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Old 11-26-2024, 06:44 PM   #733 (permalink)
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I can picture a scenario where I might like someone I distrust, but not where I would trust someone I dislike. [My DSL modem faked it's own death for two days. I turned it of for 24, pressed reset, and those replacement costs no longer scare me]
Good point, I agree.

The similarity I was drawing is the over-eagerness to harm people for personal gain, even if they nominally agree to it. Anyone shooting a hand up saying "pick me" is cause for further scrutiny.

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Nigeria [is not equal to] Africa.
I don't know much about the continent (or history/geography in general). You seem to imply that dysfunction in Nigeria is not broadly similar to the types of dysfunction in other African countries.
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