Friday 30 June 2023

A quick note to Father Joop Visser - on the compassion of the deeply religious regardless of faith

Sage, wu y3 bue, ankasa ooooo. Wow. Kudos to you, Father Joop Visser, for yet another philosophical masterclass.

You have shown, clearly, in simple language, how a common denominator, which underpins the worldview, and mental outlook, of the genuinely religious -  regardless of their faith - is that compassion fuels their passion for common-good causes, in fighting for equity in society, worldwide. No?

Whatever be the case, this is just the one pesewa widow's mite cognitive-contribution, of an uneducated old fool, living near a fascinating small village, somewhere in the Central Region, oooo, Sage.

Incidentally, one happens to live in a housing estate, which is next door to what is a unique melting-pot community, full of energy, in which the fate of the many needy Ghanaians (and nationals from sister nations across West Africa, in Ghana seeking greener-pasture-opportunities), who took refuge there, because of the availability of accommodation at rock-bottom rental rates, from a location, where Accra is not too far by tro-tro, now hangs in the balance - as today's litigating descendants of pre-colonial traditional elite-privilege, oblivious of the fact that they will be killing a metaphorical goose that lays golden eggs, dream of coming riches: when they can legally begin selling land that once upon a time, was a UN-designated refugee settlement area, Camp Liberia, to super-wealthy estate developers. Such is life.

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