I couldn't have said it better especially one guy called Kola who refers to Akans especially Asantes as Bush rats, Kookoase Nkuraasefuo.
It is these Kookoase Nkuraasefuo whose efforts have sustained the economy of Ghana a ... read full comment
I couldn't have said it better especially one guy called Kola who refers to Akans especially Asantes as Bush rats, Kookoase Nkuraasefuo.
It is these Kookoase Nkuraasefuo whose efforts have sustained the economy of Ghana and continue to do so despite the disrespectful way people like this worthless maggot called Kola call them.
Frank Appiah 10 years ago
Thanks for your thought-provoking article.You are a wiseman indeed.I wish all Ghanaians will appreciate your message and refrain from this uncivilized behaviour.
Thanks for your thought-provoking article.You are a wiseman indeed.I wish all Ghanaians will appreciate your message and refrain from this uncivilized behaviour.
sam Ankrah 10 years ago
very cool piece. good suggestion.
very cool piece. good suggestion.
KOLA, MAIN LONDON 10 years ago
When don't you focus on Akuffo Addo's Lost Certificate in Law which no Ghanaian have ever seen before, not even his clients have seen him with a certificate to practice.
Afari Gyan is not choking as you claim and nothing t ... read full comment
When don't you focus on Akuffo Addo's Lost Certificate in Law which no Ghanaian have ever seen before, not even his clients have seen him with a certificate to practice.
Afari Gyan is not choking as you claim and nothing that you bush rats write will spoil his image.
Write about Konfuor Kuffuor too.
MOKO NTSIOMO 10 years ago
If registration is required and postings edited, then the likes of KOLA,TerriblY Spe cifiC etc will have no platform to debate on. They are comfortable tunning the topic from politics to insults which they are best at and all ... read full comment
If registration is required and postings edited, then the likes of KOLA,TerriblY Spe cifiC etc will have no platform to debate on. They are comfortable tunning the topic from politics to insults which they are best at and allows them to participate in the forum.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago
Others before you had expressed same concerns and some of us had expressed our views too.
As a member of the Ewe ethnic grp and thus the major target of these vitriolic, ignorant and vile attacks from some jaundiced membe ... read full comment
Others before you had expressed same concerns and some of us had expressed our views too.
As a member of the Ewe ethnic grp and thus the major target of these vitriolic, ignorant and vile attacks from some jaundiced members of the Akan ethnic group for decades before their present attacks on the Northerners started, I can understand how you feel. Some of us have chosen to respond to them in various ways, while the majority just ignore them. I prefer to challenge their ignorance by educating them and sundry. Some Ewes think they are beyond educating and so prefer to insult them back, often ad nauseam, which some of us object to, as not all Akans, for that matter, Asantes seen as the major culprits, indulge in that kind of prejudiced attacks even though they may be equally ignorant of some facts.
I completed a while ago an abridged version of my continuing analysis of what lies behind all that vitriol. It must be exposed and expunged from the minds of some people in order to let sanity to prevail. Ghanaweb isn't the first medium they had used to express such vile views and attacks.
Andy-K
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago
what are you afraid of, you coward Rat who in his own uncivilized thought believes his ilks have sustained Ghana through their cride ways of Sakawa, theft, greed, tribalism and ethnocentrism.
Roll back into the stealing re ... read full comment
what are you afraid of, you coward Rat who in his own uncivilized thought believes his ilks have sustained Ghana through their cride ways of Sakawa, theft, greed, tribalism and ethnocentrism.
Roll back into the stealing regime of Kronfuor before commenting on this beautiful article meant for your bigots such as Okwampa dirty fee, Akosah Sarpong, Akorang Parry ,Aponkye Sarpong, Adofo Stony Rock of a son et'al.
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago
crude not cride
crude not cride
Maha 10 years ago
Listen to this illiterate idiot and his incoherent postings.
Listen to this illiterate idiot and his incoherent postings.
KOLA PROGRESSING FORWARD 10 years ago
We have the posting and if you doubt, we can reproduce it. Clearly stating that you are being hindered by your opponents from progressing forward therefore making it look as if you are unfit for the job
We have the posting and if you doubt, we can reproduce it. Clearly stating that you are being hindered by your opponents from progressing forward therefore making it look as if you are unfit for the job
Okoe 10 years ago
I wholeheartedly agree with your comments. There is an African proverb that loosely stated by a particular bird that if did not blame the one who shot him but the one who cut its wings to enable it to fly. There are a lot o ... read full comment
I wholeheartedly agree with your comments. There is an African proverb that loosely stated by a particular bird that if did not blame the one who shot him but the one who cut its wings to enable it to fly. There are a lot of filthy comments on your site and wonder whether or not you do any auditing before comments are posted. Think about it !!!
Vuvuzela 10 years ago
I totally disagree that there should be audit of posts on this website. It doesn't mean I am comfortable with the insults. I am stunned, on the contrary. On the other hand, it just shows the state of our mentality in Ghana. W ... read full comment
I totally disagree that there should be audit of posts on this website. It doesn't mean I am comfortable with the insults. I am stunned, on the contrary. On the other hand, it just shows the state of our mentality in Ghana. Why do we have to hide it? Hiding it doesn't change the uncultured commentator who didn't have responsible traditional family training.
There are websites all over Africa that are not controlled but none have forumers indulging in the kind of insults we trade, while we throw ourselves around as the most intelligent. Even the freer West have limited trolls and in fact in countries in Europe you never see a single insult at all.
No, the website should not be controlled; people should see us for what we are...
Dr. John 10 years ago
Appreciate your concern, but you need to toughen-up your sensibility. You wish to impose censorship whilst you claim to be in Corpus Christi, TX. How hypocritical is that? Do you wish to take America back to the days of being ... read full comment
Appreciate your concern, but you need to toughen-up your sensibility. You wish to impose censorship whilst you claim to be in Corpus Christi, TX. How hypocritical is that? Do you wish to take America back to the days of being ruled by a king? Individual responsibility of content is the sole task of each contributor and reader, there is no need to mix in another babysitter.
Sani 10 years ago
This is Sevordzi's first article to ghanaweb and it shows from a very very long distance. What to do with the commentary on ghanaweb is something that has been discussed SEVERAL TIMES over the more than 15 years of ghanaweb. ... read full comment
This is Sevordzi's first article to ghanaweb and it shows from a very very long distance. What to do with the commentary on ghanaweb is something that has been discussed SEVERAL TIMES over the more than 15 years of ghanaweb. It seems it is only now that he has realized that. He can go back to the archives and read all the numerous articles people have written on this topic and the discussions that followed it.
The regulars on ghanaweb know all this already.
creation 10 years ago
So If we all know this already, can't someone reminds us of it again so that the website would also have a thought about it? Let's encourage ourselves to lift up our voices and condemn rigorously those who are fond of doing t ... read full comment
So If we all know this already, can't someone reminds us of it again so that the website would also have a thought about it? Let's encourage ourselves to lift up our voices and condemn rigorously those who are fond of doing this(the use of unclean languages). Being already popular, the website can try as much as possible to lift up its status and image by introducing these measures to filter off the gabage from the site before presenting it to the reading public. This would do us(Ghanaians) good by lifting us up in the faces of the reading foreigners.
Afua 10 years ago
Well, i beg to differ. there is freedom of speech in America but there are also very stringent laws against defamation, racism, etc. So people dont just feel free to say anything against anybody and anyhing without empirica ... read full comment
Well, i beg to differ. there is freedom of speech in America but there are also very stringent laws against defamation, racism, etc. So people dont just feel free to say anything against anybody and anyhing without empirical evidence and proof. they are very careful because of legal sanctions.... and we ought to start doing things right rather than behave like animals in the jungle. Ghana is coming of age, and we must learn to be decent and decorus with what we say and do, especially when we think that no-one is watching. Come again!!
Dr. John 10 years ago
Defamation, racism, decent, decorous and "doing things right"? How about "suppression"? Stop blaming and take the onus to police yourself. If you hear/see something on radio/TV do you not have the "right" to switch the channe ... read full comment
Defamation, racism, decent, decorous and "doing things right"? How about "suppression"? Stop blaming and take the onus to police yourself. If you hear/see something on radio/TV do you not have the "right" to switch the channel? I guess that you can only function when somebody else tells you to do something.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago
This is not a matter of suppression but one of common sense. In Almighty USA, the citadel of freedom of speech, not every word is allowed on the airwaves. Does that mean suppression? If a Radio Station uses the F or S word, t ... read full comment
This is not a matter of suppression but one of common sense. In Almighty USA, the citadel of freedom of speech, not every word is allowed on the airwaves. Does that mean suppression? If a Radio Station uses the F or S word, they are fined for each time those words are used. Can presenters and contributors use the N word arbitrary? These such media promotion of hatred and tribalism in Rwanda led to the civil war and horrific massacre in that country. Is that what we want for Ghana? Let us reason and behave responsibly on Ghanaweb.
Dr. John 10 years ago
However, you are behind the times in that what you stated is simply not the truth anymore. You have several good points, and I support them. But the bottom line is that I have the freedom to read/watch/listen to whatever I wa ... read full comment
However, you are behind the times in that what you stated is simply not the truth anymore. You have several good points, and I support them. But the bottom line is that I have the freedom to read/watch/listen to whatever I want to. I simply do not need any others to tell me what I cannot read/watch/listen to. When the public is incapable of making rational decisions, then that is a problem of a different kind and we can debate that issue until the seas run dry.
Dagadu 10 years ago
True a lot of people may be saying a lot of bullshit like what I just said but the bottom line is that your are free to either read, watch or listen or refuse to.
What I cant stand however, even more than the tribal and vu ... read full comment
True a lot of people may be saying a lot of bullshit like what I just said but the bottom line is that your are free to either read, watch or listen or refuse to.
What I cant stand however, even more than the tribal and vulgar sentiments, are the screeching naive statements that are made daily.
Some of the most crass statements I have heard on Ghanaweb have given me an insight into how and why some of our people are the way they are and for me that is useful because I would not have been able to evaluate those sentiments anywhere else.
All the same, I know that this is Ghanaweb. It offers a platform where some of us consider those who in our subjective manner,are the lunatic fringe, mix freely with those who vainly consider themselves to be the morally upright standard bearers of social norms.
The bottom line however is that we all make the kind of friends that we like, we read the kind of material that we like and we choose the subjects of interest that we like.
Those who think that they cant stand the heat in the Ghanaweb kitchen should please find the door. Its as simple as that.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago
There's no question that ever since GhanaWeb opened its doors or should I say, portals, to the W.W.W. Superhighway, every Tom, Dick & Harry, who felt they couldn't express themselves on any issue,now feel they have a voice to ... read full comment
There's no question that ever since GhanaWeb opened its doors or should I say, portals, to the W.W.W. Superhighway, every Tom, Dick & Harry, who felt they couldn't express themselves on any issue,now feel they have a voice to say whatever is on theIr minds irrespective of the consequence. Empowered to say any thing that comes to mind hiding behind meaningless monikers.
But, there's got to be a consequence.
We have to jointly moderate the unpalatable comments..HOW? Easily said than done.
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 10 years ago
Technology can be deployed to surmount the rot on ghanaweb, whereby vitriolic and unsavoury comments can technologically be disabled, whereby unpalatable comments will be stopped automatically. Enough is enough. Ghanaweb mus ... read full comment
Technology can be deployed to surmount the rot on ghanaweb, whereby vitriolic and unsavoury comments can technologically be disabled, whereby unpalatable comments will be stopped automatically. Enough is enough. Ghanaweb must act to restore sanity on the web. We do not want ghanaweb to be a site where incorrigible and senseless imbeciles spew garbage and teach bad manners. Sorry for using strong words but I am deeply concerned. Thank you Andy Sevordzi for your patriotic sentiments. I hope the internet community can establish internet police and policies to restore some modicum of sanity.
Kwobia ( Toronto ) 10 years ago
I'm wondering if it has been that bad?I simply
Ignore some comments.A few of the writers
Instigate bad comments.Some of the writers
Should be censored for their tasteless tribal
Writings that annoy many readers.
I'm wondering if it has been that bad?I simply
Ignore some comments.A few of the writers
Instigate bad comments.Some of the writers
Should be censored for their tasteless tribal
Writings that annoy many readers.
KOLA,LONDON MAIN 10 years ago
That is where the problem lies, The so called writers some self-made writers with very BAD GRAMMAR pollutes the space with all sort of ethnic tensions but hardly allocates time and attention to their horrible Grammar in Engli ... read full comment
That is where the problem lies, The so called writers some self-made writers with very BAD GRAMMAR pollutes the space with all sort of ethnic tensions but hardly allocates time and attention to their horrible Grammar in English.
Yaw 10 years ago
Listen to this illiterate fool talking about grammar. 'ALL SORT' or 'ALL SORTS'?
Listen to this illiterate fool talking about grammar. 'ALL SORT' or 'ALL SORTS'?
Emmanuel 10 years ago
This is a thought provoking article which needs ghanaweb.com attention. when are we the youth of this generation going to love and unite ourselves. our fore fathers has failed us as a result of their selfishness and lack of l ... read full comment
This is a thought provoking article which needs ghanaweb.com attention. when are we the youth of this generation going to love and unite ourselves. our fore fathers has failed us as a result of their selfishness and lack of love and unity. It's a pity that we the youth that are suppose to build our future together now have bitterness against each other. at least some of us went to school together lets try and eradicate tribalism. we should be ashamed of ourselves as a youth when we do not see ourselves as Ghanaians but tribes. A nation's strength lies in it's unity.
Nana Akwasi 10 years ago
Thanks for this intelligent piece. Unfortunately, this article will receive flood of comments if it were written to ridicule some tribe or personality. I think Ghanaweb has given people free platform to insult, assault and ... read full comment
Thanks for this intelligent piece. Unfortunately, this article will receive flood of comments if it were written to ridicule some tribe or personality. I think Ghanaweb has given people free platform to insult, assault and attack people. If care is not taken this country Ghana will collapse entirely through these unguided zenophobic and tribalstic statements. Thanks Mr Sevordzi
sankariwa 10 years ago
You are 100% right. Ghanaweb.com, take action immediately. Almost all comments posted to your comment colum are very bad.
You are 100% right. Ghanaweb.com, take action immediately. Almost all comments posted to your comment colum are very bad.
CHARCOAL SELLER. 10 years ago
All praises to you my dear Brother Sevordzi, many decent Ghanaians shudder at the thought of visiting Ghanaweb, simply because of the level of vulgarity, displayed by people who act as primates that were trained to operate a ... read full comment
All praises to you my dear Brother Sevordzi, many decent Ghanaians shudder at the thought of visiting Ghanaweb, simply because of the level of vulgarity, displayed by people who act as primates that were trained to operate a computer.
TROUBLE-MAKER 10 years ago
Ghanaweb can simply solve this problem by refusing hate articles from the so-called columnists.
The columnists are the ones who writes to incite tribal division among visitors to this homepage.
Since Ghanaweb don`t have the ... read full comment
Ghanaweb can simply solve this problem by refusing hate articles from the so-called columnists.
The columnists are the ones who writes to incite tribal division among visitors to this homepage.
Since Ghanaweb don`t have the tools to check the comment section because of the large volume of comments,they can do that by checking articles sent to them for publication.
Well don,Andy.
Mame Amma 10 years ago
Should the forumers fall for the bait? I have often wondered why ghanaweb does not put a stop to this. They might as well be the writers or comment on the articles. My suspecion is that they (ghanaweb) seem to encourage this ... read full comment
Should the forumers fall for the bait? I have often wondered why ghanaweb does not put a stop to this. They might as well be the writers or comment on the articles. My suspecion is that they (ghanaweb) seem to encourage this filthy and distateful comments. I hope these concerns are taken seriously by ghanaweb. This is not the first time comments of such have been made. The write up has HIGHLIGHTED the distate of all concerned. Thanks Andy.
km agyin 10 years ago
I totally agree with you sir. Freedom of speech has never been absolute nor without limits even in the great US of A. Ghanaweb should censor the comments for the sake of national cohesion. I am sickened and disgusted by some ... read full comment
I totally agree with you sir. Freedom of speech has never been absolute nor without limits even in the great US of A. Ghanaweb should censor the comments for the sake of national cohesion. I am sickened and disgusted by some of the comments, especially those that allude to ethnic supremacy and insults without regard to any modicum of civility. We are too haughty as a people. Let's always remember our patriotic song 'YEN ARA YASASE NI...ONE PEOPLE,ONE NATION,ONE COMMON DESTINY. Let us march forward together and let us unite to fight the common oppressor be it external or internal. Divided we fall. Long live our dear motherland.
ALUUUUTA 10 years ago
YEARS AGO WE HEARD ABOUT HYDE PARK IN LONDON WHERE ONE COULD GO AND DISH OUT WHATEVER WAS ON HIS MIND. IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF FREE SPEECH AT ITS BEST. TODAY GO TO HYDE PART AND BLOW YOUR TOP THERE AND YOU WILL FIND SOMEBODY FOL ... read full comment
YEARS AGO WE HEARD ABOUT HYDE PARK IN LONDON WHERE ONE COULD GO AND DISH OUT WHATEVER WAS ON HIS MIND. IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF FREE SPEECH AT ITS BEST. TODAY GO TO HYDE PART AND BLOW YOUR TOP THERE AND YOU WILL FIND SOMEBODY FOLLOWING YOU TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM, JUST TO TEACH YOU A LESSON THAT FREE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN THE CEMETARY.
diaba k 10 years ago
Thanks Andy.
Thanks Andy.
Adu Gyamfi 10 years ago
Indeed, this is a wake call for all of us, we cannot incite ourselves for any selfish gains, however it does not mean that we should also be a straightjacket type of persons we need to contribute to push forward the nation's ... read full comment
Indeed, this is a wake call for all of us, we cannot incite ourselves for any selfish gains, however it does not mean that we should also be a straightjacket type of persons we need to contribute to push forward the nation's agenda in the positive way, rather than seeking to engulf ourselves with unethical way of expressing a distasteful comments. Ghana lives however whether we endanger or praise her, let us avoid unsavory comments, never go in for pieces but in for peace.
alfred 10 years ago
If all comments & articles were this edifying....
If all comments & articles were this edifying....
alfred 10 years ago
If all comments & articles were thiGood contribution Andy !!!!s edifying
If all comments & articles were thiGood contribution Andy !!!!s edifying
KWEKU SOLO 10 years ago
I wish those who read this piece shall take it in good faith. I sometimes feel very bad when I come across such silly comments form faceless people in the name of internet.
I wish those who read this piece shall take it in good faith. I sometimes feel very bad when I come across such silly comments form faceless people in the name of internet.
Afua 10 years ago
I think this suggestion and/or idea is well said and long overdue. very unsavory comments about people and ethnic groups - and under disguised names... We are no better than the people in Rwanda, Burundi or Liberia, and given ... read full comment
I think this suggestion and/or idea is well said and long overdue. very unsavory comments about people and ethnic groups - and under disguised names... We are no better than the people in Rwanda, Burundi or Liberia, and given the chance, we will also take up bows and arrows and begin to shoot our cousins just for the fact that they speak a different language from us. Ghana save Ghana.
Dannybee 10 years ago
Good job Sevordzi! You hit the nail right on the head. I think you have to start taking steps to pressure ghanaweb to conform to international standards of behavior. This web is allowing uncivilized people to make unbridled c ... read full comment
Good job Sevordzi! You hit the nail right on the head. I think you have to start taking steps to pressure ghanaweb to conform to international standards of behavior. This web is allowing uncivilized people to make unbridled comments. Sadly these comments embarrass the Ghanaian image. What if ghanaweb is taken down? People we need to look at that.
Dannybee 10 years ago
People is it not ghanaweb.com paid staff who are posting all these unsavory comments to attract a large readership? The motive? To increase advertising rating as more people visit the site.
People is it not ghanaweb.com paid staff who are posting all these unsavory comments to attract a large readership? The motive? To increase advertising rating as more people visit the site.
AFUA GYENFUA 10 years ago
GhanaWeb. Com is to be held responsible for the good and the bad. They have to Rbe held more responsible and accountable.
They are in for the money.
GhanaWeb. Com is to be held responsible for the good and the bad. They have to Rbe held more responsible and accountable.
They are in for the money.
Adongo 10 years ago
A a long overdue straight talk by the writer. Fact is, he is knocking on dead woods. Remember that old saying ..”a leopard never change its skin???” Chronic, naïve tribalism is so perpetually saturated in the blood and m ... read full comment
A a long overdue straight talk by the writer. Fact is, he is knocking on dead woods. Remember that old saying ..”a leopard never change its skin???” Chronic, naïve tribalism is so perpetually saturated in the blood and minds of these primitive folks, it is infinitively impossible to –change them. It is perpetually enshrined in their DNA, even their future offspring’s. The issue is far reaching and more dangerous than what we are seeing. The inept, corrupted and insidious parliamentarians, who are supposed to prevent these dirty tribalistic trends rather encourage it.
Bluntly, minds like those of Sarpong, AHOFE OKOAMPA, Adofo, Akadu, Katachie, et al, speak volumes. Any need to remind you, that’s how it all started in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Cost, DR Congo?
I have surfed a number of websites around the globe . No where have I found such arrogant stupendous, supercilious ethnic/tribal degradation, denigration and vilification of other tribes and ethnic groups, such as appears daily on the Ghanaweb.
As I keep on drumming in your ears, the Internet is read from Shetlands Islands to Falkland Islands, from Kamchatka to Patagonia, from Bora Bora to Zanzibar, from Nuuk to Hovac and beyond…..And that the Internet is read by diplomats, business entities, investors, secret agents etc… around the globe, ALL SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT A COUNTRY OF INTEREST , ALL THE TIME!
Hardly do these goons realize they are washing their dirty linens
(their country) in public.
See what’s happening and where we are now?
What a shame and sham !!
Beats me
The Sentinel
The Sentinel 10 years ago
A a long overdue cohesive straight talk by the writer. Fact is, he is knocking on dead woods. Remember that old saying ..”a leopard never change its skin???” Chronic, naïve tribalism is so perpetually saturated in the b ... read full comment
A a long overdue cohesive straight talk by the writer. Fact is, he is knocking on dead woods. Remember that old saying ..”a leopard never change its skin???” Chronic, naïve tribalism is so perpetually saturated in the blood and minds of these primitive folks, it is infinitively impossible to –change them. It is perpetually enshrined in their DNA, even their future offspring’s. The issue is far reaching and more dangerous than what we are seeing. The inept, corrupted and insidious parliamentarians, who are supposed to prevent these dirty tribalistic trends rather encourage it.
Bluntly, minds like those of Sarpong, AHOFE OKOAMPA, Adofo, Akadu, Katachie, et al, speak volumes. Any need to remind you, that’s how it all started in Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Cost, DR Congo?
I have surfed a number of websites around the globe. No where have I found such arrogant stupendous, supercilious ethnic/tribal degradation, denigration and vilification of other tribes and ethnic groups, such as appears daily on the Ghanaweb.
As I keep on drumming in your ears, the Internet is read from Shetlands Islands to Falkland Islands, from Kamchatka to Patagonia, from Bora Bora to Zanzibar, from Nuuk to Hovac and beyond…..And that the Internet is read by diplomats, business entities, investors, secret agents etc… around the globe, ALL SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT A COUNTRY OF INTEREST , ALL THE TIME!
Hardly do these goons realize they are washing their dirty linens
(their country) in public.
See what’s happening and where we are now?
What a shame and sham !!
Beats me
The Sentinel
GHANAVIA 10 years ago
Listen to your good self; zombie sentinel you named yourself. You think by being selective in names to the exclusion of clansmen will exonerate you and your ilks of bad mouthing?
Listen to your good self; zombie sentinel you named yourself. You think by being selective in names to the exclusion of clansmen will exonerate you and your ilks of bad mouthing?
GHANAVIA 10 years ago
Listen to your good self; zombie sentinel you named yourself. You think by being selective in names to the exclusion of your clansmen will exonerate you and your ilks of bad mouthing?
Listen to your good self; zombie sentinel you named yourself. You think by being selective in names to the exclusion of your clansmen will exonerate you and your ilks of bad mouthing?
KOO 10 years ago
Surprise surprise this skinty trokosi moron failed to mention the trokosis who have hijacked this forum with insults like his smelly self but has the audacity to mention people of Akan and NPP affiliates. Where are the Trokos ... read full comment
Surprise surprise this skinty trokosi moron failed to mention the trokosis who have hijacked this forum with insults like his smelly self but has the audacity to mention people of Akan and NPP affiliates. Where are the Trokosi tribalists.
Mame Amma 10 years ago
Shame on you KOO this is the exact issue Andy has written about if you have nothing to write about do not contribute thus to insult.
Shame on you KOO this is the exact issue Andy has written about if you have nothing to write about do not contribute thus to insult.
nana amankwa-pam 10 years ago
IF YOU DONT LIKE IT ,DONT GO THERE.YOU MUST BE LOOSING YOUR MIND ,ANOTHER IDIOT WANT TO OUR FREEDOM AWAY .ENUOGH IN ENUOGH OF YOUR INTIMIDATION FOOL.
IF YOU DONT LIKE IT ,DONT GO THERE.YOU MUST BE LOOSING YOUR MIND ,ANOTHER IDIOT WANT TO OUR FREEDOM AWAY .ENUOGH IN ENUOGH OF YOUR INTIMIDATION FOOL.
Fontomfrom 10 years ago
The correct "word" is ANONYMOUS, not "unanimous" people!
The correct "word" is ANONYMOUS, not "unanimous" people!
Augustine, Italy 10 years ago
that's good comment God bless you my bro
that's good comment God bless you my bro
SULE 10 years ago
This very article is steeped in the hypocritical crucible of obstinate tomfoolery. If the writer would recollect, the contested President in the run up to the elections, employed ethnic, tribal and divisive politics of the hi ... read full comment
This very article is steeped in the hypocritical crucible of obstinate tomfoolery. If the writer would recollect, the contested President in the run up to the elections, employed ethnic, tribal and divisive politics of the highest order to wipe up sentiments, which, if had it not been for the magnanimity of Ghanaians, would not have bode well for our dear country. John Mahama is on record to have spewed ethnic and tribal comments, without professing and engaging in any sound policy debate with a view to brainstorm on our socio-economic developmental problems, leading to a workable solution to these problems, building on the best ideas and suggestions, with sustainable and proven outcomes, which would go a long way to address the challenges of the impoverished masses. The late Atta Mills rode on the crest of ethnic and tribal bigotry and sentimentalism with violence a key component of their campaign to become President.
John Mahama employed the same tactics and in this case actually colluded with some unscrupulous EC officials to rig elections in favour of the NDC.
Where was this sanctimonious writer when, these leaders of the NDC were employing such cheap politicking when the masses were looking for substance in our discourse to address their myriad of problems?
Ghanaians are witnesses to the consequences of such gutter, mudslinging, derogatory politicking with the result that the country is now, retrogressing under an inept and incompetent administration, which doesn't have any intellectual capacity to address the issues confronting the nation.
If the writer thinks there's any advice that he needs to give, he should immediately seek audience with the current contested occupant of the Flagstaff house and discuss it with him and spare us his sanctimonious posturing. The cheek of it!!!
Dr. John 10 years ago
I agree with you all the way except that I am not politically bound to anyone. What the writer wants to do is to keep everything a dirty little secret and appoint someone to be the judge of what can and cannot be said. What h ... read full comment
I agree with you all the way except that I am not politically bound to anyone. What the writer wants to do is to keep everything a dirty little secret and appoint someone to be the judge of what can and cannot be said. What he fails to understand is that is exactly what happened in Rwanda. If we cannot communicate of our own free will, then we are subjected o the whims of others and bad things happen. If I have a room of 100 people
and do nothing but dictate to them I will win up with 1 answer from 100. If I do the same and allow them to communicate with thousands, no matter what the content, I will receive more diverse answers. The entire premise is if you do not like what you are hearing, or seeing, don't pay any attention to it. Do you need anyone else to tell you that?
CONCERNED CITIZEN 10 years ago
How is this going to be regulated? Just ignore them if u think they are nonsense to u. I don`t usually take those comments serious.
How is this going to be regulated? Just ignore them if u think they are nonsense to u. I don`t usually take those comments serious.
BEST 10 years ago
Mr Sevordzi I absolutely buy into the contents of your article. Ghanaweb should be in position to block any comment which does not edify or ban all comments altogether.
I am equally fed up with majority of the comments I rea ... read full comment
Mr Sevordzi I absolutely buy into the contents of your article. Ghanaweb should be in position to block any comment which does not edify or ban all comments altogether.
I am equally fed up with majority of the comments I read on this website.
Apam 10 years ago
It is unfortunate that unscrupulous characters take advantage of the ability to post comments free of regulation. It is also fortunate that those who make the most sense in their comments attract the greater consensus.
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It is unfortunate that unscrupulous characters take advantage of the ability to post comments free of regulation. It is also fortunate that those who make the most sense in their comments attract the greater consensus.
Ghanaweb is a great place for allowing free expression, this should not be taken away. Elsewhere in the world, it is often hard to have this form of freedom of expression for which the internet was originally touted. Not all articles get insulting comments beneath them.
I think things are great as they are.
On Ghanaweb, one finds everything from the most enlightening contributions to the most hilarious and occasion...to the most inane.
This is the great spirit of expression. Any form of regulation will curtail the extent to which people can express. I am totally behind the Ghanaweb administrators for focusing on publishing articles primarily due to their relation (one way or another) to Ghana.
It is up to readers and contributors (including article authors) to discourage individuals from posting insulting comments. This is in the true spirit of community. IT IS NOT UP TO GHANAWEB TO DO THIS EXTRA WORK!
Again, it is not up to Ghanaweb. It is up to readers and contributors to tell off those who abuse the forum, just as it is up to readers to congratulate and encourage those who make excellent contributions. Are we also going to ask Ghanaweb to congratulate contributors of smart contributions?
The worst thing Ghanaweb can become is to end up being another "Big Brother" forum. If each and every user of Ghanaweb takes it upon themselves to tell off abusers, it is our responsibility if we choose to shoulder it.
Ghanaweb has been great in creating a wonderful online community where all are welcome. In the true sense of community, each is responsible. Let us rise to this responsibility. ANDY, DO NOT TRY TO GIVE YOUR POWER AWAY TO GHANAWEB! Be an active part of the community. Contribute, write articles if you choose. Express your dissent to online abusers of language on the forum, if you so choose.
I believe that Ghanaweb's job is to present us with this platform, this community. It is up to us to do with it how we please.
This is my opinion/pov; some may agree and others may disagree.
Antef 10 years ago
Whereas I empathize with the author's stance of having some decorum and sanity in the Comments Section, I do not however think that having a sanitized forum does anybody any good. If anything, we get to see the states of mind ... read full comment
Whereas I empathize with the author's stance of having some decorum and sanity in the Comments Section, I do not however think that having a sanitized forum does anybody any good. If anything, we get to see the states of mind of those who make vituperative and vitriolic attacks on their fellows for reasons best known to themselves. The consolation in all this is that, at least, such people have a place to vent whatever is on their mind which would have otherwise been manifested in other ways leading to undesirable consequences. At the end of the day, let us bear in mind that the unsavory comments may bruise egos and hurt feelings, but these are much more of matters regarding how we see ourselves. For why should I take the comments of a ruffian hiding behind a computer, who knows nothing about us, as something personal? If anything, such unguarded utterances inoculates us against others of their kind, thereby rendering them innocuous.
Now, did writer of the above piece mean "unanimous" (Paragraph 1, line 3) or intended to use "anonymous" instead?
Dr. John 10 years ago
I agree with your analogy.
I agree with your analogy.
Whatever 10 years ago
Ghanaweb relies on this niche market to thrive because it doesn't have the news gathering capacity like joyfm and others. Ghanaweb cannot compete with joyfm for same market. That is its niche market, as bad as it is, is so cr ... read full comment
Ghanaweb relies on this niche market to thrive because it doesn't have the news gathering capacity like joyfm and others. Ghanaweb cannot compete with joyfm for same market. That is its niche market, as bad as it is, is so crucial for its survival and cannot be regulated because of the alergic characteristics of niche to regulation
I couldn't have said it better especially one guy called Kola who refers to Akans especially Asantes as Bush rats, Kookoase Nkuraasefuo.
It is these Kookoase Nkuraasefuo whose efforts have sustained the economy of Ghana a ...
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Thanks for your thought-provoking article.You are a wiseman indeed.I wish all Ghanaians will appreciate your message and refrain from this uncivilized behaviour.
very cool piece. good suggestion.
When don't you focus on Akuffo Addo's Lost Certificate in Law which no Ghanaian have ever seen before, not even his clients have seen him with a certificate to practice.
Afari Gyan is not choking as you claim and nothing t ...
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If registration is required and postings edited, then the likes of KOLA,TerriblY Spe cifiC etc will have no platform to debate on. They are comfortable tunning the topic from politics to insults which they are best at and all ...
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Others before you had expressed same concerns and some of us had expressed our views too.
As a member of the Ewe ethnic grp and thus the major target of these vitriolic, ignorant and vile attacks from some jaundiced membe ...
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what are you afraid of, you coward Rat who in his own uncivilized thought believes his ilks have sustained Ghana through their cride ways of Sakawa, theft, greed, tribalism and ethnocentrism.
Roll back into the stealing re ...
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crude not cride
Listen to this illiterate idiot and his incoherent postings.
We have the posting and if you doubt, we can reproduce it. Clearly stating that you are being hindered by your opponents from progressing forward therefore making it look as if you are unfit for the job
I wholeheartedly agree with your comments. There is an African proverb that loosely stated by a particular bird that if did not blame the one who shot him but the one who cut its wings to enable it to fly. There are a lot o ...
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I totally disagree that there should be audit of posts on this website. It doesn't mean I am comfortable with the insults. I am stunned, on the contrary. On the other hand, it just shows the state of our mentality in Ghana. W ...
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Appreciate your concern, but you need to toughen-up your sensibility. You wish to impose censorship whilst you claim to be in Corpus Christi, TX. How hypocritical is that? Do you wish to take America back to the days of being ...
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This is Sevordzi's first article to ghanaweb and it shows from a very very long distance. What to do with the commentary on ghanaweb is something that has been discussed SEVERAL TIMES over the more than 15 years of ghanaweb. ...
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So If we all know this already, can't someone reminds us of it again so that the website would also have a thought about it? Let's encourage ourselves to lift up our voices and condemn rigorously those who are fond of doing t ...
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Well, i beg to differ. there is freedom of speech in America but there are also very stringent laws against defamation, racism, etc. So people dont just feel free to say anything against anybody and anyhing without empirica ...
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Defamation, racism, decent, decorous and "doing things right"? How about "suppression"? Stop blaming and take the onus to police yourself. If you hear/see something on radio/TV do you not have the "right" to switch the channe ...
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This is not a matter of suppression but one of common sense. In Almighty USA, the citadel of freedom of speech, not every word is allowed on the airwaves. Does that mean suppression? If a Radio Station uses the F or S word, t ...
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However, you are behind the times in that what you stated is simply not the truth anymore. You have several good points, and I support them. But the bottom line is that I have the freedom to read/watch/listen to whatever I wa ...
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True a lot of people may be saying a lot of bullshit like what I just said but the bottom line is that your are free to either read, watch or listen or refuse to.
What I cant stand however, even more than the tribal and vu ...
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There's no question that ever since GhanaWeb opened its doors or should I say, portals, to the W.W.W. Superhighway, every Tom, Dick & Harry, who felt they couldn't express themselves on any issue,now feel they have a voice to ...
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Technology can be deployed to surmount the rot on ghanaweb, whereby vitriolic and unsavoury comments can technologically be disabled, whereby unpalatable comments will be stopped automatically. Enough is enough. Ghanaweb mus ...
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I'm wondering if it has been that bad?I simply
Ignore some comments.A few of the writers
Instigate bad comments.Some of the writers
Should be censored for their tasteless tribal
Writings that annoy many readers.
That is where the problem lies, The so called writers some self-made writers with very BAD GRAMMAR pollutes the space with all sort of ethnic tensions but hardly allocates time and attention to their horrible Grammar in Engli ...
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Listen to this illiterate fool talking about grammar. 'ALL SORT' or 'ALL SORTS'?
This is a thought provoking article which needs ghanaweb.com attention. when are we the youth of this generation going to love and unite ourselves. our fore fathers has failed us as a result of their selfishness and lack of l ...
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Thanks for this intelligent piece. Unfortunately, this article will receive flood of comments if it were written to ridicule some tribe or personality. I think Ghanaweb has given people free platform to insult, assault and ...
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You are 100% right. Ghanaweb.com, take action immediately. Almost all comments posted to your comment colum are very bad.
All praises to you my dear Brother Sevordzi, many decent Ghanaians shudder at the thought of visiting Ghanaweb, simply because of the level of vulgarity, displayed by people who act as primates that were trained to operate a ...
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Ghanaweb can simply solve this problem by refusing hate articles from the so-called columnists.
The columnists are the ones who writes to incite tribal division among visitors to this homepage.
Since Ghanaweb don`t have the ...
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Should the forumers fall for the bait? I have often wondered why ghanaweb does not put a stop to this. They might as well be the writers or comment on the articles. My suspecion is that they (ghanaweb) seem to encourage this ...
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I totally agree with you sir. Freedom of speech has never been absolute nor without limits even in the great US of A. Ghanaweb should censor the comments for the sake of national cohesion. I am sickened and disgusted by some ...
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YEARS AGO WE HEARD ABOUT HYDE PARK IN LONDON WHERE ONE COULD GO AND DISH OUT WHATEVER WAS ON HIS MIND. IT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF FREE SPEECH AT ITS BEST. TODAY GO TO HYDE PART AND BLOW YOUR TOP THERE AND YOU WILL FIND SOMEBODY FOL ...
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Thanks Andy.
Indeed, this is a wake call for all of us, we cannot incite ourselves for any selfish gains, however it does not mean that we should also be a straightjacket type of persons we need to contribute to push forward the nation's ...
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If all comments & articles were this edifying....
If all comments & articles were thiGood contribution Andy !!!!s edifying
I wish those who read this piece shall take it in good faith. I sometimes feel very bad when I come across such silly comments form faceless people in the name of internet.
I think this suggestion and/or idea is well said and long overdue. very unsavory comments about people and ethnic groups - and under disguised names... We are no better than the people in Rwanda, Burundi or Liberia, and given ...
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Good job Sevordzi! You hit the nail right on the head. I think you have to start taking steps to pressure ghanaweb to conform to international standards of behavior. This web is allowing uncivilized people to make unbridled c ...
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People is it not ghanaweb.com paid staff who are posting all these unsavory comments to attract a large readership? The motive? To increase advertising rating as more people visit the site.
GhanaWeb. Com is to be held responsible for the good and the bad. They have to Rbe held more responsible and accountable.
They are in for the money.
A a long overdue straight talk by the writer. Fact is, he is knocking on dead woods. Remember that old saying ..”a leopard never change its skin???” Chronic, naïve tribalism is so perpetually saturated in the blood and m ...
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A a long overdue cohesive straight talk by the writer. Fact is, he is knocking on dead woods. Remember that old saying ..”a leopard never change its skin???” Chronic, naïve tribalism is so perpetually saturated in the b ...
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Listen to your good self; zombie sentinel you named yourself. You think by being selective in names to the exclusion of clansmen will exonerate you and your ilks of bad mouthing?
Listen to your good self; zombie sentinel you named yourself. You think by being selective in names to the exclusion of your clansmen will exonerate you and your ilks of bad mouthing?
Surprise surprise this skinty trokosi moron failed to mention the trokosis who have hijacked this forum with insults like his smelly self but has the audacity to mention people of Akan and NPP affiliates. Where are the Trokos ...
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Shame on you KOO this is the exact issue Andy has written about if you have nothing to write about do not contribute thus to insult.
IF YOU DONT LIKE IT ,DONT GO THERE.YOU MUST BE LOOSING YOUR MIND ,ANOTHER IDIOT WANT TO OUR FREEDOM AWAY .ENUOGH IN ENUOGH OF YOUR INTIMIDATION FOOL.
The correct "word" is ANONYMOUS, not "unanimous" people!
that's good comment God bless you my bro
This very article is steeped in the hypocritical crucible of obstinate tomfoolery. If the writer would recollect, the contested President in the run up to the elections, employed ethnic, tribal and divisive politics of the hi ...
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I agree with you all the way except that I am not politically bound to anyone. What the writer wants to do is to keep everything a dirty little secret and appoint someone to be the judge of what can and cannot be said. What h ...
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How is this going to be regulated? Just ignore them if u think they are nonsense to u. I don`t usually take those comments serious.
Mr Sevordzi I absolutely buy into the contents of your article. Ghanaweb should be in position to block any comment which does not edify or ban all comments altogether.
I am equally fed up with majority of the comments I rea ...
read full comment
It is unfortunate that unscrupulous characters take advantage of the ability to post comments free of regulation. It is also fortunate that those who make the most sense in their comments attract the greater consensus.
Gh ...
read full comment
Whereas I empathize with the author's stance of having some decorum and sanity in the Comments Section, I do not however think that having a sanitized forum does anybody any good. If anything, we get to see the states of mind ...
read full comment
I agree with your analogy.
Ghanaweb relies on this niche market to thrive because it doesn't have the news gathering capacity like joyfm and others. Ghanaweb cannot compete with joyfm for same market. That is its niche market, as bad as it is, is so cr ...
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very well said, God bless u