Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

there always comes a time of decision of what risks to take in protesting.

if the anti-apartheid protesters in South Africa and the Civil Rights protesters in the US had limited themselves to your little-risk philosophy, they might still be in chains today.

such risks are taken to enhance the value of life, rather than continue to live at a subhuman level because of fear. 

note that your initial argument was that even defying the twitter ban from behind one's keyboard is too risky, particularly for young people. 

thanks

toyin

On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 08:24, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

Oluwatoyin,

You don't win wars with emotions.

Those rationalizations you referenced are strategic, they save life. Human rights are for the living.

If you had confronted the murderous Nigerian military and security in your 20s and died for example, would we have been seeing your contributions today?

-CAO.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 1:26 AM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

really?

older citizens who need to learn from the youth how to navigate the currently dominant technologies?

older citizens who are often the most fearful in Nigeria,  giving all kinds of rationalisations of why survival under oppression by concealing oneself  is a better strategy than putting oneself in danger by resisting oppression?

thanks

toyin

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 22:48, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

I align with the tendency that opine that using Twitter or any other social media is a fundamental human right under the United Nations declaration of human rights of 1948. The older citizens of Nigeria should however start the rebellion, in case of any backlash, while the youngsters should join later.

-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)

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