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Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:35 pm
by James Dahl
MJ-Pride wrote:This guy is Somlai and Hawiye and that. How do you explain his ant-Puntland rants and his apparent bias toward Galmudug. Shouldn't a white person be unbiased?
How is pointing out that Cadde Musa is a corrupt administrator being anti-Puntland? I'm pro-Puntland, you guys need to get rid of that guy he's dragging Puntland down.
Some Somalis need to stop tying up their clan identity with their (often corrupt) politicians. It lets them get away with very dodgy business and then pull the "clan card" when anyone calls them on it.
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:37 pm
by pseudowizard
OMG.
The word 's-ck' is censored.
Are you guys effing kidding?
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:49 pm
by James Dahl
AbdiWahab252 wrote:MJpride,
CM Lewis, a white man was very biased towards the Darood when Siyaad ruled and then became biased towards the Issaq after the collapse of barre.
The other guy who gets way too much attention is that "Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis", you want biased diatribes with a very tenuous connection with reality, check out his stuff.
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:59 pm
by gurey25
megalomattis is a funny dude..
currently his new job is to be an anti-somaliland spokesman
and his articles are extremely funny.
i understand him tough, he is anti-ethiopian and he hates all those allied with ethiopia,
that is why he is anti-somaliland and anti-puntland he hates riyale and cadde muse.
but he very partial towards makhirwatchumacallit and the dhulos..
me thinks he is bieng influenced by one of the 2,
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:09 pm
by Advo
His really white........and I actually enjoy reading his posts, doesnt mean I believe that shid but it's interesting.
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:21 pm
by Megatron
James Dahl wrote:
If there's one thing I've learned, it is that you cannot be "unbiased" in terms of Somalia unless you plain old don't talk about anything at all. Some deranged lunatic could run around town stealing underpants and you'd have the man's clan defending him and everyone else condemning him, but to say that beheading a deranged lunatic is wrong, or that the man shouldn't have been stealing underpants, and all of a sudden you've got a clan bias.
LooooooooooooooooooooooooooL
SOOOO true!

Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:27 pm
by Alluring
Of course he is Somali. Non Somalis interested in Somalia would have to be for two reasons alone
1.) For the women
2.) And how to learn the language to get the women
They are not interested in anything else. I don't trust an outsider who is overly interested in Somali objectives.
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:36 pm
by somalinetguy
The sad thing is he will write a book and it will become an authority everything about somalia history and your kids will learn his side of somali history

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I really despair when I see somali quoting "white trash" lewis as source when arguing about somali history
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:45 pm
by James Dahl
somalinetguy wrote:The sad thing is he will write a book and it will become an authority everything about somalia history and your kids will learn his side of somali history

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I really despair when I see somali quoting "white trash" lewis as source when arguing about somali history
Not every book about Somalia is written from some white guy's point of view. Read "The Invention of Somalia" by Ali Jimale Ahmed
http://books.google.ca/books?id=XpdAzRYruCwC
Not only is it written by a Somali historian, it's very informative and extensive.
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:40 pm
by Grant
Alluring wrote:Of course he is Somali. Non Somalis interested in Somalia would have to be for two reasons alone
1.) For the women
2.) And how to learn the language to get the women
They are not interested in anything else. I don't trust an outsider who is overly interested in Somali objectives.
That's just healthy Somali zenophobia!
I married a non-Somali and my interests in Somalia are largely intellectual. I believe ya, James.
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:54 pm
by Voltage
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:57 pm
by SahanGalbeed
I can't quite figure him out @ times , but he's alright

Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:58 pm
by Enlightened~Sista
I like James Dahl
I like him better than many of the socalled somali brothers here

Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:39 pm
by Megatron
Alluring wrote:Of course he is Somali. Non Somalis interested in Somalia would have to be for two reasons alone
1.) For the women
2.) And how to learn the language to get the women
They are not interested in anything else. I don't trust an outsider who is overly interested in Somali objectives.
LooooooooooooooooooL
This ALWAYS fascinates me about Somali's. They just REFUSE to believe that an outsider can have an interest in them and their culture withOUT having an ulterior motive. For me, it began when some faraax, years ago when I lived in Dixon, asked me if I was Italian. When I said yes, he replied in Italian, which when I told him "No cap[isc", he laughed, and proceeded to give the full run down on Italy's presence in Somalia. Now, i'd always known Italy had had a presence in Ethiopia, WW II era, but I hadn't known about Somalia. It was when I Googled the terms "Italy Somalia", that it brought me here. Never left.
8)
Re: Whats with this James Dahl character??
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:42 pm
by American-Suufi
James is O.K
James are you dating, or married to a Somali girl?