iam realy impressed by the wonderful and amazing effort that you have made since this board was established in term of taking puplic awarness to another level and bringing up a number of vital issues that needed to be addressed which reflect that this generation is more committed to bring changes to our political areana and i respect all for doing so, but there is stil a cloud of smoke hung above our heads which bring up these concerns: how will we succeed in creating a better future if we don't admit those mistakes which took place in the past and than try to correct them? and how is it possible for a change to take place if we stil having a great number of young people who admire and idolize the same politicians who drag us into this mess in the first place?
As always, i respect your point of veiw, but it seems like you always get at me for being not clear, trust me brother, whatever info i withhold, is for noble reasons. in the other hand i cann't disappoint you all the time so if that is your desire, i will leave all on the board's floor.
Two out of five young people tend to support a certain politician despite his records either because they are related or come from the same area. i hope that specific enuogh.
First welcome back, I have not seen you on the board for a long while. As for your article, it is true that we are progressing well, but we still have got more questions to ask particularly on whether our dreams will truly be realized. Youths who have never served in any government and who have not therefore been corrupted stand a better chance when it comes to shaping a new direction for our community. I agree with you that majority of youths still idolize leaders, but that is very understandable given our societal setting. Our communities in southern southern Sudan are very much behind as far as classic politics is concerned. Politics is still being influenced by entities like clans which make it hard for most youths to think independently. It takes a considerable amount of time for every community to rid itself of worshiping and idolization of leaders. Look at European or Egyptian history for example, leaders like Pharoah of Egypt were seen in terms of "gods". In short what we see in southern Sudan today underscores the fact that we have got a long way to go before building a society characterized by independent minded social and political thinkers.
Yes our former politicians have undeniably failed in some ways. However, the best we can do at this moment time is not to blame them for what they did or did not do, instead, we need to corporate with them and help them changed their former ways of doing things. With that, we can be assured of building a stong community in the not-so-distance future. I am pretty sure that our former leaders will be more than willingly to listen to our calls and suggestions. This may at the same time avoid the possibility of igniting a political 'war' between youths and our former leaders. I will leave it here for others to add their perspective.
Could you please accept my sincere apology if I have annoyed unknowingly? Kuat, please you are the guy I trust and that is the sole reason I always ask for clarifications. I trust your judgement and competency as well. I don't ask for more clarifications because you are unable to explicitly explain yourself but because I want to learn more from you. I always believe that you can change our political false-hood by giving us credible and reliable information. Kuat, I will never be attempted to put you in a trouble. I am honest with my brother. You contribution here is conspicuous and extremely helpful.
Further, people are not the same in understanding and analysis, therefore I am one of the people who really want to see come to surface before they react. To be honest with you, I know there is a tremendous fear amongst ourselves and that is the reason you don't release some vital information. Now, I understand and I will never ask for clarifications my dear brother.
First of all, i appreciate (KUOT) For wellcoming me back and for his wonderful argument that i believe has told the whole story. with regard to my absence in the past two week, i lost a cousin of mine(she passed away with her little child at the same time) so i had to take some time off.
Concerning brother Aher apology, i didn't expect it nor deserve it at all because i believe all of us are behind the same goal and we do share a common ground of friendship, trust, and respect and it will always stay the same. the main problame that i face every time when i write on this board is balancing between telling the facts as they occured in a straight forward form and keeping the integrity of the board, as Kuot mentioned our politics affiliatin still driven by ethnic back ground and family's ties thus so many people care a lot about protecting their poltician rather than serving the puplic intrest and if we dive into those kind of argument we will lose our direction toward a safer shore, that is why i tend to convey my posts in a general form so that they are discussable and away from finger pointing.
Finally, i do understand that any topic should be clear before making any judgement about it and i agree with you on that one, but the issue is to address a certain problame we have to admit mistakes and hold people accounatble which some of us find it offensive and that is the dividing line between keeping our unity and serving the normal folks intrest. it is a taugh call and i hope you guys advise me on which direction should we take!
Just to give a clue, some of you may have heard about Addiss Ababa conference 2003 between Baggara and our people(northern bahr elgazhal people) regarding the on going clashes including slavery and how to find a solution for it, one of outrageos claim that came out from that conference is that Baggara enslave our people and commit thier crime because they are poor! so the conference solution for that matter was creating developmental projects for them in the next future to stop their violence behaviors, now tell who is not offended by this idiotic B.S. what got even angrier was the fact that we were represented, in that conference, by educated people like mr Arthur Akuen Chol and still allow this to take place. God willing , i had the chance to asked him directly when he visited the US earlier this year and of course, like all politicians, he down played the question, but the key issue is i was attacked by audiance for raising that concern!
Welcome back gentleman, we miss you a lot on the baord. I am deeply sadden by the bad news of your cousin sudden death with her little child. May God almighty father, the provider, giver, protector and creator restore their souls in eternal paradise and may He also bless the parents and relatives of your cousin. I therefore expressed my deep sorrows to you and your relatives. Take it easy brother, death is nature and we cannot control nature's deeds. I am looking forward to see you participating with us as usual. Please forgot about what happened.
Santino Ajith
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My condolence goes to you and your family bro. It was sad hearing that such a tragedy has befallen your family. As Bol Ajith pointed out, God gives and takes, so put your trust in HIM. Death is the ultimate destination for all humanity. Brush that sad reality aside and continue with the challenges of life. Stay cool.
Dear Kuat two out of five young people tend to support a certain politician despite his records either because they are related or come from the same area. i hope that specific enuogh. What do you mean by this statement,People should be frank if we need a change.Please tell us who are these people. Madingdit
Dear Andrew Kuot As a gentleman,You can speak frankly.If you are fearing than there was something behind your massage,Tell us these people,because we are the future leaders of our nation Sudan. Please be a gentleman. Take Care Madingdit
first of all, i apologize for not getting back at you as soon as you expected, but it has been a busy week so i hope that you understand. Regarding you comment about the possibilty of being afraid, i think it is wrong, i have always been an independent thinker and iam determine to stay this way so i wuold like to assure that iam still the same young man that i always was. the reason that there was no name attached to this topic because this percentage was collected from a survey and what we did was picking people randomaly and asked them about their political affiliation and its base. What actualy amazed me is how would a well informed person like your self failed to realized the driving force of our political culture! i mean, to my observations, our politics in Sudan has always been driven by families ties and other relations and the only factor that brought real politics to our country has and always been the movement(splm/a) so wise up sir.
