Who Approved Chris Brown’s Request for a Ghanaian Visa?

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• daniel 12 years ago

  Please watch before you leap.

  Please watch before you leap.

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• Adrian 12 years ago

  Gay

  Gay

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• Paa Kwesi Mintah 12 years ago

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation wit ...
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  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation without vice and Chris Brown is not welcome.
  
  Let me know the lorry park where you'll be preaching next and I be there with my huge bible.

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• Daniel K. Pryce 12 years ago

  Egya Mintah,
  
  So because Ghana, like every other country, is full of immoral people we need not enforce the laws of the land? What kind of argument is that? If we are self-respecting people, we'll enforce the law when it co ...
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  Egya Mintah,
  
  So because Ghana, like every other country, is full of immoral people we need not enforce the laws of the land? What kind of argument is that? If we are self-respecting people, we'll enforce the law when it comes to Ghanaian and non-Ghanaian citizens alike. Sadly, however, we cannot ship Ghanaian criminals to Australia, so we have to lock 'em up and release 'em after they've served time.
  
  Chris Brown's behavior should not be excused because of his fame, and his behavior should certainly not be excused because there are immoral people in Ghana. We must learn to be a nation of laws, for without the law, we'll be living in an environment of the survival of the fittest. Is that what you want, Oheneba Mintah?

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• Paa Kwesi Mintah 12 years ago

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation wit ...
  read full comment

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation without vice and Chris Brown is not welcome.
  
  Let me know the lorry park where you'll be preaching next and I be there with my huge bible.

  reply
• Paa Kwesi Mintah 12 years ago

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation wit ...
  read full comment

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation without vice and Chris Brown is not welcome.
  
  Let me know the lorry park where you'll be preaching next and I be there with my huge bible.

  reply
• Paa Kwesi Mintah 12 years ago

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation wit ...
  read full comment

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation without vice and Chris Brown is not welcome.
  
  Let me know the lorry park where you'll be preaching next and I be there with my huge bible.

  reply
• Paa Kwesi Mintah 12 years ago

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation wit ...
  read full comment

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation without vice and Chris Brown is not welcome.
  
  Let me know the lorry park where you'll be preaching next and I be there with my huge bible.

  reply
• Paa Kwesi Mintah 12 years ago

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation wit ...
  read full comment

  Thanks for letting me know Ghana is full of prudes and morally upright citizens who should shun the likes of Chris Brown.
  
  Keep preaching virtues and ask Ghanaians to unlock their doors at night because we live a nation without vice and Chris Brown is not welcome.
  
  Let me know the lorry park where you'll be preaching next and I be there with my huge bible.

  reply
• supagurl76 12 years ago

  I think it's utterly ridiculous that people are still harping on this boys past, I mean do you people not know God?are you too perfect and not if any mistakes yourself? he was a kid, they both were and she hit too believe th ...
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  I think it's utterly ridiculous that people are still harping on this boys past, I mean do you people not know God?are you too perfect and not if any mistakes yourself? he was a kid, they both were and she hit too believe that but he was wrong but he's trying to be better but I think I'd be angry too if people kept digging at me and digging at me about something that is well behind me. he has been with 4 women since rihanna, it'd he was a woman beater they would have a story to tell. let him be in peace. Snoop also hadn't committed a crime since those early years because people change! and half of hip hop smokes weed and he also has a medical license for it-hence he lives in Cali. it's no secret he smokes so if yall mad you shouldn't if had him come.

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• Maame Esi Brown 12 years ago

  Ghanaians cherish everything foreign. Even a drug addict like Chris brown is treated like a king in Ghana. As for Ghana Police, tweaaaa!!

  Ghanaians cherish everything foreign. Even a drug addict like Chris brown is treated like a king in Ghana. As for Ghana Police, tweaaaa!!

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• DAN 12 years ago

  go to hell! bet you can on student visa or snuck over the canada border...sleep with 1 eye open, I've sent the Immigra (immigration/ice/homeland security) for you

  go to hell! bet you can on student visa or snuck over the canada border...sleep with 1 eye open, I've sent the Immigra (immigration/ice/homeland security) for you

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• araba 12 years ago

  this author is a phrat! stop licking the white man ass.. what world are u in. most of the Ghanian government is embroiled in illegal activity including drug possession and distribution. wake up! your judges and lawyers are al ...
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  this author is a phrat! stop licking the white man ass.. what world are u in. most of the Ghanian government is embroiled in illegal activity including drug possession and distribution. wake up! your judges and lawyers are all chopping illegally, all of what will make brown look like a model citizen . Take a seat author. if indeed it was weed, it was given to him in ghana. Fact.

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• Ibn Batuta 12 years ago

  Good article except for the slips of prolixity.

  Good article except for the slips of prolixity.

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• mojingles 12 years ago

  Pryce, yes, a nation is obliged to punish criminality regardless of the perpetrator...however, note that the Australian and British authorities selectively chose to punish Brown and Snoop for reasons that have a lot to do wit ...
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  Pryce, yes, a nation is obliged to punish criminality regardless of the perpetrator...however, note that the Australian and British authorities selectively chose to punish Brown and Snoop for reasons that have a lot to do with race than criminality....
  
  Some white rock stars....Ax Rose of Guns and Roses, Megadeth, The Sex Pistons and Black Sabbath to name a few outlandish ones, were notorious for committing a plethora of social vices, from wife-beating to sniffing hard drugs..in the 70s, 80s and 90s yet no right thinking western government dared sanction them...these bad boys of rock thrashed hotels and occasionally were virulently racist...Ax Rose in particular....my point here is that, Brown broke local laws, but there was nothing security authorities in Ghana could do....bum rush the stage and effect an arrest and incur the wrath of those who had paid hard cash to watch Brown in concert? It would not have been prudent....to say the least....
  
  As you carefully observed, Ghana has earned its democratic bonafides and with it the goodwill of the international community...so you can imagine the scandal that would have erupted if the Ghanaian authorities had slapped handcuffs on Brown?
  
  Our carefully crafted image of pristine beaches and hospitable folks would have been flushed down the huge cluttered gutter at Circle, and ultimately driven away artistes who may be interested in visiting Ghana...to perform...it is a delicate balance and I don't for one minute blame the Ghana Police Service for looking the other way.

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• Daniel K. Pryce 12 years ago

  I think the police could have invited Brown to the back of the stage and warned him about smoking in the open. Without a doubt, the crooner should have known that such behavior was illegal in most countries -- unless he did i ...
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  I think the police could have invited Brown to the back of the stage and warned him about smoking in the open. Without a doubt, the crooner should have known that such behavior was illegal in most countries -- unless he did it on purpose to disrespect Ghanaians. As I mentioned in my piece, attempting to try him in absentia is unnecessary, and we need to move on. What we need to do instead is to enforce the law in the future, or if no such law exists, pass one and enforce it.

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  Listen fool, Chris Brown Is Richer than anyOne in Your highly indebted Country Ghana..Who cares if you are in a Phd program?.. Fool, Why dont you go and help your Disgraced Akuffo Addo with his Petition with the Supreme Cour ...
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  Listen fool, Chris Brown Is Richer than anyOne in Your highly indebted Country Ghana..Who cares if you are in a Phd program?.. Fool, Why dont you go and help your Disgraced Akuffo Addo with his Petition with the Supreme Court?..There are a lot of People like you from Havard and Yale..Useless Moron.. You will end Up in a Poverty Statistics...A Non Creative Bunch of Toothless Dogs.. Chris Brown is Worth 25 Million Dollars at 25 yrs...By the time you pay off your Student Loan You will be almost 60 yrs and Destitute..ABOA....hahahahaha.Retarded fool, Why Comment when you want Ghanaians to put the incident behind them in the first place??..I guess after the loss of Npp Presidential election You have absolutely no more Contributions of interest on this Web..Ha?? What a Waste of Precious Time..How did the Chinese Galamsy groups end up in Ghana killing Ghanaians Over land Disputes for illegal Mining?? Obviously that is not Worrisome to you... You know why?? That explains your Stupidity..

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• mojingles 12 years ago

  Appiah, counter Pryce's argument with sane arguments and put a screeching stop to this theater of insults and indecency....

  Appiah, counter Pryce's argument with sane arguments and put a screeching stop to this theater of insults and indecency....

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• Daniel K. Pryce 12 years ago

  Normally, I would ignore such revolting remarks from a reader, but I have chosen to address you for the following reasons.
  
  First of all, I have no student loans -- none! There are thousands of students like me who work an ...
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  Normally, I would ignore such revolting remarks from a reader, but I have chosen to address you for the following reasons.
  
  First of all, I have no student loans -- none! There are thousands of students like me who work and pay their way through school, and if you live in the U.S.A., you would know that. You sound like a mad, angry person!
  
  Second, I have nothing against Chris Brown as a person. I don't know the kid, and I have never listened to any of his songs. As a Christian, I do NOT listen to non-Christian music, so Chris Brown and I have nothing in common. If money is what, in your opinion, defines a person, then I am truly sorry for you. It appears that you've bought into the West's pathetic culture of "hoarding" wealth, which gullible people like you are made to think is the end of happiness. Pursue and attain higher education and you'll know what real power is.
  
  Third, if I wanted to be rich, I could have played professional soccer, but education was more important to me, and I have NO regrets, Appiah. I would rather spend my time gaining knowledge that I can use to transform the world, and in the process have average wealth, than to waste my time chasing worldly fame and never using my mind to achieve anything. I hope you feel sorry for all those kids who, instead of staying in school, spend all their time on BET and MTV trying to break through in the world of lyrically filthy music.
  
  Chris Brown may be rich, but I will never want to be him: uneducated, lacking morals, uninformed. If you think money is everything, then I feel sorry for you. With all of their wealth, do you see how the lives of artistes like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Tupac, Biggie Small, and Elvis Presley ended? Of course, there are hundreds more! I will never envy anyone on this earth, because I am happy with who I am and with what God has given me. I'll be praying for you to learn what real wisdom is, Appiah!

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  What is your Definition of real Wisdom..?? I have relatives in the States that have Chased Education and your so called real Wisdom for years and ended Up with nothing to show for it, Couldnt even afford to help their parents ...
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  What is your Definition of real Wisdom..?? I have relatives in the States that have Chased Education and your so called real Wisdom for years and ended Up with nothing to show for it, Couldnt even afford to help their parents and Siblings back home Until they all Died before their eyes..Degrees on top of Degrees.. Dont they think to Transform their Knowledge into Action of Monetary Equivalence..Listen to me Carefully, What is Your Contribution to the World??What are you doing to lift Up the Poor in even Your Country??Nothing..Let me tell you Something Boy,Some Of these Celebrities You are Condenming today have done a lot for humanity..What Is your Contribution to humanity apart from your BrainWashed NonSense..Do you Know how much these Celebrities Contribute to Charity each Year??? Plus how much they pay in taxes??.You are Clueless..One day You gonna have to explain to your kids Why You are soo poor after all your Schooling..Snoop Dog Is Worth 150 Million Dollars, P'Diddy Combs Worth 500 Million Dollars..J-Z About 500 Million..Late Michael Jackson is Worth 600 Million Dollars..His Kid Paris Jackson is Worth 300 Million Already..The list goes On and On..Guess how much they Contribute to Buiding USA..You Are really a Delusional Idiot..Money can buy you the Best Services in Life Trust Me..Why are you not in Ghana?? Or When will you be going back to build your heavily Corrupted Nation..I guess you are running away from the Jungle for Some reason..hahaha.

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• Daniel K. Pryce 12 years ago

  You sound so angry, miserable, and disappointed. Hope you can find a solution to what's bothering you. I recommend Jesus Christ for you, as the riches of this world do not satisfy. I will not engage you anymore, since you obv ...
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  You sound so angry, miserable, and disappointed. Hope you can find a solution to what's bothering you. I recommend Jesus Christ for you, as the riches of this world do not satisfy. I will not engage you anymore, since you obviously need some help.

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  Statistics has it... People Who dont have it always Condemns it... When was the last time Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Said Money was Unsatisfying..?? Mr. Pryce With all due respect am really not trying to be hard on You at a ...
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  Statistics has it... People Who dont have it always Condemns it... When was the last time Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Said Money was Unsatisfying..?? Mr. Pryce With all due respect am really not trying to be hard on You at all..Am just a very Pragmatic and straight Shooter...No ill feelings at all towards You after all..We are all BHOBU Members..I was in House One St Augustines..You might know few of my Seniors and role models, Probably were your mates too.. Mr. Afewu Clements "Big T", Adzudzornu, The Simpsons,Mr Adukpo, Mr Adedze,..What about Teachers like Mr Kofi Nti, Torgbe and Mama.. The Fernandis,. Miss Gawu.".Amata",All the Best to You..

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• Nana Appiah 12 years ago

  You must be in Class of Acoustics Dr Korku, Late Divine Kwadzo,Or Kenneth Obimpe, Or Egblewogbe and the rest..Sorry I thought You Came to B.H. Right from the 80's.. GoodLuck..

  You must be in Class of Acoustics Dr Korku, Late Divine Kwadzo,Or Kenneth Obimpe, Or Egblewogbe and the rest..Sorry I thought You Came to B.H. Right from the 80's.. GoodLuck..

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• Hussein 12 years ago

  I've been wondering if the guy does that when he performs in the US and what the result is. Artists are known to take in all sort if things. It seems they need it for the creative process and to keep going. But they do it beh ...
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  I've been wondering if the guy does that when he performs in the US and what the result is. Artists are known to take in all sort if things. It seems they need it for the creative process and to keep going. But they do it behind the scenes, not on stage. Did Chris Brown do something in Ghana that he couldn't have done in the US?
  
  It would have been difficult for the Ghanaians to deny this guy a visa because of convictions of mishandle. After all we, in Ghana, are mishandling our women all the time. We do things to them for which we would be convicted in Europe or the US. If Brown had been a known convicted murderer, then...

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