Dan Akusobi:
Only a child
Or an unwise adulT,
An acultUrally insensitive fellow
Or an anarchist
Does not know that consequences of actions
Are contextual - across time and space
"A man named his dog Mohammed"
"Say, but That is not illegal"
"But he branded the name on the dog"
"That is not illegal"
"But he snuck the dog into our Mosque, and Placed it next to our Imam"
"Now that is a provocative attempt to breach peace..dont resort to self-help...book him"
And there you have it.
Bolajj Aluko
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, Daniel Akusobi <
daku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mazi Aluko.
> Can you imagine what would have
> happened:
> to the artist,
> his admirers,
> his family ,
> the piece of land hosting
> the mount
> if that has been a Nigerian politician
> that was so rubbishy published in any
> Nigerian city?
> Read somewhere today that a trader somewhere
> in Nigeria is under police detention for naming
> his dog Buhari.
> D
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> My People:
> I am happy that the NY Police Department has removed this hideous free-speech art-form from at least New York Park, claiming (paraphrasing now) that "such erections in public places are not permitted, no matter how small" Whoever "erected" this image clearly made it too big not to be noticed. :-)
> And there you have it. One hopes that it does not start a trend.
>
>
> Bolaji Aluko
> Shaking his head
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 12:47 PM, 'Afis Deinde' via AfricanWorldForum <
africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> Otitigbe, you are right, only "losers do such things".
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>> ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.
>>
>> Afis
>> “Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.” — Dhamapada, verse 81.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:00 PM, Otitigbe Obadiah Oghoerore Alegbe PhD <
otit...@oviri.com.ar> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with you. Losers do such a thing.
>>
>> Otitigbe
>>
>> El 19/08/2016 a las 18:09, Chiwuikem Ihediwa escribió:
>>
>> What if it is Hillary? Would it be funny? I do not think so.
>> This is not funny at all. And I hope no Trump supporter should try to put naked Hillary up.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Chiwuikem
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Subject: Re: [africanworldforum] NAKED DONALD TRUMP STATUES ERECTED ACROSS U.S
>> From:
odide...@gmail.com>> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:47:37 -0400
>> CC:
naijap...@yahoogroups.com>> To:
africanw...@googlegroups.com
>>
>> The Emperor lost his clothes!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> <
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>> People gather around a statue depicting republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the nude on August 18, in San Francisco, CA. Activist collective INDECLINE were behind the statues.JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES
>> The installations are the work of INDECLINE, an activist collective. “It is through these sculptures that we leave behind the physical and metaphorical embodiment of the ghastly soul of one of America’s most infamous and reviled politicians,” the group said in a statement reported by the BBC.
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>> The statues, orange-tinted and providing a fair representation of Trump’s famous golden locks, elicited a range of responses from passers-by—from adulation to eroticism to imitation.
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>> <
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>>
>>
>> It is unlikely that the Republican candidate will be very pleased with his depiction in the statues. While the old adage goes that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, the statues appear to be missing a key body part, which is hinted to in the title given to the installation: “The Emperor Has No Balls.
>>
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>> <
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