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Old 14th May 2010, 12:10
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There is the other side of me which says ' give them a means of income now that fishing has gone ' but that's down to diplomats etc, who seem to do bugger all for large pay
There's just one problem with that scenario. Somalis seem to have a major problem with the concept of working for a living, when they can acquire vast sums, more easily, by indulging in piracy, extortion and kidnapping.

When you're that bent, you can't lie straight in bed; then trying to instill a work and honesty ethic in these people, is equivalent to banging ones head against a brick wall.....

I had a compatriot who toured most of Africa on the ground. On foot, by bicycle, by motorbike, and by car. He said his most enduring impression of most Africans, was that, the minute they sighted a Westerner, they were out to scam you, by any manner possible....
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