From: Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCEZID) <jbi8@cdc.gov>
Date: 31 May 2011 15:09
Subject: NigerianID | RE: Bizzare: Woman Cuts OffAttackers' Penis
To: NigerianID@yahoogroups.com
Pastor Joe A,
The last time I asked somebody to show me the beef in the Otumokpo [magic] for gun and cutlass, I was condemned for not believing in my African culture. Besides, all these "possibilities" still exist in our people's imagination and what we wish things to be; show us the beef that is beyond David Copperfield's sleuth of hands and the-more- you- look- the-less-you-see tricks. When Oyibo man performs magic, he proceeds to develop a rational basis for it, especially as guided by physical laws and biochemical processes. I have mentioned that the snake and scorpion medicine we thought were spiritual in our villages when we were kids, actually involves what the modern vaccination and immunization practices are. The backed or roasted snake components delivered to the body contain the venom, which induces anti-venom antibodies in your body. When you have a bite or sting again, the existing antibodies quickly bind up the venom introduced into your body and prevent the pharmacological and pathological effects of the venom. Similarly, if we know the constituents of the anti-gun and anti-knife Okpo [assuming such Okpo exist], we may analyze and rationalize how they work base on physical laws and principles of nature and biochemical processes of the body. It is possible they have huge electro-magnetic charges that deflect high-speed metal crashing on the bearing. There are other possible explanations as well.
Unfortunately, the average Afro wants everything about and around him/her to be shrouded in mystery, myth and superstition. The technology you mentioned about rain dispersion in China is well known; in addition, localized rain seeding using silver nitrate crystals is also known. But will African rain-makers open up so that the world can further analyze their practices and develop a rational and empirical theory that can benefit humanity in general? No! It appears Afros are very wary about stuffs for the Common Good. See their leaders; an Afro leader would prefer to selfishly and greedily stash for him/herself unneeded wealth he/she looted or generated from public treasury than to embark on public infrastructural development that will benefit everybody.
Everything our Afros do, will always have this parochial, selfish signature in it that prevents looking beyond the person, and in the process the benefits are limited and on the long run he/she looses because "no amount of individual wealth is sustainable for the long rung run in the absence of societal support". This is why a man will think he can ride a Rolls Royce into his village mansion when the roads to the village are neglected and in bad forms; a leader will believe he can build a Presidential library in a City without regular electricity, dependable water supply and poor road networks to adjourning towns and cities. It doesn't cross his mind that water boreholes and personal generators will not suffice for such a project; that the community development is crucial and key to the use, access, maintenance and utilization of the library. Na wa for Afros oooo! Let's hope we will learn soon; if not, I don't know how we can survive as a people. Take care. JUI
From: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Attueyi
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 6:47 AM
To: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [edo-nationality] RE: Bizzare: Woman Cuts OffAttackers' Penis
Albert,
It is possible that it exists. After all the Chinese employed scientific means to stop rain from falling during the olympics. Africans have the same science BUT our natural tendency to "avoid sharing" and spiritualize physical phenomenon will not allow those with the knowledge to share them. Unknown to them it is those that give that it is given to. If Mark Z. had kept his Facebook idea restricted to Harvard circles, he would not be a billionaire today.
What ails Africa is much
Joe
--- In NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, Albert Ayeni <ayeni982000@...> wrote:
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> Dear Iyalaje:
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> "Such protection already exists. Where? Ifa/Orisa priests' domain of which I am a member"
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> Is this protection patentable? If so what are you waiting for? The protection will have a global appeal and has the potential to transform the lives of the inventors including you.
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> Be blessed, Albert
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> To: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
> From: Fsorunmila@...
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 04:22:30 +0000
> Subject: Re: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [edo-nationality] RE: Bizzare: Woman Cuts OffAttackers' Penis
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> "I am hoping somebody can invent an anti-rapist blade or knife that women and girls can carry around for protection"--Ken Asagwara.
> Such protection already exists. Where? Ifa/Orisa priests' domain of which I am a member.
> Iyalaje
> Sent from ileorunmila.com, your online Cultural Central Mall. For the most basic, but the best book on Ifa and the Orisas, buy Fundamentals of the Yoruba Religion (Orisa Worship).
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> From: Adeniran Adeboye aadeboye@...
> Sender: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:16:57 -0400
> To: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com
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> Cc: 'Edo-Ciao'edo-ciao@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [NaijaPolitics] Re: [edo-nationality] RE: Bizzare: Woman Cuts Off Attackers' Penis
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> OUCH!!!
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> On May 30, 2011, at 6:34 PM, Asagwara, Ken (EDU) wrote:
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> "In the meantime, I am hoping somebody can invent an anti-rapist blade or knife that women and girls can carry around for protection :-)" Lady Joan O. Oviawe
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> Am wondering; did we not read about two years ago that a South African woman invented a condom with jagged edges that can be inserted into a woman's vagina, capable of clamping down on a rapists dick and can only be freed by a doctor in a hospital? LOL!
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> Cheers.
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> Mazi KC Prince Asagwara
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