Izuu's Turn

In case you are wondering, LGBT means Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender people I like Obama; a lot I like people, a lot of people As a good Christian, I love everyone including LGBT folks They are human beings, not animals I don't understand the selective barrage of condemnation against people who have chosen to use their bodies in specific ways It's not my place to judge them After all, going by Christianity and may be Islam teach (I stand to be corrected here), all sinners will not make it to Paradise So, sin is sin and whether you heterosexually pilfer your neighbour's spouse or you steal millions meant for the poor, you will still go to hell no matter your religious grand standing My take: so long as they are consenting adults, they are as good or bad as every other person who flouts God's laws in any way. Liars Fornicators Swindlers Gossips and rumour mongers Murderers (no matter the self-serving religious justification) Bribe takers an...

I have often pondered this What is it that great fiction writers and gossips Have in common? Answer: Both can make up tales But while the former have produced Great people in every epoch Shakespeare, Goethe, Dickens Our own dear Soyinka, Osofisan, Achebe So many of them from different periods Producing immense literature of worth The latter has created crises in every era Producing no notable work Nor persona They remain irreverently unknown Inventing and dispensing spurious stories About people they envy The interesting part is where both differ Where the gossip keeps busy with tales of others Using the crudest of person to person communication Wasting human hours in telling tales to irrelevant folks And talking him/herself into penury The writer sits in his/her room Puts the inventions on paper Reaches more people than s/he will ever meet Allowing his/her creation into palaces and royal courtyards And in turn makes not only fortune but fame Are you a...

I woke up this morning to a ping from an unmarried BB lady friend. Her concern: age-long issue of marital infidelity. Her claim: Numerous married friends of hers are caught up in marriages where their husbands cheat. My take: I don't really care who cheats the more in marriages. This is because I'm a firm believer that marital infidelity isn't gender-based. Cheating in marriage is as bad as every other misdemeanour that spouses indulge in. A simple question: who would you choose between an abusive and an unfaithful spouse? What of one who doesn't cheat but never tells the truth about anything else? What of another that doesn't cheat but the only time s/he had been sober for sometime was at the altar? Apart from all these, I am astonished as to why an unmarried woman would be scared of her husband cheating on her; When in actuality she has barely been faithful to her boyfriend? How does a lying spouse expect an angel for a partner? How does one ex...