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Sorry to be negative, but I think it might be very hard to get rid of qabiil.

Here's why:

Each generation places a sense of obligation on the next in the matter of qabiil.

Think of parents and uncles and grandparents talking to their children, nieces and grandchildren and inadvertently praising ...

Actually season 2 of The Wire is just as good as the previous season. The people who don't like season 2 because of the dock workers storyline seem to have missed the point of the first season.

I find Frank Sobotka's story to be moving. The writers of the show are saying something here with this ...

Here's a comment I made in this thread at Camel Milk forums:

http://www.somaliaonline.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/8/924


Good thread.

Here's the issue though: I think an appreciation for the rule of law -- for the necessity of a government-- must precede democratic secularism.

Consider the ...

*sigh*

Did you read what I said?

I said: Why should the Somali IQ be any higher?

That's picking on Somalis as well.

Learn to read saahiiib.

What does Somaliland have to offer Israel? What can Israel gain by establishing contacts with you?
Israel could provide security assistance and military expertise to the people and the Republic of Somaliland ..
who needs the Arabs

That's an answer to a question I didn't ask.

Here's what I ...

What does Somaliland have to offer Israel? What can Israel gain by establishing contacts with you?

...why should the Somali IQ be any higher?

This is a concept in modern psychology:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits

The Big Five factors and their constituent traits can be summarized as follows:
Openness - appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, curiosity, and variety of experience ...

I wonder how many Somalis are actually saddened by that description of Somalia...