My Musings

Good evening dear ones,

I could come up with a tub-full of half baked reasons why I have not so much as typed a "full stop" here in 5 long months but they would be just that - half baked. 

Now that we have exchanged pleasantries, here's what is on my mind today and has been for a while. How is it that we, (Nigerians) have formed the habit of making jokes of the most horrid and unpleasant situations? I mean, are we so shallow and dense that we feel nothing or what we feel does not stay with us for long or do we just totally lack understanding?

Let's take a look at this year. First, it was the removal of fuel subsidy by our very own GEJ (side eye) and all sorts of pictures and joke lines went viral on all social media over the very cruicial matter, taking away from the seriousness of the situation. Then came more Boko Haram brutality and ofcourse, we went on to make fun of it even as fellow human beings were gasping their last breaths while others prayed for mercy. Then came the Mubi mass murder. and now, the very gruesome and open murder of the four UNIPORT students by the Aluu community. 

I had seen some jokes already but this one was the most asinine of them all and really got me "NYSC official: You have been posted to ALUU for your service. AKPORS: O O Abeg Sir, space still dey North?".. HOW DOES ANY SANE PERSON FIND IT IN HIS/HER SICK, DERANGED AND SUBSTANDARD MIND TO FIND ANYTHING REMOTELY FUNNY ABOUT THESE MURDERS??? As if that were not enough, a number of people are tweeting and facebooking more tasteless jokes. How then do we expect people to take us seriously when we do not even take ourselves seriously? How do we demand rights when we are first in line to strip ourselves of the very right to demand rights?I understand that people have their differnt ways of coping with pressure and maintaining sanity but a bit of sensitivity always helps. 


IF YOU HAVE NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO SAY,  KEEP YOUR FOUL MOUTHS SHUT! We must not always have something to say. Even the Bible says "Better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt". There's a huge difference between being strong and resillient and being plain stupid.

Koko.