tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061765.post6692310343627677023..comments2023-10-26T04:40:48.561-04:00Comments on Metty'z RefleXions - Tanzania in Focus: Tanzania: No Hope for the Future?Jaduong Mettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03845759887672890549noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061765.post-61971444960647395502008-02-25T16:34:00.000-05:002008-02-25T16:34:00.000-05:00Thank you Metty for clarifying the article. I bega...Thank you Metty for clarifying the article. I began to wonder where did the zesty go that you had when you started the Blog? I guess I misunderstood your intentions with this last article. I was about to kick your blog on the curb but I think I will keep paying a visit often.<BR/>Keep it up pal; you are doing a great job...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061765.post-40066344645633660372008-02-23T13:41:00.000-05:002008-02-23T13:41:00.000-05:00Heriki,I am glad you paid a visit to an “irrelevan...Heriki,<BR/>I am glad you paid a visit to an “irrelevant” blog again. <BR/><BR/>Putting that jab aside, I can understand which angle you are alluding to, but the aspect of comparison between Kenya and Tanzania you decided to magnify, wasn’t a part of my reflection.<BR/><BR/>Let me just to bring us back to the main focus. Given the theory that those who are hopeful get frustrated when they are badly governed, my reflection was whether Tanzanians are truly hopeful, given that they exhibit very little frustration with bad governance.<BR/><BR/>It was my expectation that you would have provided evidence, in your rebuttal of my arguments, that Tanzanians, more than Kenyans are demonstrating their frustrations with bad governance. You didn’t.<BR/><BR/>It would be insane of me to promote the craziness that is currently happening in Kenya. Nevertheless, my comparison between Kenya and Tanzania stands. The Kenyan story I was making reference to is not chaos, but the courage to make changes. Where is KANU today? How did KANU “disappear” from the picture? Such a political change is what I am talking about. <BR/><BR/>We all can agree that what is happening in Kenya right now is pathetic, but it is not about lack of courage of ordinary people to make changes. The tragedy is a result of a few corrupt people resisting the courage of many. And I think that is obvious to the rest of the world.<BR/><BR/>We can definitely talk about corruption and tribalism in Kenya in isolation, but that is not what I was calling for Tanzanians to do. <BR/><BR/>So my comparison between Kenya and Tanzania, if taken into a proper context, is not really about apples and oranges, but of oranges and oranges. I am just sorry that you brought apples into the picture, where the talk really was about oranges.<BR/><BR/>But in the end, the thrust of my post was this: are Tanzanians hopeful? If they are, how are they demonstrating their frustration s with bad governance? <BR/><BR/>I don’t have to be relevant, as a writer, by writing what everybody agree with. Heck, even my wife does not agree with everything I say. And that’s what makes us human beings.Jaduong Mettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845759887672890549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28061765.post-62432955668072512382008-02-22T12:13:00.000-05:002008-02-22T12:13:00.000-05:00I used to love this blog, but I think clearly, it ...I used to love this blog, but I think clearly, it has becomes increasingly irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>1. Compare Kenya and Tanzania is like comparing apple and oranges. <BR/><BR/>2. There is nothing admirable about Kenya political situation. Cutting each other up with machettes does not show political maturity, its ignorant of the highest order.<BR/><BR/>3.What has just happen in Tanzania, is one of the most gratifying democratic moment in the world. Compare that to Nixon resignation. Am proud of my country. Am So proud of the Tanzanians.<BR/><BR/>4. Majority of Tanzania might not be highly educated, but they know right from wrong. When the moment came, they stood up and raised up peacefully, and did not resort to some common lowest denominator. Their counterpart Kenyans, when the moment came, they also spoke loudly, but were ignored, resorting to animalistic behaviour. Its unfortunate, but they had a choice, think "orange revolution" protest.<BR/><BR/>5. Violence is practiced by the most fearful, ignorant, uneducated among us. I wonder who is really among Kenyans and Tanzania!!<BR/><BR/>Most people have an infinite capacity to take things for granted. Yap, and after all you don't know what you have, till you have lost it <BR/><BR/><BR/>"What would it benefit a man, if he gains the world and lose his soul"...Mateo 16.26<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Heriki Sali, NYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com