<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 February 2014 16:28, Ben Akoh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@benakoh.com" target="_blank">me@benakoh.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>What is this deep seated desire to close dialogues? Where does it come from? It defies the very nature of Africans - our cultural fundamentals to dialogue until a resolution is reached, until out hearts' content. It violates the freedom of speech that we all subscribe to. Totally against our being. A dialogue, any dialogue should continue until we are satisfied. There are no gate keepers in traditional African dialogue settings. If you wish not to participate, just play the lurker. That is some form of expression too. </div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1 Ben. Defending an open Internet by not tolerating discussion about an open Internet. What an incredible demonstration on openness!!</div><div><br></div></body></html>