Centurion

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    I thought it was fascinating :D

     

    The clerics' logic was very interesting as well, The crux of their argument was that God allows us to change the nature of his creations, we are allowed to change wheat to flour so then we must be allowed to change man to woman.

    First of all, how can he compare a food to the human being? Secondly if God allows us to change our nature, then why should he ban Homosexuality?

    If having intimate relations with the same sex is unnatural, then what is gender reassignment?

     

    Then there are the social issues; what is amazing is that Homosexuality is the worst thing an Iranian can do, even according to the transexuals in the documentary (one of them said she would never befriend one)but when it comes to transsexuals, the immediate family disown them whilst society more or less tolerates them. The public trusts the judgement of their clerics, and this fact is used by one of the older transsexuals to persuade the family of another transexual about to undergo the operation.

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    Mustafa Mohamed

     

    He came second in the last year's European Cross-country championships and came 4th in the 3000 steeplechase (best 'European', the medal positions went to a Kenyan cleansweep) link He broke the Swedish all time record as well.

     

    So we have Mohamed 'Mo' Farah and Mustafa Mohamed on this side of the pond, and i know the US has a healthy number of Somali long distance runners - all we need now is a country :D

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    I was writing with that criminal in mind. His ilk will always find such opportunities. But, remember he was installed by a corrupt transitional government, by a corrupt and criminal president.

     

    That is why we need new blood, a clean slate with a meritocratic government of unblemished technocrats, which is transparent and which is structured and regulated to dilute qabiil-politics.

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    50 years ago Italian/Russian/American educated Somalis returned to a Somalia where the foundations were being laid, with rich pickings to be had, money to be laundered, corrupt dealings to be made.

     

    This diaspora inherits a war-ravaged, utterly broken land; a whole different ball-game, if we've learned our lesson from the 17 years of anarchy, that is.

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    Malaysians have managed to build a nation to be proud of, they've grappled with (and still are) different ethnicities and religions. The government is a role model for Islamic governance.

     

    Somali malaysians are doing a great job. A lot is resting on foreign educated Somalis.

     

    We've witnessed almost two decades of anarchy, and the Diaspora (Diasporas have played pivotal roles in the politics of troubled Nations) is churning out thousands of students and academics, fresh minds and entrepeneurs. Can our Diaspora which has had almost 20 years to lick its wounds start to play a more significant role in Somalia's future,than merely acting as a cash cow for the ongoing strife?

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    Marc (i envisage a change to 'Somalia's last hope' before too long :D ) has caused a bit of a stir since he blundered into SOL with his promotional threads.

     

    Credit where credit is due though, he's putting a lot of effort into 'representing his views to the mainstream' , but i doubt he's caused as much of a ripple as he'd like to think- for all his 'bringing in to the ppl' and 'using a new medium',unfortunately it will take a lot more than some unhelpful(see 'Eurotrash') amateur vids by a grandstanding student i'm afraid.

     

    But it's a start, we shouldnt dismiss his or anybody's attempt to understand what's happening to Somali communities- the semblance of genuine concern amongst this new generation in itself is something to be glad about- though his words be unconstructive and ignorant at times.