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Why did Cogitation lock my African aid thread?

Because he is a moderate and his job is to moderate.

Because he is a moderate and his job is to moderate.

But what happened that was against the rules.

But what happened that was against the rules.

overwhelming ignorance ;)

But what happened that was against the rules.

Maybe the fact that your inital post was deliberate flamebaiting in the first place?

And most of the responses were incredibly inflammatory?

Why did Cogitation lock my African aid thread?
Obadiah 1:3

Maybe the fact that your inital post was deliberate flamebaiting in the first place?

It wasn't a flamebait, I posted it as an actual question.

It wasn't a flamebait, I posted it as an actual question.

Yes, and your comment that Africans are just too lazy to take care of themselves wasn't flamebait? If you honestly believe that, please, get your head out of the sand, read a book, do *something* to view the world around you.

Yes, and your comment that Africans are just too lazy to take care of themselves wasn't flamebait? If you honestly believe that, please, get your head out of the sand, read a book, do *something* to view the world around you.

Why am I responsible for their failure they won't ever help me.

Yes, and your comment that Africans are just too lazy to take care of themselves wasn't flamebait? If you honestly believe that, please, get your head out of the sand, read a book, do *something* to view the world around you.

Yes... remember Joel 1:10

Why am I responsible for their failure they won't ever help me.
... here we go again ...

Why am I responsible for their failure they won't ever help me.

You are not "responsible for their failure," but the point is that, in many cases - neither are they. It is not that they are "too lazy," it is that they live in a system in which they cannot prosper. Now, I could argue that you should want to help the downtrodden out of the goodness of your heart, but if you don't agree, I won't convince you.

Why am I responsible for their failure they won't ever help me.
I'd like to watch you grow some sort of food in the desert. Maybe we should leave you out in the desert for a month and see how long it takes before you start crying for someone to come help.

I'd like to watch you grow some sort of food in the desert. Maybe we should leave you out in the desert for a month and see how long it takes before you start crying for someone to come help.
Joel 1:10!!!

JOEL 1:10!!!!

I'd like to watch you grow some sort of food in the desert. Maybe we should leave you out in the desert for a month and see how long it takes before you start crying for someone to come help.

We should give him a pair of good walking shoes for his half-a-day-trips to the next spring...shouldn't we? *evil grin*

We should give him a pair of good walking shoes for his half-a-day-trips to the next spring...shouldn't we? *evil grin*
Ethiopians don't have that advantage.

Joel 1:10!!!

JOEL 1:10!!!!
10 The fields are ruined,
the ground is dried up [4] ;
the grain is destroyed,
the new wine is dried up,
the oil fails.

Obadiah 1:3
1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

10 The fields are ruined,
the ground is dried up [4] ;
the grain is destroyed,
the new wine is dried up,
the oil fails.
That is the status of the African land...

how's about we offer the misguided thread founder some constructive criticism? the issue of foreign aid is a legitimate and important one, so why don't some of the people yelling at the original poster give him an idea of what would have been a fair and non-flame-bait way to begin such a thread?

Ethiopians don't have that advantage.

You're right on that issue, but I do not want to see his/her fat white pride ass collapse too early ;)