On Fri, 18 May 2018, 9:04 p.m. Mark Elkins, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've no idea if you were in Dakar. I was. > > One person who was chatted to admitted she was a dress maker and was there > for the free lunch. She otherwise had no interest in the conference - not > even about putting up a web site to sell her products. She was not the only > one. Yes, she was a local African. I take my hat off to the locals. They > dressed well so easily blended in. Actually, that helped give them away. > Most of the AfriNIC regulars wore T-shirts or more casual clothing and > carried bags or laptops. > We need to find you something to keep you busy in the next meetings to save you from this food related concerns. For goodness sake, Its our custom in Africa to welcome vistors into our homes and functions to feast together with us and share food as a celebration of kinship. The invention of fire brought humans together but its food that brought us even more closer together as people. Its rather bazar that of all things, folks we would consider as seniors with full of wisdom from years of experience are wining about people eating food. I bet to some people even drinking-water would cost someone dying with a thirst some dime. Money will indeed continue to corrupt us as a people and we will loose our human values. No one in Dakar starved even though a few curious visitors from the public who hard of the meeting came around. Noah
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