Richard Adelman
Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:02:42 -0800
Saturday, January 2, 2010 Crossing the Rubicon Revisited
In the past we talked about Julius Caesar’s fateful crossing of the River Rubicon as the seminal act of “no-going back” that sealed the fate of Rome. Another fascinating character is said to have burned a bridge after his forces crossed a river. In the African context what are the wider implications (beyond the predicted increased harassments of the Africans at airports) in the recent young Mutallab’s misadventure in the skies? Is this a one-time shot in the pans? In the collective psyche of the world the African is seen as a cowardly creature who would do anything to stay alive no matter what. Thus it was easy to bundle him up and sell him into bondage where he suffered quietly. To this day, on the continent, he continues to live in deprivations and squalor in spite of abundance of land and the wealth in it. For more click on the title or Odiyatalks below. Odiya Just Be Odiyatalks _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/
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