Becoming a Patriotic Ghanaian II

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• James Bamfo 10 years ago

  Garbage! Afraid to mention names. How do you sum up the facts of this trash? You better stuff your feelings inside your belly; your priorities are already screwed up. Stop being a drama punk. You just want to be heard; 'show- ...
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  Garbage! Afraid to mention names. How do you sum up the facts of this trash? You better stuff your feelings inside your belly; your priorities are already screwed up. Stop being a drama punk. You just want to be heard; 'show-boy'!

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• C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

  James, I am disappointed by your comments, which, I am afraid, are hollow.
  
  I thought of commenting on the article but it'd take me too long to comment on all the points of differences with SAS, as, indeed, there are thing ...
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  James, I am disappointed by your comments, which, I am afraid, are hollow.
  
  I thought of commenting on the article but it'd take me too long to comment on all the points of differences with SAS, as, indeed, there are things in his piece which are outrightly false, exaggerated and skewed from his conservative perspective. But, there is a lot he wrote which are also palpably correct; his piece is thus not garbage to be waved aside as you did. Yours is thus like puking on a good food, food for thought, that is.
  
  Next time, if you have nothing worth saying, just read and go.
  
  Andy-K

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• Kojo T 10 years ago

  If we are simply waiting for them to lead us to the promised land, our fate will be like the characters in Samuel Beckett's “Waiting for Godot". In this existential play, the characters sit around waiting in anticipation of ...
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  If we are simply waiting for them to lead us to the promised land, our fate will be like the characters in Samuel Beckett's “Waiting for Godot". In this existential play, the characters sit around waiting in anticipation of their salvation from the beginning of the play to its very end. And of course in the end, nothing happens! The time to act as individuals to save our country has therefor come, and we must begin to look within ourselves in order to work out the salvation of our beloved nation. Ghana is all we have.
  
  That is growing the cake. We depend on government too much so the need for individuals to contibute their share . Farmers should form coops and so pool resources to grow more Does government have to do that for us?

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• Kofi Nsia 10 years ago

  How can he talk about patriotism whilst peddling falsehoods? James is right.Clear words are the tools of trade of a good....i mean a good lawyer.

  How can he talk about patriotism whilst peddling falsehoods? James is right.Clear words are the tools of trade of a good....i mean a good lawyer.

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• Prof Lungu 10 years ago

  J.D. Samuel Adjei Sarfo's essay tries to apportion "blame" and responsibility for curing Ghana's ails equally on each solitary Ghanaian, among them those we count as "leaders."
  
  Leadership does matter!
  
  In particular, we ...
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  J.D. Samuel Adjei Sarfo's essay tries to apportion "blame" and responsibility for curing Ghana's ails equally on each solitary Ghanaian, among them those we count as "leaders."
  
  Leadership does matter!
  
  In particular, we believe that those who have greatly benefited from Ghana's infrastructure (educational, economic, social, physical, etc.), have a special obligation to do right by the multitude who even now are unable to read, do not have any idea about the positive role of science and technology in development, etc. But yet they go about their business taking care of themselves and their families by farming, trading, teaching, journeying to work in industry, etc., daily.
  
  Our point is the average Ghanaian is doing their part already. And we agree. Jerry Rawlings is farthest from the "panacea."
  
  
  On the contrary, the "droning noises about the national ills" is a requirement for a nascent democracy worth talking about. It is activism on multiple levels. It should not be berated. After all, is it not true that the noisy wheel gets the grease?
  
  Much closer to J. D. Adjei Sarfo's profession, the development of every democracy worth anything is replete with stories about lawyers who stood up for the common man at some point in their life's work because they believed in justice for the common man, also.
  
  So, if we must ask, how many "Mandelas" does Ghana have?
  
  Recall Jerry Rawlings flew his person to South Africa to go meet Mandela in very recent memory, before the passing of Mandela. Imagine if Rawlings had flown to South Africa 12 young, promising, and deserving Ghanaian students, instead.
  
  So it goes!

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• Nana kofi 10 years ago

  Something has to give, if what we going through as a nation is ' unprecedented' then the ' cure' must be unprecedented! How are we going to learn the right things if crimes against the state is not punished? Consistent Demo ...
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  Something has to give, if what we going through as a nation is ' unprecedented' then the ' cure' must be unprecedented! How are we going to learn the right things if crimes against the state is not punished? Consistent Demos and civil disobedience may not be the panacea but that is the one of the avenue left to us keep the government and future ones on their toes.

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• Anonymous 2 10 years ago

  People who live in comfort also know the truth. This is why nothing changes.

  People who live in comfort also know the truth. This is why nothing changes.

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