Is denial an ethical behaviour?- A rejoinder
Society for Ethics in Nigeria
It pains me that you were offended by my reply.The Society for Etics in
Nigeria is about trying to re-orientate the Nigerian towards bringing
our integrity to bear in whatever we do. I am certainly not against
your group, neither am I apologising for my statements.
My concern is the way in which you and groups like you have come to
cast the African as a perpetually hungry and hopeless people.If your
concern is about democracy as you wrote, then it would interest you to
know that Nigeria is on the verge of conducting elections and your
article would have been on how to help to ensure free and fair
elections, and not to tell Nigerians through my group medium that your
" McHenry made his way to Nigeria's southern city of Calabar in
November to meet face-to-face with people in need. Not only did he
serve vegan and vegetarian food, the trademark of Food Not Bombs, but
he also
brought them consociation." Who are the people in need that he met in
Calabar? Which home(s) did he visit? These are what you are supposed to
state clearly. Which group are you working with? Where is your
Secretariat in Nigeria? For your information, Calabar is even at this
moment being made one of the tourist centers in Nigeria. The people are
warm and very very industrious. Nigeria is no Somalia. We may be
corrupt, but we certainly will take exceptions to being labelled a
hungry country.
You also alluded to the fact that there is an estimated 30million
hungry people in the US, and that your accepting that as a fact does
not diminish America in any form. I wholly agree with you on this. At
the same time, would you like it if the Society for Ethics comes to the
US and the only thing of note that we are able to do and report on the
web is how we distributed food to hungry Americans? I am sure not every
American would agree that the motive for such reporting is 100% pure.
The Society for Ethics in Nigeria welcomes any group that will come to
Nigeria with an open mind. We desire investments, we desire
partnershipin our quest to develop. We are ready to work with such
groups that has the interest of our country at heart. If you are
genuinely looking towards promoting Nigeria in any form, then you are
welcome. But be kind enough not to equate Nigeria with any of the
African states where Westerners go to live their fantasy of colonial
Africa. Nigeria is serious business.
Regards
Whiskey