I was struck by a quote in an article posted by rasi under the heading of "the Qaddafi I know." The writer, YOWERI MUSEVENI, states "Black people are always polite. They, normally, do not want to offend other people. This is called obufura in the Runyankore language, or mwolo in Luo -- handling, especially strangers, with care and respect. It seems some of the non-African cultures do not have obufura. You can witness a person talking to a mature person as if he or she is talking to a kindergarten child. "You should do this; you should do that; etc." It occured to me that he was here describing the essence of civilized society.