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Didnt know Stephen Keshi have died. Quick search because heart attack in 2016.
That's a really good act! Had me cracking up with the Amsterdam bike Lanes
You do know that there are no nigerian prince and that the scammers are probably not even nigerian? Oh wait, i received a call from microsoft telling me to buy 6 shirts to get rid of a pc virus i have. Is that anti american?
Well, perhaps because am Nigerian.
You don't happen to be a Prince as well? If so, I think you owe me money.
I'm also Nigerian and find it offensive
I'm a white boy hooray Henry and I'm deeply offended by this post.
Are there not mods around to stop things like this?
"I don't like this kit, better start acting like a little racist piece of wank" - The PC Gone Too Far Mob
Calm down, people. How is it racist to try (and fail) to pull off a joke about Nigerian e-mail scams? I'm sure he meant no harm at all, and tbh I don't see how it's even racist.
its generalising and stigmatising.
You'd understand it if it was generalising about the religion of Tottenham fans...
You'd understand it if it was generalising about the religion of Tottenham fans...
Are you really offended or is this just an E-mal scam?
So most people from Nigeria really feel stigmatized by jokes about e-mail scams? If so, I'm sorry about my insensitivity towards the issue. But really, how is one expected to know this is to be considered a sensitive issue? Again, sorry for going along with the joke. Didn't mean to hurt anyones feelings.
Also, the kit is awesome.
Also, the kit is awesome.
Don't know how it's offending. It is a joke that is going around.
It would be same if it mentioned Prince of Spain, or Dutch princess (yeah, @KirkDuyt am looking at you)
It would be same if it mentioned Prince of Spain, or Dutch princess (yeah, @KirkDuyt am looking at you)
Do you know how the joke originates? Maybe then you will know why some may find it offensive
Seriously mods sort it out. If people from Nigeria are telling you they find it offensive, how about take the hint! Go and do your research and find out where the joke originates from.
<insert round of applause gif>
If it doesn't originate from e-mail scams from a supposed Nigerian prince, would you care to explain its origin?
No, I really don't. And the person who posted it didn't know about it also probably. Care to explain? Maybe people will stop it.
As you can see, I do take the hint. I'm simply trying to understand why/how it's offensive, as I don't understand without proper context.
The use of Nigerian prince in the email scams by quite a lot of the time non Nigerian plays on the generalisation and stereotype of Nigerians being scammers and corrupt.
Its not hard to see why a Nigerian would find it offensive ffs
I would be fuming. All hail our great royal house.
Really though, the Nigerian Prince mail is legendary. That’s what it’s a reference to, I don’t think it’s racist. If anything it’s, er, scammerist.
Never once thought about it like that, but if people find it offensive then it should stop imo.
I will not be baited into a responseNothing but love for them, eh?
Edit: thought the kit is great btw
... but that doesn't explain how the joke originated, which you claim to be the reason you find it offensive? Does it originate from anything else than the emails, letters, etc? Again, I agree that if you and other Nigerians truly find it that offensive, it should stop. I'm just trying to understand the world I live in.
Also, I really don't think the poster meant to stigmatize 200 million people, and trying to portray him as a racist because of a bad joke is not exactly kind either. As you can clearly see, many people on here didn't, and still don't, know and/or understand it was a sensitive issue for Nigerian people.
I never mentioned anything being racist, I also haven't said the poster intended to offend, I said I found it offensive as a Nigerian, I have explained why, I am now done with the conversation.
I never said you found it racist, I said you found it offensive. But it has been pointed out in this thread that it was racist. Which i disagree with. See the quoted post.
Again, sorry you got your feelings hurt. Have a nice day.
There's a Nigerian guy that was running a company of 50+ people, entirely based around scamming people. They got $11m in one hit at one point. I think the joke is probably fair game and shouldn't be offensive. Most nationalities have a sort of offensive but not really unless you want it to be thing going on. It is a tired and boring joke though.
The scam is actually very old and the Nigerian Prince version is only one of many. Others include e-mails from supposed petrol companies, mysterious investors etc. The important aspect of the identity of the 'scammer' is that it is an unknown person. The Nigerian Prince e-mails first arose during the 1980s, whether the Nigerian nationality might have been chosen because of a stereotype about Nigeria might well be true, but that's not really a fact. More probable is the fact that the Nigerian Royal house (no idea if they have one, case in point) are unknown to people in the Western world. This makes it more likely that victims fall for it. I think sending e-mails pretending to be Prince Charles for instance will make success highly unlikely.
I've actually in the past received e-mails from gulf state royalty to help them relocate large sums of money. I politely declined obviously, but these e-mail arent exclusively about Nigerian princes.
Do with that what you will. It's not my position to decide whether people are allowed to take offense.
The kit's fecking hideous btw. Something I'd wear when going to a Havana beach themed party.
Plenty of people of differently nationalities have run far worst scams and their nationality isn't synonymous with scam. If you knew/experienced the stigma that comes with being Nigerian because of "jokes" like these then you would get what I was talking about.
I'm not really a fan of this shirt but i'm really glad they wanted to "remember" that 94 team. Since Portugal didn't qualify for that World Cup i was supporting Nigeria because Yekini was an idol of mine since he played at my team. R.I.P. Yekini, the Black God like he was refered in Setúbal
In all seriousness, don't you find all these ridiculous semantical arguments you always seem to find yourself in exhausting? I mean there are easier ways to announce yourself as a massive bellend and none of them involve typing out walls of pointless, circular rubbish.
Nice kit though.
Anyway back to the kit!
Maybe, yeah. I would imagine it's more jokes than people actually stigmatising, but I'm sure there are some idiots that do. It's about time the joke died anyway.
You do realise it can be both, right?
After a while, sure, I find it exhausting when discussing with other bellends like me. But then again, it's a forum, where I thought discussion around various topics was considered a good thing. People can stop being a part of the argument/discussion at any time if they find it exhausting/circular/ridiculous/semantical, as Cassidy did, and later didn't.
You do realise that falls under the latter there then, right?
It is great, but not just kit, more like a whole collection (tracksuits also). Seem more like a cultural statement as someone mentioned.
Nike nailed it imo