we are seen as well a problem, so asylum seekers will need to get use to it, and do not come here anymore. Sorry but here goes, yes I feel sorry for people put in jail, I feel sorry for immigrants who come here to earn £2,000 a week to find it’s a lie. I feel sorry for Burma I feel sorry for China, I feel sorry for Darfur, I feel sorry for everyone.

But being disabled I do not feel sorry for people who come here to stay without first checking. We are a small country we do have problems, I watched people hide on lorries get stopped and the police arrest the driver and allow the people to walk free. coming here to the UK has to be legal otherwise your going back.

I’m slowly getting sick that people like myself are seen in the UK as the scum of the country must work must not cheat cause fraud or work without telling the DWP, even when we are so disabled we cannot get out of bed, we are seen as well a problem, so asylum seekers will need to get use to it, and do not come here anymore.

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