On Robert Lindsay and his balderdash
So I came across this post from Robert Linsay about worst places to visit and or live in and he so dissed Lagos and Nigeria as a whole even though he’s never been there or anywhere else on the list that he disses. He’s never even been to the next big city from where he lives in the USA and he has the audacity to write such drivel.
Read his post here http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/bad-place-to-visit-wouldnt-want-to-live-there/ and read the comments too, isn’t it very interesting how everything he knows about these places he speaks so authoritatively about is based completely on hearsay? Let’s not forget his annoying and abrasive reply to OlusholaAromokun’s comment.
Here’s the comment I left him which is still in moderation. Seeing as it may never get published, I decided to leave it here:
Robert,
There’s no need to get personal and or insultive about this.I think your submissions about a lot of these cities is not only harsh but also unfair seeing as you’ve never been to these places before.
You’ve beat Lagos and Nigeria as a whole with a big stick, even providing statistics. How do you come up with statistics like 150,000 full time internet scammers? You’ve never been there.
There are loads of stand up, hard working people in Lagos and in the rest of Nigeria. Yes, there are scammers but there are scammers everywhere.
Your perception of Lagos and Nigeria is based entirely on hearsay.
If it’s so bad, why would Wesley Snipes come around often? What about Danny Glover? Why would Akon, Nelly, Beyonce, Jay Z, Wyclef, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, just to name a few, come out here and perform concerts?
Why would Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Lionel Petersen, Bishop T.D Jakes and lots of other minsters from the US and around the globe come out here year after year?
There may be some truth to the things you’ve listed but even those are blown way out of proportion.
