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Answer this...
Posted By: ras adam simeon In Response To: Answer this Adam (kristine is not on bs)
Date: Thursday, 22 April 2004, at 6:53 a.m.
kristine is not on bs wrote "Answer this Adam
If you don't mind addressing a couple statements from your last post.Yan asks:
"Is repatriation to Africa a 'special' kind of repatriation when it involves Rasta? "
and you reply:"Obviously, Rastas take our name from rastafari, so out focus would be on Ethiopia and the land he set aside for us.This leads me to question, if white "repatriation" is not a serious problem, why would "White Rastas" be focusing "on the land he set aside for us." As has been pointed out already, the writing is on the wall.
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"because in my opinion only racial bigots have a problem with rastas of other colors and where they want to repatriate to.But i will restate for the umteenth time there is such a tiny # there i dont think its an issue, but if they want to go even en masse JAh bless them as long as they are productive and not loafting "
************************************************A next question asked: "How is it now 'not Rasta' to talk about Africa as a whole?"And you reply:
It's not. but it IS rasta to focus on Ethipia and specifically Shasha
Was this really the only focus of Haile Selassie and all Rastas? As a self proclaimed follower, and a supposed expert on the topic I think you really limit your views with an unwillingness to face the truth of what Haile Selassie tried to accomplish. That in itself is your right. But when coming to a forum where many are looking for more depth, it is dishonest to share this limited view of yours while knowing there is a bigger picture. It almost comes across as a control issue from your side. There is a school of thought that Rasta is from creation, and some have pointed out that there were Rastas before the 1930s.
*********************************************It's not MY invention that rastas focus on Ethiopia and Shasha. This is common knowledge.
It's a given. It's not my big white conspiracy takeover run things opinion, its a fact.
************************************************The biggest offence, one you have done repeatedly whenever your views are challenged, is to try to persuade others to visit your webpage to get links to other sites. Perhaps this too is another one of your control issues. After all, you know it is against the rules to post urls to boards, but yet you still feel to mention how they can find your links at this time now that they have disagreed with you again. This comes across to me as someone with unspoken dishonest motives.
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I think its really unfortunate that people come to this board based on the name and people are bombarding them with anti selassie andti rasta vibes and telling them they can't be rasta. This board wasn't always like that.So i would like to offer newbies a chance to see that there are other
forums out there where they may fins some gudiance without rebuke, and yet i am unable to post a URL because it is disallowed for some reason.
*********************************************Now if you bother to respond to this, I am sure you will try to come across with your surprised innocence but know this, others do see through this.
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I'm not surprised. This has been a common response
to just about any word i type.(*note see how the white devil tries to gain sympathy in his last line)
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