lol,
Inno - I'm very sure the passion of your sense of righteous indignation
applies to any criticism of the democratic institutions prevading Nigeria,
including it's popularly elected gov't. It does have a popularly elected
gov't, right? :)
And of course, the ring busted in New York with all that merchandise being
shipped to Nigeria, purchased with stolen credit card numbers, was
probably just a fabrication. Darn that New York Times and Wall Street
Journal...
I'll just have to get better sources from now on... like someone who has
roots there and visits regularly. Gosh I feel so, well, unpolitically
correct now... I stereotyped.
On Sat, 30 Aug 1997, Inno Eroraha wrote:
> At 03:52 PM 8/29/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >This is off topic. Having said that...
> > (1) Anyone can phone,mail, input in a credit card and purchase. It
> >leaves a trail and that's what deters most (except Nigeria who has made it
> >a state sponsored activity and teaches the tricks of the trade in their
> >high schools. So the concern is valid.
> This is pure garbage! What evidence do you have regarding this? What
> Nigerian school teaches people on credit card fraud when credit cards are
> not even used there? Unless, you have seen this yourself (which I seriously
> doubt), I would consider your conception stereotypical. Oh I guess you can
> also say that the fact that armed robberies are commited in US, that US
> schools "teach the tricks" of armed robbery? Why would Nigerian government
> even bother when credit card is not even used there and more than 95% of the
> residents haven't even seen a credit card?
>
> FYI, I attended 12 years of schooling in Nigeria and visit there quite
> regularly. Further, I obtain news from there on quite frequently, and I have
> not heard of or seen schools where Criminal activities are being taught to
> students. Sure there are Criminal acts in every country, and sure there are
> criminal acts being committed in Nigeria, but not on credit card.
>
> So, please get your facts straight before spilling out your unsubstantiated
> none sense. Perhaps your point would have been well taken if you had shun
> from an issue that you have no knowledge of.
>
> -0-
> inno
>
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