Wadani;942541 wrote: Yes, good idea. I think we have a lot to learn from both South Africa and Rwanda. Rwanda is a bit iffy. They set up the Gacaca courts as a transitional justice system, but I read a paper recently arguing that in practice it's just been a way to throw Hutu people in prison with very little evidence and not allowing them to defend themselves.

Alpha Blondy;942531 wrote: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. if the humour is lost on you, i sheeg. Iol I love how whether it's London, Queen St in Toronto, or Williamsburg in Brooklyn, they are EXACTLY THE SAME.

Haatu;942329 wrote: But that's the question behind this whole argument, just who should give the apology? I wonder if something modeled after South Africa's truth and reconciliation committees after apartheid could work for us... staged public hearings to bear witness to the various atrocities experienced by Somalis (something that cut across clan and affected everyone in different ways), and grant amnesty to those who publicly admit to their crimes. The emphasis would be national reconciliation and healing by confronting our past, rather than prosecution. Just a thought.

Wadani;942518 wrote: U don't like hipsters? No. Does anyone like hipsters?

Alpha Blondy;942513 wrote: Apo is smarter and better than Saffz. she's always boasting about how intellectually endowed..... she is, ma istidhi? Saffz - what's the girth of your talents, inaar? so daa, dee. p.s - Apo, i think you're wasting your time in debating with Saffz. just my opinion. Alpha, you are the forum equivalent of those aholes in high school who go "OHHHH" when people exchange words on the yard, who then run away when punches start flying.

Apophis;942489 wrote: Nice try at shifting your intellectual inferiority this way, try again. And please, don't flatter yourself with this “ I'm in academia" nonsense. We know how the term has little to no meaning in North America. The evidence being the woeful intellect of exchange students who come to these shores. Highly embarrassing. ... except the United States has the best universities in the world :rolleyes: Wadani;942496 wrote: Lmao. Soodiga inaadeerkaa meesha ku baabiiyay. Oo illeen naxariis days baad tahay. lool it's important to pick your battles. Y'all know I can flex on SOL when I want to

lmao the Jimmy Kimmel clip didn't appear when I first commented, just watched it now. I've always wanted to go to Coachella for the bands but the dumb hipster crowds are a major turn off. Still, maybe next year...

Apophis;942469 wrote: The whole topic was created simply to give women degrees. It has no academic value and is neither rigorous nor useful in the real world. It's simply another attempt to appease bra burning feminists. Seriously, what insights does "gender studies" offer which isn't apparent to anyone familiar with psychological theories? None. Of course that isnt to say you won't find a job (entirely unrelated to the topic of course) but meh. I'm not getting into this debate, but I think it's fair to say I've gotten a much better education than you have as a gender studies major, judging by the quality of your posts and depth of your thinking. If it had no academic value, I wouldn't be in academia now.

No.

Apophis;942436 wrote: That gender studies degree hasn't been as useful as you'd hoped has it in the real world? Hey, don't knock gender studies grads. I'm doing alright

QansaxMeygaag;942425 wrote: I thought that died with Kissinger's term(s)...is that static view of IR still relevant today, decades after 'Nam? Are you suggesting the Cold War and its binary political thinking is over?

Back for a quick update -- abo says it's a short Sayyid Mohamed poem, and it's missing the line "misa waan idin sudhee sidaydii," meaning I will kill you with my spear if you don't leave. He said the Sayyid figured out that 8 men were in a plot to assassinate him, and he composed this gabay to let them know that he knows their plan.

SomaliPhilosopher;942283 wrote: We shall save that challange for another night. Yea hargeisa is a nice city. Though the roads not so much. That is an understatement lol Night SP, I have some reading to finish up for tomorrow

SomaliPhilosopher;942277 wrote: ooo looky its cilmi boodhari iyo hodan reincarnated in boston I almost named them that, but not only are these turkeys actually together, I have no evidence that they're umm... a "traditional" family arrangement, considering their childlessness as MMA points out. This is Massachusetts, after all. Ernie and Bert dee

I miss that city Hargeisa is correct, but still not abo's uhh... *ancestral* hometown.

Hoyo's hometown and abo's adopted one since childhood. Getting warmer

Alpha Blondy;942157 wrote: interesting convo. sometime not commenting is good. thanks y'all. I missed this somehow, a serious, non-trolly comment from Alpha. Alright then, waan ku saamaxay inaar

Ah, never heard the word before, thanks. I didn't know the word for baby turkey either until I just looked it up, apparently they're called "poults" But no, I haven't seen them... I'm sure they wouldn't be as friendly if they had their young around, wild turkeys are known to attack people.

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;942260 wrote: Wax ma dhalaan miyaa? Aawey jiiljiiladii? Waa maxay "jiiljiilad"?

I wanted to introduce you all to the two turkeys who live on my street, I've named them Thing 1 and Thing 2. I believe they're a couple because they're usually together or never too far apart. I like them because like me, they give no f*cks whatsoever. We've also been through a lot together now as neighbours for the last 9 months, and I've taken to photographing them on my cell whenever I see them around. Fall 2012 After Hurricane Sandy: After they survived Thanksgiving: After the blizzard/Snowmageddon: And after the Boston bombing, clearly not giving a f*ck (I was concerned when I couldn't find them, and then I looked up):

SomaliPhilosopher;942253 wrote: Don't stress Safferz I am from a respectable ex clan Respectable or not, I wouldn't hold that against you SP But no, no one in the fam is from Mogadishu, just former residents at various points in time like so many of us.

SomaliPhilosopher;942245 wrote: Nooooooooooooo im not from a tuulo I am from xamar :rolleyes: But no im not. Why, is that where your abwan father is from? Or are you trying to figure out my tribe you sly sly safferz I plead the fifth :rolleyes:

Nah, Toronto, she's just a career woman lol. She just replied to say abo is at the masjid right now, so she will let me know when he gets home.

I think she has two Blackberrys right now.

SomaliPhilosopher;942241 wrote: Safferz word from your father Not yet. Let me text hoyo a reminder lol